Globalizing data literacy: Unveiling methodologies and findings from the European Educability project (building the capacity of educators and librarians in information literacy)

Abstract

The goal of the European Educability project was to create a specific skills program for educators and information professionals covering six key multiliteracies within the new European framework of digital competencies. The focus of the project is placed on the importance of international collaboration in the development of these programs, using one specific literacy as an example: data literacy. This paper provides the working methodology for the project, based on prior definition of the conceptual elements and, subsequently, on the design of a Delphi study in which 15 experts from the partner countries evaluated and reached a consensus on the importance of the learning objectives and training programs presented. The results for data literacy highlight the need to apply replicable methodologies when designing skills programs. The international cooperation work carried out within the framework of the Educability project contributes to standardization in the approach to these programs, as well as in research on multiliteracies.