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Bitesize

Deciding together

Deliberative democracy and digital engagement.

Level
Bitesize
Learning time
1 hour 15 minutes
Where
Engagement and Participation
Price
£39

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About this course

Overview and Outcomes.

Overview

Deliberative methods select a random, representative group of people and give them time, information and support to weigh a hard question. This module contrasts polls with deliberation, drawing on James Fishkin, explains sortition and how a citizens' assembly works, and examines the Irish Citizens' Assembly, Climate Assembly UK and the OECD's deliberative wave. It closes with when deliberation fits and the commissioner's duty to respond. Digital tools and artificial intelligence can widen participation or quietly narrow it. This module treats digital as a channel rather than a strategy, sets out what digital can and cannot do and who digital-only approaches leave out, and explores online tools including Pol.is consensus mapping and the vTaiwan case. It then examines where AI helps analyse responses, five guard rails for its use, and the UK government's Consult tool.

What you'll develop

In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:

  1. Distinguish deliberation from polls and open consultation, and describe how sortition and the learning, deliberation, decision and response phases of a citizens' assembly work.
  2. Compare the Irish Citizens' Assembly and Climate Assembly UK and explain why a clear route to decision shapes an assembly's influence.
  3. Assess whether a question and a commissioner's commitment to respond make deliberation the right approach, and plan the commissioner's obligations before, during and after the process.
  4. Assess what a digital channel adds to an engagement purpose and identify the layers of digital exclusion that a digital-only approach can create.
  5. Explain how consensus mapping surfaces statements that win support across groups, and distinguish its strengths from its limits using the vTaiwan case.
What it covers

The Modules.

1 hour 15 minutes of learning.

  1. 08Deliberative Democracy: Assemblies, Juries and Mini-PublicsDeliberative methods select a random, representative group of people and give them time, information and support to weigh a hard question. This module contrasts polls with deliberation, drawing on James Fishkin, explains sortition and how a citizens' assembly works, and examines the Irish Citizens' Assembly, Climate Assembly UK and the OECD's deliberative wave. It closes with when deliberation fits and the commissioner's duty to respond.40 min
  2. 09Digital Engagement and AIDigital tools and artificial intelligence can widen participation or quietly narrow it. This module treats digital as a channel rather than a strategy, sets out what digital can and cannot do and who digital-only approaches leave out, and explores online tools including Pol.is consensus mapping and the vTaiwan case. It then examines where AI helps analyse responses, five guard rails for its use, and the UK government's Consult tool.38 min
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