Who said it?

This digital learning unit focusses on climate justice and growth logic while incorporating perspectives from young climate activists. It begins with a quote emphasising that the needs of humans and non-humans should be placed above economic growth. A quiz allows participants to guess who the quote comes from. A video reveals that it’s the Native-american activist Tokata Iron Eyes. Finally, participants learn more about Tokata Iron Eyes and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s fight against the construction of an oil pipeline in South Dakota. This method highlights indigenous voices and serves as a positive example for young people who want to work for a more just world.

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Tips for instructors

The way we learn about societal developments is changing – and with it our educational media. Global Citizenship Education is increasingly taking place online, but how can transformative education be transferred to everyday formats such as social media? Teenagers and young adults in particular are progressively acquiring knowledge via social media channels such as Instagram, Twitter or Tiktok. This opens up a window of opportunity for Global learning: By engaging with the audience in their everyday lives, they gain low-threshold access to global approaches. Also, their own role and self-efficacy is emphasised.
As a result, we have transformed some of our methods into small, digital learning units: Memes, infographics and short videos on climate justice, global inequalities and distribution issues. They enable small learning increments that use playful and humorous elements to facilitate reflection and engagement with larger learning objectives. These so-called microlearnings can be used as a discussion starter for a workshop, given as a follow-up or recommended for independent research.