Rethinking education in a changing world: Toward a curriculum for digital living

In March 2010, 25 international experts from academia and industry met in Madrid, Spain to participate in a two-day workshop promoted by the Digital Living Initiative of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). The goal of the event, co-organized by the Institute of Culture and Technology (ICyT) and the Interactive System Lab (DEI), was to develop a set of recommendations for a new masters program in digital living to be offered at UC3M. It was found that information school (iSchool) phenomenon brings together a mix of disciplines, which usually includes library science, information retrieval, computing, and social sciences. Based on a debate, a set of recommendations were articulated for those who are engaged in developing new curricula for educating students in digital living. The curriculum should be flexible and yet robust enough to allow students to acquire basic skills in digital living and to specialize, all while building on their individual backgrounds, previous knowledge, and skills.