Climate change is one of the world’s biggest threats. This is especially concerning as the world becomes digital and people rely on online sources for their information needs. This online course, developed by UNESCO and MGIEP, empowers citizens to navigate today’s complex information and digital landscapes critically and ethically. Please click on the link below
Plain-language explainer on why generative AI can produce confident but false answers, fabricated citations, and misleading summaries. It gives readers practical source-checking habits for evaluating AI output, making it useful for AI literacy, media literacy, and digital information evaluation. Please click on the link below to access the content: Understanding AI Hallucinations and Their Causes
The Online Safety Centre is a free educational website that supports media literacy and digital wellbeing by helping users understand how to manage privacy, safety, blocking, and reporting features across popular apps, games, and social media platforms. Designed for young people, parents, educators, and professionals, it provides clear, practical guidance to help users make informed
Two Truths and AI is a series from the News Literacy Project that’s designed to help students sharpen their critical thinking skills around AI. Each episode seeks to make AI literacy engaging and interactive and to stimulate classroom discussion. Please click on the link below to access the content: 2 Truths and AI with News
On social media platforms, algorithms decide what content is shown to users based on their preferences, behaviour and interactions. Under the Digital Services Act, many platforms must now give users the options to reset or depersonalise their newsfeeds or algorithms. By regularly resetting their algorithms, users can manage their social media experience and maintain a balanced
A video that discusses how Artificial Intelligence is impacting the way disinformation is created and spread to manipulate public opinion. It also outlines importance of Media Literacy education and regulatory measures, referencing Ireland’s Online Safety and Media Regulation Act and the EU’s Digital Services Act. Please click on the link below to access the content:
In this video Dr. Oonagh O’Brien from Munster Technologic University examines the impact of digital technology on the wellbeing of children and young people. She highlights ethics and legislation relating to social media platforms and Gen AI. Content warning. Please click on the link below to access the content: Digital Technology: Big Tech, GenAI and
In this video Ciarán O’Connor for the Institute of Strategic Dialogue guides us through a case study of how false information was used to undermine confidence in the Irish local elections in June 2024. Please click on the link below to access the content: False Information and Elections – Ciarán O’Connor | Videos & Movies