1. Digital citizenship education
New programme

2. Challenges
Growing importance of the digital environment in students’ lives
From “digital natives” to “digital citizens”
Transversal competences for accessing, communicating, participating and creating on line
Digital gap due to access
Marginalisation from “digital life” due to lack of competences

3. A new role for education
“Should we consider students to have two separate lives – a relatively digitally unplugged life at school and a digitally saturated life away from school – or should we consider them to have one life that integrates their lives as students and digital citizens?....” (J. Ohler)

4. Digital citizenship education
A new dimension of citizenship: teaching students “to work, live and share in digital environments in a positive way”.
9 themes of digital citizenship (Mike Ribble 2004)

5. 9 themes Digital access Digital commerce Digital communication
Digital literacy
Digital etiquette
Digital law
Digital rights and responsibilities
Digital health and wellness
Digital security

6. What kind of education policies?
From policies aimed at safety and protection or controlling behaviour
To policies that promote positive measures and empowerment
Reshaping the responsibilities of the education sector and its major actors

7. What role for the Council of Europe?
Acquis in the field of citizenship education
Legal instruments (internet governance, children’s rights, data protection, privacy, media literacy education)
Making fresh suggestions for integrated policies

8. A new project Review and conceptual framework
Multi stakeholder consultations
Developing guidelines
Mapping the responsibilities of those involved
Sharing best practices
Descriptors of digital citizenship education competence
Legal and educational issues