Resource Title

#BeyondTheClick: a teaching toolkit exploring Global Digital Citizenship

Summary

#BeyondTheClick is a digital development education toolkit for educators that supports exploration of digital landscapes and tools (social media, digital tools etc.) and how these can be used to in education for sustainable development in a human rights and justice context in a world of deep (and deepening ) inequality.

Resource Details

Author: Tony Daly and Colm Regan
Publisher: 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World
Country of Publication: Ireland
Year: 2018
ISBN: 978-0-9930234-7-7
Page Count: 20

Curriculum Subjects: Civic Social and Political Education, Politics and Society, Media Studies, Social Personal and Health Education, English, Business Studies, Education for Sustainable Development
Intended Audiences: Adult and Community Settings, Facilitators, Youth Groups, Post Primary, Senior Cycle, Junior Cycle
Format: Microsite
Topics: Activism, Climate Justice, Corporate Social Responsibility, curriculum development, Digital Activism, Education for Sustainable Development, Human Development, Human Rights, Literacy, Media, Teaching practice, Technology, Violence against women, Youth
SDGs: General introduction to SDGs, 1. No Poverty, 2. Zero Hunger, 5. Gender Equality, 13. Climate Action, 16. Peace and Justice, 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities, 12. Responsible Consumption and Production, 10. Reduced Inequalities, 17. Partnerships for the Goals, 4. Quality Education
Countries of Focus: Australia, China, Germany, India, Ireland, South Africa, Turkey, Sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia

Description

#BeyondTheClick is a development education toolkit for educators that supports exploration of digital landscapes and tools (social media, digital tools etc.) and how these can be used to in education for sustainable development in a human rights and justice context in a world of deep (and deepening ) inequality.
This inequality is not only economic and political, it also exists in access to technologies, the production of digital knowledge and where it is routinely used to disrupt and undermine democracy and to move genuine debate into the digital shadows.

#BeyondTheClick contains:

a learning framework built on 8 learning strands
25 activities; 3 per learning strand
a guide for educators – ideas for adapting the toolkit as part of workshop delivery in non-formal and formal education
10 key elements of global digital citizenship – drawn from the 20 case studies and a range of other reference points in education for sustainable development, global citizenship education, digital literacy and human rights education
our list of the top 5 recommended resources, websites, videos, open source tools and more

#BeyondTheClick seeks to:

explore how 20% of the world (or less) shapes our understanding of the other 80%
understand that the deliberate spreading of fake news is nothing new – learning to read, decipher and defeat it is a key 21st century skill
explore and reflect on 20 cutting edge examples of how change can happen in an age of digital activism from Australia, China, Germany, India, Ireland, South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the US
interrogate ‘clicktivism’ – is it a starting point or an end point in the struggle for human rights?

The 8 learning strands are:

1. The ability to locate and verify reliable sources of information;

2. The ability to understand and use search engines effectively;

3. The ability to constructively engage in digital communities;

4. The ability to understand how online communication affects privacy and security;

5. Ability to make and share digital content;

6. The internet as a marketplace and where we fit in;

7. The internet and civic action;

8. Dominant Perspectives and Missing Views.

About the toolkit

In exploring the collision of technology with new learning behaviours, the #BeyondTheClick toolkit, produced as part of a broad collaboration led by 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World with the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, Concern Worldwide and the Irish Development Education Association, presents a response to this reality – dissecting, analysing and supporting a critical response across digital communities, both online and offline.

Available from:

Access the digital toolkit #BeyondTheClick online at toolkit.8020.ie

Find out about the team behind the collaborative toolkit project and the year-long consultation to develop it
For more, visit 8020.ie or queries to info [at] 8020.ie