DIONE - SMARTY (training course)

Deadline: February 15, 2026

Program Starts: March 13, 2026

Program Ends: March 24, 2026

Events

Summer & Winter Schools

Location(s)

Armenia

Abovyan

Overview

In today’s AI-driven world, digital and media literacy is vital for social and civic participation, helping people critically access, analyze, evaluate, and create content to make informed decisions in life, work, and society.

Details

Short Project Description

In today’s AI-driven and information-saturated society, digital and media literacy has become an essential competence for full participation in social, civic, and cultural life. Individuals are constantly exposed to large volumes of information and are increasingly required to critically access, analyze, evaluate, and create digital content in order to make informed decisions related to their personal lives, health, work, and civic engagement. Beyond consuming information, active participation in contemporary culture also requires the ability to responsibly create and share content.

Project Objectives

The project aims to develop participants’ competencies to:

Make responsible choices by effectively accessing, locating, sharing, and understanding information and ideas
Critically analyze media messages by identifying authorship, purpose, point of view, credibility, and quality
Differentiate between AI-generated and human-created content
Distinguish between various media sources and assess their reliability
Create digital content using text, visuals, audio, and modern digital tools and technologies
Reflect on personal digital behavior by applying ethical principles and social responsibility
Take social action individually and collaboratively to share knowledge and address challenges within families, workplaces, and communities
Explore ways to involve local authorities in promoting digital and media literacy education
Develop strategies to engage additional stakeholders, such as libraries, community-based organizations, public institutions, businesses, and media and technology sector representatives

Opportunity is About

Computers & IT Education Society

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo: Democratic Republic Congo: Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kosovo UN1244 (*not recognized by majority of countries) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Authority Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Description of Ideal Candidate

Targeted participants

Youth workers, youth leaders who are older than 18 years.
Youngsters working or interested in media and media education
Youngsters interested in AI world
Youngsters interested in creating media content and making an influence on the public.
Youngsters/youth workers interested in media literacy education, digital education.
Youth workers are interested in learning skills, how to share their knowledge and how to promote it in their local
communities.
English language skills

Non formal methodology will be applied to all activities.