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 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.
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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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Empowering Learners to Self-Regulate and Act Responsibly in the Digital Age
The speed of technological progress and the deep integration of digital systems across society underline the urgent need for continuous upskilling to maintain digital responsibility. Online learning environments provide powerful opportunities to develop digital responsibility competencies through authentic and experiential learning. Learners can engage directly with digital tools, simulations, and real-world scenarios that mirror the…
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The Generative Paradox of Digital Technology
When digital technologies deliver a new application or service, the intended consequences are the positive outcomes anticipated by developers and adopters: for example, faster workflows, better targeting, improved user experience, or cost savings. In many discourses about “misuse of tech,” the focus falls on malicious actors who deliberately weaponize systems (e.g. to defraud, propagate misinformation,…
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The role of open technologies in Digital Responsibility
In today’s digital era, technology affects not only how we live but also our values, rights, and responsibilities. In this context, open technologies have become an important tool for creating a more responsible digital world. Open technologies include open-source software, open hardware, open standards, and open data. These are freely available for anyone to use,…
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