[Okfn-se] GOW15 Report–”Open Knowledge Sweden”

max at okfn.se max at okfn.se
Fri Mar 27 12:40:42 UTC 2015


 

REPORT: GET ONLINE WEEK 2015 (OPEN KNOWLEDGE SWEDEN) 

There is huge
potential to use DIGITAL DATA and OPEN DATA to improve the lives of
citizens, especially in increasing the transparency and accountability
of governments. However, many of the individuals who are closest to the
problems currently lack both the skills to use data effectively, and the
awareness of the potential of data for their work. 

_School of Data_,
as a part of OPEN KNOWLEDGE SWEDEN [1] (org. nummer: 802494-0937), aims
to address this need by teaching citizens how to use data to find
evidence, create compelling visualizations and to tell stories to
present their arguments in a more effective way. 

Our mission is to
empower the citizens and organizations who wish to use data 'for good',
with the skills they need.So during _Get Online Week 2015_, we had a
presentation about how digital data can empower citizens. (Please see
the attached files. More pictures of the event will be sent later.) 

We
taught participants, who were mainly elderly citizens, fundamentals of
creating value from digital data, by using free online tools. The data
used in the presentation was open data that is accessible for anyone who
gets online and can use internet. We received very positive feedback and
a great interest from the audience. 

In order to reach the participants
who were less likely to be _online _and get them to engage and become
involved in online life, we used local organizations for seniors and
pensioners to send out invitations and attract the participants.
Eventually, 27 individuals attended the presentation and were asked to
fill in the survey at the end. 

Med vänlig hälsning, 

Max
Mohammadhassan Mohammadi 
Project leader, School of Data
Open Knowledge
Sweden 

 

Links:
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[1] http://se.okfn.org/
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