people‘s internet literacy in switzerland · 2019. 4. 29. · 5 key components on the road to...

Monitoring Young

People‘s Internet

Literacy

in Switzerland

Dr. Martin Hermida

5 key components on the road to measuring digital literacy

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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests

Definition Teaching Measuring

Dr. Martin Hermida - Protection of children in a connected world, OECD Expert Consultation, Zurich 2018


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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests

Experts on Media Science and

Computer Science Education


Scientific background



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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests




Scientific background


Curricula are meant to last and it shows: Example

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Educational

standards...understand consequences of

their behavior in (social) media

...know basic functionalities of

different programs/software

...can differentiate between local

device, local network and the

internet to store public and private

data

Students can...

Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills



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Educational

standards...understand consequences of







data

Students can...

Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills


Connect curricular standards to real world phenomenon

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...understand consequences of







data

Students can...

Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills

Know cyberbullying has

vast consequences

because you can‘t see the

victim‘s reaction and

networked media increases

(un-/intended) number of

bystanders/perpetrators

and if they become a victim

they can take a screenshot

of the hurtful messages and

go to talk to an adult

Connect to a phenomenon:



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...understand consequences of







data

Students can...

Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills


vast consequences













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Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills


vast consequences












• Know emotional and legal

consequences of cyberbullying

• Know how to block users

• Know what blocked users can‘t

and can do

• Can take a screenshot and

save it to a folder

Educational Standard:

• Know the difference between

photo sharing through

whatsapp and instagram


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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests

Experts in Media Science and



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Educational

standards

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests



Purposeful

teaching

material


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Media

Science

Computer

Science

Skills


vast consequences












• Know emotional and legal

consequences of cyberbullying

• Know how to block users

• Know what blocked users can‘t

and can do

• Can take a screenshot and

save it to a folder

Educational Standard:

• Know the difference between

photo sharing through

whatsapp and instagram

• A fictitious movie about

cyberbullying among

students

• Instructions for a

discussion on hurtful

communication online

• Exercise on image

manipulation

Teaching materials:

• Role playing game where

students play bits of

information traveling online


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Educational

standards

Scientifically

sound tests



Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers


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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests



Only very limited representative empirical data on literacy

available

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EU Kids Online: Basic Skills

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ICILS: Information Literacy

EU Kids Online: Basic Skills

• based upon item response theory

• not feasible in schools

upcoming...

• 1 scale (r=0.84)

• only (technical) skills


Scientifically

sound tests

Adaptive Digital Literacy Test

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• Based upon item response theory

providing questions on different difficulty

levels

• Adaptive selection of questions based

upon children‘s estimated level of literacy

• Summarized class results for teachers

• References to teaching materials


Example Information Online

Why is it, that two people can search with the same keywords, yet

get different results?

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Because results can

change within seconds

Could be... Can‘t be...

Because the live in

different locations

Because they have set

a different language

Because of ambiguous

search terms

Due to personal logins

to the search engine


Example Information Online

Why is it, that two people can search with the same keywords, yet

get different results?

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Because results can

change within seconds

Could be... Can‘t be...

Because the live in

different locations

Because they have set

a different language

Because of ambiguous

search terms

Due to personal logins

to the search engine


Testing digital internet literacy in 5 different domains

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Digitalization and automation: Possibilities and Limits

Online information:Freedom and Trustworthiness

New business models: Renting,

buying and selling online

Personalized content and

data protection

Youth protection, sex and

violence

N=4‘068

N=3‘086

N=3‘365

N=2‘094

N=2‘748

0% 25 50 75 100


What we know from the ongoing Test (N=26‘146/15‘361 7th-8th)

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N=4‘068

N=3‘086

N=3‘365

N=2‘094

N=2‘748

0% 25 50 75 100


Digitalization and automation: Possibilities and Limits

Online information:Freedom and Trustworthiness

New business models: Renting,

buying and selling online

Personalized content and

data protection

Youth protection, sex and

violence


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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests





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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests





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Educational

standards

Purposeful

teaching

material

Qualified

teachers

Scientifically

sound tests




Experts

on

Education

Experts

on

Computer

Science

Experts

on

Media

Science


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Experts

on

Education

Experts

on

Computer

Science

Experts

on

Media

Science

Experts on

Media

Science and

Computer

Science

Education


New Master‘s degree program (first graduates in spring 2021)

25Dr. Martin Hermida - Protection of children in a connected world, OECD Expert Consultation, Zurich 2018

Experts on

Media

Science and

Computer

Science

Education

• Education Science (240h)

• Media & Communication

Science (480h)

• Computer Science (480h)



• Media Science and Computer

Science Education (1800h)

Trained in all related fields

On the road to measuring digital literacy in Switzerland

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Educational standards

Purposeful teaching material

Qualified teachers

Scientifically sound tests



Need to be sharpened/operationalized

Most of it still needs to be developed

Are ready, but short on material

First version of adaptive test in use

First graduates Master of Media

Science and Computer Science

Education in Spring 2021

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