During the one-day, international online conference “Building Data Literacy with the Teaching Profession at Global Scale“, the “Critical Big Data and Algorithmic Literacy Network (CBDALN)” will present its work to an expert audience from education and social sciences, digital education, learning sciences, and teacher education. The workshop brings together staff Read more…
The Critical Big Data and Algorithmic Literacy Network (CBDALN) launches its first key project: An online database for ‘critical data literacy tools’. The database collects a variety of different resources that can be used to educate about big data and foster critical reflection of the datafication of our societies. The Read more…
The Data Justice Lab, Cardiff University, has published a new resource on data literacy tools for advancing data justice. The guidebook by Jess Brand and Ina Sander provides an overview of different types of tools that are publicly available. The purpose of these tools – and of the guidebook – Read more…
The Internet Policy Review has published a new special issue on “Digital inclusion and data literacy” (Volume 9, Issue 2). The issue by guest editors Elinor Carmi and Simeon J. Yates, both from the Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool, UK, examines different layers of digital inclusion and Read more…
The international and interdisciplinary network of experts on Critical Big Data and Algorithmic Literacy (CBDAL) has been founded. In a first step, the website www.bigdataliteracy.net and a Twitter account (@bigdataliteracy) have now been activated. The network emerged from a working group that met for the first time in February 2020 Read more…