Data-Driven Agency Cluster
Course Title: Mastering Digital Competencies: From Literacy to Creative Innovation
ECTS credit points: 10
Workload in hours: 250
EQF-level: 5
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to equip learners with a comprehensive understanding and practical skills in key areas of the digital landscape. Participants will develop data and digital literacy, gain insights into socio-technical systems, and cultivate digital self-determination. The course aims to foster creative use of digital technology and collaborative digital content creation, empowering learners to effectively navigate, contribute to, and innovate within the digital world.
Learning Objectives
- Develop proficiency in data and digital literacy, enabling effective data collection, management, interpretation, and communication.
- Enhance their ability to critically evaluate the credibility and trustworthiness of digital information, recognizing biases and misinformation.
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of socio-technical systems, analyzing and navigating the interactions between social and technical components.
- Acquire skills in digital self-determination, including managing personal data, understanding legal rights, and applying privacy protections.
Master the use of AI platforms and virtual reality technology to produce innovative and engaging creative works. - Collaborate effectively in digital content co-creation, using collaborative tools, version control systems, and designing online spaces with ethical and technical considerations.
- Apply online safety concepts and implement security measures to mitigate risks in the digital environment.
- Integrate digital technologies to optimize creative practices and enhance overall digital literacy and creative capacity.
Description
The course is structured to progressively build digital competencies, starting with foundational skills in data and digital literacy, and advancing to creative innovation and collaborative digital content creation. Each module is designed to develop specific skills and knowledge, culminating in practical applications and project-based learning.
Modules and Key Topics
- Module 1 – Data Literacy & Digital Literacy
- Collecting, managing, and interpreting data
- Navigating digital technologies
- Online communication and critical evaluation of digital information
- Recognizing and evaluating digital source credibility
- Online safety and security measures
- Module 2 – Understanfing Socio-Technical Systems
- Roles and influences of socio-technical systems
- User feedback processes and tools
- Stakeholder interactions at macro and micro levels
- Module 3 – Digital Self-Determination
- Selecting appropriate training data
- Legal rights and data protection (GDPR)
- Managing personal data
- European Declaration on Digital Right
- Module 4 – Creatively Using Digital Technology
- Advantages and selection of digital tools in creative practices
- AI platforms for image generation and VR presentations
- Designing and producing VR presentations
- Prompt engineering and generative AI systems
- Module 5 – Digital Content Co-Creation
- Collaborative design and content creation
- Ethical content creation
- Collaborative tools and version control systems
- Online co-creation spaces and SOPs
- Reflecting on digital technology for innovative outcomes