Data literacy can be understood as "key competence of the 21th century“ that enables people not only to collect and analyze data, but also to critically evaluate and interpret it in a meaningful way. This competence is essential for making well-founded decisions, whether in academia, business or everyday life. Against this background, the University of Mannheim is expanding its extracurricular curriculum with the eLearning course MaDaLi2, with which we want to give our students the opportunity to acquire basic, practice-oriented data skills.
“Data literacy is the ability to collect, manage, evaluate and apply data in a critical manner.” (cf. Ridsdale et al., 2015, p. 8)
Data literacy refers to the ability to handle data in a critical manner. This term is often used to describe various individual skills, such as the ability to collect, evaluate, analzye or visualize data. Data literacy can therefore be understood as a fundamental competence for participating confidently and responsibly in an everyday life shaped by digitalization.
Data literacy for students of all disciplines
The course was developed by the Teaching and Learning Center (ZLL), the University Library (UB) and representatives of the Business School (chair held by Stahl) and the School of Humanities (chair held by Altvater-Mackensen and chair held by Naab) . It offers students at the University of Mannheim interdisciplinary knowledge of theoretical principles and practical skills for dealing with data.
The course is currently under construction and will consist of eight modules, which are also based on the data literacy framework of Schüller et al. The learning modules can be completed flexibly in self-study phases. Students can also take selected individual modules. No previous knowledge is required to take part in the course.
Team
Institutions
- Teaching and Learning Center (ZLL)
- University Library (UB)
- Chair of Psycholinguistics (School of Humanities)
- Chair of Digital Communication (School of Humanities)
- Chair of Quantitative Marketing (Business School)
