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[ UUID ] 08218ed3-e98f-4034-a563-0373643f4853
[ Session Name ] Media Literacy Meets Computer Literacy [ Primary Space ] Web Literacy
[ Submitter's Name ] Sarah Morris [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Nucleus Learning Network [ Submitter's GitHub ] @secmorris
What will happen in your session?
This session will seek to bring together ideas from both computer science and media literacy education, and will explore ways to empower people with the skills they need to become strong digital citizens. In this session, participants will first engage in a warm-up activity where we will unpack concepts, such as misinformation and internet health. Next, participants will have the chance to explore an open-source curriculum called Mission:Information, which was recently expanded during a Mozilla Open Leader's Fellowship. Finally, participants will break into discussion groups where they will develop ideas for how combined media and computer literacy education approaches can help empower people with the skills they need to be strong digital citizens.
What is the goal or outcome of your session?
The numerous issues that surround misinformation are often deeply connected to today's technological challenges, from online security, to Internet politics, to the very ways in which we consume information online. This proposed session aims to be a highly collaborative and participatory way to explore these challenges. The main goals are, first, to introduce participants to issues surrounding misinformation, internet health, and computer and media literacy education, including a chance to explore an open-source media and web literacy curriculum. Finally, participants will contribute their ideas and develop approaches that can help equip people with the skills they need to engage online, make the internet a better place, and tackle challenges like misinformation as empowered and confident digital citizens.
Time needed
60 mins