Tools & Resources
The online course “Big Data Literacy” is an open educational resource that has emerged from the collaboration between the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Cologne, Grimme Research and the Grimme Research College at the University of Cologne. The aim of this course is to raise awareness about Read more
Im webbasierten Browserspiel “Can you break the algorithm” schlüpfen die Nutzer*innen in die Rolle einer neuen Redakteurin, die versucht den Algorithmus der fiktiven Social Media App “TikTube” zu entschlüsseln. Aus einer journalistischen Perspektive lehrt das Spiel wie Algorithmen funktionieren und warum es so schwierig ist, die ‚Black Box Algorithmus‘ zu Read more
The ‘AI Pedagogy Project’ by the metaLAB (at) Harvard contains a collection of tasks and materials inspired by the humanities, for educators who want to know how AI affects their students and their curricula. How do we make informed, intentional decisions about the role of AI in the classroom? How Read more
Data2Teach ist ein kostenloser Online-Kurs zum Thema Datenkompetenz im Bildungskontext. The course is aimed primarily at students and teachers, but also at anyone interested in data collection and analysis. The course focusses on topics such as educational monitoring, data-driven educational processes, opportunities and risks of using data in the school Read more
“Your Data Mirror Experience” is a personalized, story-based and interactive web application. The project is based on the user’s own data traces and shows what should remain hidden from users: the psychological profile that can be created from personal data in order to play out targeted (political) advertising and influence Read more
“Just as oil leads to global warming, data leads to social cooling” (Tijmen Schep). The website “Social Cooling” covers the issue of ‘social cooling’. This effect, which has also already been identified by academic research, highlights that the ubiquitous data collection makes citizens feel monitored and observed, and many change Read more
“How Your Phone is Designed to Grab your Attention”is concerned with persuasive design strategies that have been optimised to gain the attention of users. It is part of the digital showcase-series “Capsule 1.0” of “Tactical Tech”, which addresses the following questions: What type of data do you give away through Read more
“Your Phone Number is Not Only Yours” is concerned with the transfer of one’s own phone number from the services you use to third parties you might not know about. It is part of the digital showcase-series “Capsule 1.0” by “Tactical Tech”, which addresses the following questions: What type of Read more
“The Real Life of Your Selfie” asks about how one’s digital identity can be used to determine your rights, how much data can be extracted from just your selfie, and what other kinds of biometric data you might be asked to give away. It is part of the digital showcase-series Read more
