A Responsible Digital Future for Everyone
Discover DIRECT, an Erasmus+ alliance empowering learners, educators and businesses with tools and courses to embed digital responsibility and ethical AI in everyday practice.
An Erasmus+ EU Initiative
PROJECT VIDEO
DIRECT in 90 seconds: What we build, who it helps, and why it matters
Watch a short introduction to DIRECT—how the project strengthens Digital Responsibility skills through practical learning, evidence-based self-assessment, and tools that support organisations in making responsible digital choices.
Project Partners
Organisations Driving Responsible Digital Change
Discover the universities, research hubs and businesses behind DIRECT, joining forces to embed ethics in Europe’s future.
ABOUT OUR project
DIRECT Objectives: Ethics & Impact Across Europe
DIRECT transforms ethical technology principles into practice via an EU-wide competence framework, multilingual learning platform, hands-on pilots and resources that guide educators, businesses and policymakers.
LATEST NEWS
Digital Insights & Updates
Catch up on the newest stories from the DIRECT blog—brief explainers, project milestones, ethical-tech reflections and hands-on resources that help you weave digital responsibility into everyday practice.
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Adaptive and Personalised Learning Pathways for Digital Responsibility
Effective digital responsibility education should recognise that learners differ in prior knowledge, everyday digital practices, ethical awareness, and capacity for self-regulation. Personalisation addresses this diversity by aligning learning experiences with individual needs, encouraging learners to connect digital responsibility-related concepts to their own practices and decision-making contexts. By fostering relevance and meaningful engagement, personalised approaches support…
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Why should digital responsibility competence be embedded in education?
Digital technologies are rapidly transforming how people learn, work, and participate in society. While digitalization offers significant benefits, such as increased efficiency, innovation, and access, it also raises complex ethical challenges. Questions about data protection, algorithmic fairness, transparency, and digital inclusion increasingly shape everyday decisions made by individuals and organizations. These challenges cannot be addressed…
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Digital Responsibility and Safety in Sharing Knowledge
Open science and digital responsibility are becoming increasingly important in today’s research and digital world. Although they may seem like different concepts, they can work together to ensure that knowledge is shared openly while remaining safe and respectful of people. At the center of this connection is safety, meaning the protection of individuals, digital systems, and…
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“Technology finds its true power when steered by responsibility.”
— the project team
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