Digital Citizenship Education

Digital Well being

As part of the Safer Internet Day activities in Malta, the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills organized this online debate in collaboration with the Early Years, Languages, and Humanities Programmes Directorate and the National School Support Services about Digital well-being. The Council of the European Union in its conclusions on supporting well-being in digital education (2022/C 469/04) describes digital well-being as “a feeling of physical, cognitive, social and emotional contentment that enables all individuals to engage positively in all digital learning environments including through digital education and training tools and methods, maximise their potential and self-realisation and helps them to act safely online and supports their empowerment in online environments” This online debate took place on Thursday, 22nd February, between 10 am and 11 am. During this session, several issues related to digital well-being were discussed. The panel was composed of Mr. Stephen Camilleri, Dr. Omar Seguna, Mr. Roger Tirazona, and Ms. Katinka Zahra Lehtonen. https://digitalliteracy.skola.edu.mt

Disinformation, misinformation and hate speech

During this session we discussed several issues related to Hate Speech and disinformation/misinformation. The session was held at the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills in Hamrun and was conducted by Dr. Omar Seguna (EO Digital Literacy). Guests include Mr. Omar Rababah, Mr. Roger Tirazona and Mr. Karl Coleiro.

N.B. This presentation uses the branding of the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills.