Digital Citizenship and Civic Activism
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the cognitive, methodological and technological tools to actively and consciously participate in the process of mutual influence between citizenship and information technologies, taking into account the institutional (top-down) and the spontaneous or ""self-organized"" point of view (bottom -up).
Expected learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to create the ability of using the technological tools for the participation to the civil life in a critical and conscious way.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Video lesson (Jitsi/Zoom/Teams)
Course syllabus
Rainbow of Digital Citizenship (and Technocivism)
- L0, the Net (relativity, Locard, datagate, redesign of the net)
- L1, services (relativity, Locard, inclusiveness, slashdot-effect, lock-in)
- L2, public services (Net Neutrality, Digital Divide)
- L3, education (stolen computing agency, national plans, free software, right to repair)
- L4, opendata and transparency (formats, classification, civic responsibility, scraping, webstacles)
- L5, participation (crowdsourcing)
- L6, consultation (participatory budgets, referendum)
- L7, democracy (digital voting, liquid democracy)
- L0, the Net (relativity, Locard, datagate, redesign of the net)
- L1, services (relativity, Locard, inclusiveness, slashdot-effect, lock-in)
- L2, public services (Net Neutrality, Digital Divide)
- L3, education (stolen computing agency, national plans, free software, right to repair)
- L4, opendata and transparency (formats, classification, civic responsibility, scraping, webstacles)
- L5, participation (crowdsourcing)
- L6, consultation (participatory budgets, referendum)
- L7, democracy (digital voting, liquid democracy)
Prerequisites for admission
networks, programming languages, operating systems
Teaching methods
Lessons + lab
Teaching Resources
- Slides and videos
- course book https://c18e.it/pages/libri.html
- course book https://c18e.it/pages/libri.html
Assessment methods and Criteria
Preparation of a paper whose content must be agreed with the teachers.
Presentation of a project to be agreed with the teachers.
Presentation of a project to be agreed with the teachers.
Professor(s)
Reception:
to schedule a meeting please send an email
room 4007, via Celoria 18, MI