The MediaWise Youtube channel is a program of The Poynter Institute, which aims to teach people how to navigate the online world and identify misinformation through digital media literacy initiatives. The videos submitted by MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network are made by young people and contain media literacy tips. Please click on the link below
This is a six-week course that helps learners develop their critical thinking skills to enable them to better identify reliable information in news reports and to become better informed about the world in which we live. This course was developed by the University of Hong Kong and Stony Brook University and requires a log in.
The Digital Citizenship Curriculum provides lesson plans and short videos for various age groups in schools that look at news and media literacy. These resources were developed by Common Sense Education who are based in the US. They address critical issues facing children in a fast-changing world of media and technology. Please click on the
The Civic Online Reasoning research-based curriculum was developed by the Stanford History Education Group. It offers lessons and assessments to help students evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world. Please click on the link below to access the content: https://cor.stanford.edu/curriculum/
Checkology is a free e-learning platform with lessons on media literacy through which learners develop the ability to identify credible information, seek out reliable sources and apply critical thinking skills to separate fact-based content from falsehoods. Predominantly for secondary, some for primary aged students. Please click on the link below to access the content:
This is a recorded webinar on the launch of ‘Transformative Media Pedagogies’, a book edited by Paul Mihailidis, Sangita Shresthova and Megan Fromm that explores the concept of individual and collective transformation as the underlying driver for media pedagogy. It offers valuable insights and practical strategies for implementing transformative media pedagogies across learning environments and
MLI Literate Citizens is a book by UNESCO which presents a comprehensive competency framework of media and information literacy and offers educators and learners structured pedagogical approaches and activities, learning objectives, assessments and recommendations. It is contains 14 modules that cover a range of topics needed to navigate today’s communications ecosystem. Please click on the
EU Kids Online Network is a multinational research network that seeks to enhance knowledge of European children’s online opportunities, risks and safety. It uses multiple methods to map children’s and parents’ experiences of the internet, in dialogue with national and European policy stakeholders. This website lists various reports. By The London School of Economics Department