Digital Civics

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Digital Civics: The study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens who inhabit the infosphere and access the world digitally. https://www.digitalcivics.org Contact: Dr. Estelle Clements

A quote from Plato's Phaedrus in English appears against a softer background of the original Ancient Greek text from which it is translated. It reads: For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without instruction and will therefore seem to know many things, when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, since they are not wise, but only appear wise
“If the aim of digital civics pedagogy is to foster ethically and civically responsible citizens in the infosphere, then to answer the challenge of twenty-first century citizenship education, students will need an awareness of the influences that impact their experience as digital age citizens, the skills to cope in their environment and opportunities to practice these skills.” -Clements, “A Conceptual Framework” 2019, p. 581
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Oscar Wilde's character Dorian Gray using instagram to share a new profile picture
A human figure comprised of data walks through a data landscape. Behind them are clear footprints, in front of them are faint footprints where they are likely to step.
Digital Civics banner with fresco by Lorenzetti and title: John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" in the digital age classroom
Cutting-edge tech provides endless possibilities for data collection through digital citizen science projects. But with big opportunities come big ethical challenges, cautions Estelle Clements A Geosciences Feature
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