Dataninja

Dataninja is an Italian company that grew out of a data team and has been active in Europe since 2012. It specializes in the development of training and communication projects aimed at promoting digital skills, working with a network of public, private and nonprofit organizations in educational, journalistic and professional contexts. Its stated goal is to help bridge the digital skills gap and enable people to turn learning into opportunities for growth and participation, using collaborative projects, innovative educational technologies and community building. The company's offering spans training paths, European projects, dissemination activities and educational kits. It runs training courses for schools, companies and non-profit organizations interested in promoting media, data and AI literacy, and provides platforms and materials that let teachers independently organize innovative digital-skills activities. Its engagement models include digital communities, online and in-person challenges, game-lessons and interactive workshops. Among its flagship programmes are Open the Box, a media, data and AI literacy programme for secondary schools aimed at teachers, educators and trainers, which won the 2023 European Digital Skills Award; DREAM (Digital Resilience, Education, and Awareness for Minors); Open The Box Extra, media literacy and digital citizenship paths for educating communities in the Turin belt; and GEOJO, an educational path on geospatial data and data visualization for aspiring geo-journalists. Dataninja also publishes a magazine covering artificial intelligence, media literacy and related topics. The company is based in Italy and active across Europe. Its founder, Nicola Bruno, is a professional journalist and PhD in Learning Sciences who created Open the Box and teaches Visual Storytelling at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; he was a Journalist Fellow at the University of Oxford. The team also includes project and programme managers such as Benedetta Tonnini and Giulia Gelmetti. Dataninja positions itself at the intersection of education, journalism and technology, promoting data, media and AI literacy through interactive, experiential formats.

Dataninja is a company born from a data team, based in Italy and active in Europe since 2012. It describes itself as specializing in the development of training and communication projects aimed at promoting digital skills, with the goal of helping bridge the digital skills gap and enabling everyone to turn learning into opportunities for growth and participation. It pursues this through collaborative projects, innovative educational technologies and community building, working with a network of public, private and nonprofit organizations in educational, journalistic and professional contexts. Over time the company has built a portfolio of training paths, European projects, dissemination activities and educational kits. Its educational products are designed for schools, universities, libraries, the third sector, companies and events, and focus on interaction and involvement through group activities, mini-games, serious games and board games, slide decks, video lessons, self-tracking materials and assessment questionnaires, offered in both digital and analog formats. A central development in its history is Open the Box, a media, data and AI literacy programme for secondary schools aimed at teachers, educators and people involved in training. The project won the 2023 European Digital Skills Award. Related initiatives include DREAM (Digital Resilience, Education, and Awareness for Minors), Open The Box Extra for educating communities in the Turin belt, and GEOJO, an educational path on geospatial data and data visualization for aspiring geo-journalists. The company also runs a magazine covering artificial intelligence, media literacy and digital education topics. Dataninja's founder, Nicola Bruno, is a professional journalist and PhD in Learning Sciences. He created Open the Box, teaches Visual Storytelling at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and was a Journalist Fellow at the University of Oxford. The team includes project and programme managers such as Benedetta Tonnini and Giulia Gelmetti.

• 2023

  Open the Box wins the European Digital Skills Award.

• 2012

  Dataninja begins activity in Europe as a company born from a data team.

Digital education for everyone: data, media and AI literacy through interactive, experiential training and educational products.

• Open the Box

  A media, data and AI literacy programme for secondary schools, aimed at teachers, educators and all people involved in training.

• DREAM

  Digital Resilience, Education, and Awareness for Minors.

• Open The Box Extra

  Media literacy and digital citizenship paths for the educating communities of the Turin belt.

• GEOJO

  Educational path on geospatial data and data visualization for aspiring geo-journalists.

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