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“Learning About and With AI: A Natural Project of the School Library” was the central theme of Vitor Tomé’s presentation at the XXVII Meeting of the Leiria Library Network on 16 November 2024.  In addition to a brief presentation on the Algowatch project, Tomé outlined the dynamic challenges that libraries currently face, transforming from bastions of knowledge into adaptable centres responding to the digital age. Issues such as digital exclusion and the need for equitable access to both traditional and … Read More

A partir de 13 ans et plus! Version 1.0 – Juin 2024 DOWNLOAD | PDF (295KB)

From age 13 and more! Version 1.0 – June 2024 DOWNLOAD | PDF (295KB)

The French team of Algowatch, Savoir Devenir, facilitated engaging workshops at the “Critical Thinking Encounters” event in Bastia, France, on 18 October 2024. This initiative aimed at testing their new quizzes on the role of AI and algorithms in information usage, focusing on critical thinking and misinformation in the realms of sport and health. The workshops utilised the ‘Health and Well-being’ quiz from the European Algowatch.eu programme with 20-24-year-old students. Participants shared their thoughts and feelings about AI, often associating … Read More

The Algowatch Maynooth team were present at European Researchers Night in Ireland, on Friday, 27 September between 4 – 8pm in the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Trinity College Dublin, and presented for the first time a demo of the Algowatch game to researchers and the public. The event took place Over 800 people passed through the exhibition on the night. The game was set up on two laptops and people were invited to play and provide written feedback via a QR … Read More

The Algowatch project hosted an interactive activity titled “Challenges with Algorithms” during the European Researchers’ Night, on September 27th, at the Botanical Garden in Lisbon. From 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM, researchers Vitor Tomé and Ana Pinto Martinho engaged with approximately 100 visitors at the stand of the Research Centre for Sociology Studies at ISCTE. Participants were invited to complete one of the quizzes available on the project’s website, offered in English, French, or Portuguese, followed by a brief evaluation … Read More

QUIZ Climate change Health and well-being Democracy and citizenship Online Relationships QUIZ To help you better understand and master AI and algorithms, we suggest you take this series of interactive quizzes. Four topics in which to test your wits. Now it’s your turn to play! Climate change Health and well-being Democracy and citizenship Online Relationships QUIZ Pour mieux comprendre et maîtriser l’IA et les algorithmes, nous vous proposons de vous lancer cette série de quiz interactifs. Quatre thématiques, autant d’univers … Read More

Divina Frau-Meigs, President of Savoir Devenir, presented the Algowatch project during the online conference “Responsible Artificial Intelligence”, organized on July 9th, by the EPALE network, the ERASMUS platform dedicated to adult continuous training in Europe, specifically for its French community. Tha Algowatch’s leading researcher contributed to the first roundtable, which centered on the stakes for the continuous training of citizens, and detailed the Algowatch background, objectives, and the resources being developed. A link to the Algowatch project was shared during … Read More

Prof Aphra Kerr from Maynooth University, Ireland, presented a paper titled ‘Should Algo- and AI literacy be part of Media & Information Literacy (MIL), and How? (Preliminary) Results from a meta-analysis’  to the Media Education section at the International Association for Media and Communications Research conference in Christchurch New Zealand on the 4th of July, 2024. Co-authored with Prof Divina Frau Meigs, Lana Ciboci Perša, Vitor Tome and Igor Kanižaj from the Algowatch project the presentation reported on the initial … Read More

The second face-to-face meeting of the Algowatch project took place on 4 and 5 June at the premises of Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in Portugal, and was attended by seven members of the research team, joined by three more online. As well as taking stock of the project, the team discussed the production of the quizzes and eye openers, as well as the competences associated with the video game currently being produced by the project team. The team … Read More