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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Bridging the Digital Divide Among the Elderly
In today’s fast-paced digital world, technology plays a central role in communication, access to information, and everyday tasks. However, a significant portion of the elderly population remains disconnected, creating a digital divide that affects their quality of life and inclusion in society. Many older adults struggle with adopting new technologies due to a lack of…
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The Importance of Netiquette in Education
In today’s digital learning environments, communication increasingly takes place through online platforms such as learning management systems, forums, emails, and video conferencing tools. In this context, netiquette—short for “network etiquette”—plays a key role in ensuring respectful and effective interaction among students and educators. Netiquette refers to the set of rules and guidelines that govern appropriate…
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AI in Hiring: Efficiency or Bias?
Artificial Intelligence is becoming a common tool in hiring processes, scanning CVs, ranking candidates, even analyzing video interviews. These systems promise faster and more “objective” recruitment. But are they always fair? Recent investigations have shown that some AI recruitment tools replicate human biases. For example, a well-known tech company had to scrap its resume-screening algorithm…
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— the project team
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