Civics 4.0: active citizenship and participation in the digital age
This course forms part of the ERASMUS+ project NEXUS (2019-1-ES01-KA203-065861), running from 2019 to 2022, that focuses on empowering students to exercise their rights, uphold human values, and contribute constructively to the society around them and the global community in general through digital citizenship strategies. More info about the project is available here: https://nexus4civics.eu/.
In terms of learning objectives, by taking this course you will:
- Understand the concept of active digital citizenship and civic engagement;
- Know what skills you need to master and what civic tech tools you can use to safely inhabit digital space as an activist;
- Be able to monitor public policy and use civic-tech for accountability and transparency;
- Be able to connect with people in the community and identify civic-tech tools for advocacy and campaigning;
- Increase your capacity to participate effectively and responsibly in your community by relying on citizen engagement platforms that connect citizens to decision makers;
- Put in practice what you have learnt through the course for the design of a digital citizenship project at the micro-level.
This course will be left open as an open educational resource but the forum will be blocked since the course is not live and there is no tutoring support. In addition, it is not possible to obtain a certificate as the collaborative and reflective activities will be closed and therefore cannot be assessed, but you can access all the material and self-assessment exercises and get an open badge.
Topics
- Introduction to active digital citizenship: what it is and why it matters
- Key basic skills for digital civic participation
- Monitoring public policy that affects you
- Connecting and engaging for social impact
- Foster local participation: smart communities and digital participation
- Wrap up and get ready for action
Materials: videos, readings, links to practical tools and inspirational cases, and translation of materials to Spanish language.
Activities: Reflection activities and one quiz for Module 2.
| Provided By | UNED Abierta |
| Type of provider | HE Institution |
| Provided at | online |
| Learning opportunity type | MOOC |
| Language | en |
| Home page | https://iedra.uned.es/courses/course-v1:UNED+Civics4_002+2022/ |
| Start date | 2022-01-12 |
| End date | 2022-12-20 |
| Workload in hours | 25 |
| Admission procedure | Open to all |
| Price details | Free registration and access to all materials + free open badge |
| Assessments | Readings and videos verifications, 1 self-evaluation test |
| Type of credential | Open Badge |
| ISCEDF Code | 0220312 - Political sciences and civics |
| Education subject | Civic education |
| Learning settings | non formal learning |
| Learning outcome | Civics 4.0 – learning outcome Understand the concept of active digital citizenship and civic engagement |
| Learning outcome type | Knowledges |
| Learning outcome | Civics 4.0 – learning outcome Know what skills you need to master and what civic tech tools you can use to safely inhabit digital space as an activist. |
| Learning outcome type | Skills- habilidades |
| Learning outcome | Civics 4.0 – learning outcome Be able to monitor public policy and use civic-tech for accountability and transparency. |
| Learning outcome type | Skills- habilidades |
| Learning outcome | Civics 4.0 – learning outcome Be able to connect with people in the community and identify civic-tech tools for advocacy and campaigning. |
| Learning outcome type | Skills- habilidades |
| Learning outcome | Civics 4.0 – learning outcome Increase your capacity to participate effectively and responsibly in your community by relying on citizen engagement platforms that connect citizens to decision maker. |
| Assessor type | Self-evaluation |
| Assessment format | Test/ Quiz |
| Contact form | soporte.uabierta@adm.uned.es |
