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Data Literacy

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Data Literacy Initiatives

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At Bielefeld University, there are various interdisciplinary and discipline-specific initiatives and projects on data literacy. The term data literacy refers to the ability "to collect, manage, evaluate and apply data in a critical way" (cf. Ridsdale et al. 2015). The target groups of these initiatives and projects are researchers, teachers and students.

Data Literacy Initiatives

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The goal of the inter-university joint project DataLiteracySkills@OWL of Bielefeld University, Paderborn University and Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts is to strengthen data literacy skills. The focus of the project is on strengthening the data literacy skills of students and lecturers.
BiLinked Community of Practice: Data Literacy: The BiLinked Community of Practice Data Literacy aims to teach and aid the acquisition of data literacy. The term describes the ability to collect, manage, evaluate, interpret, and apply data; all of this combined with a constant critical reflection of the prerequisites and goals. Students as well as lecturers work together on an interdisciplinary and collaborative basis in order to design new course formats. The topic of data literacy offers numerous starting points for realistic research questions and project-oriented forms of work. Consequently, it is a good starting point for the development of innovative teaching formats that can be used across disciplines.