Digital Citizenship "Media and Information Literacy" Course
Creators: name: ACOMI Nicoleta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Model course
digital citizenship
course plan
media
information literacy
role of media
literacy skills
professional support
media audit
information needs
copyright
patent
trademarks
ethics
principles of media
types of media
pros and cons
CRAAP
exercises
case studies

description: The development of technology has created a new social structure that controls who, how and when individuals interact with society. In less than 30 years, the use of the Internet, mobile phones and computers has increased to the point that we hardly know what we would do without them. Digital citizens are required to act in a certain way that fits with accepted norms, standards and regulations.


The Media and Information Literacy course is crucial nowadays because we are living in the 21st century, which challenges us with the rapid growth of technologies. Media and Information Literacy focuses on the freedom of expression and information, since it empowers citizens to understand the functions of media and other information providers, to evaluate their content, and to make informed criticism as users and producers of information and media content.


This course was designed as an instrument to assist teachers, trainers and youth workers in their daily work with young people. However, the course may be also followed directly by young people on their own. It includes readings, exercises, case studies, quizzes and self-reflection questions, divided into five modules:



	
Why media literacy skills;
	
Ask the right question;
	
Legal, ethical and societal aspects of using media and information;
	
Media and information literate individual;
	
Dimensions of media.



While this Media and Information Literacy textbook is available to download for free here and in the TrainingClub.eu European non-formal education platform of TEAM4Excellence, it is also available as a Moodle massive open online course in English. Furthermore, each module was translated into three languages: Romanian, Greek and German.


“Media and Information Literacy” is the result of the Erasmus+ project “Strategic partnership to develop open educational resources for teaching digital citizenship”, implemented by a consortium of four partners from Romania, Cyprus, Germany and Greece, aiming at improving a broad range of competences, so citizens are able to actively, positively and responsibly engage in both on and offline communities.


The authors consider that digital citizenship should be faced as a multidimensional and complex concept. Based on this aspect, they created 10 courses that together help improve the digital citizenship skills of people: Access and Inclusion, Learning and Creativity, Media and Information Literacy, Ethics and Empathy, Health and Wellbeing, ePresence and Communication, Active Participation, Rights and Responsibilities, Privacy and Security, Consumer Awareness.


Besides English, each course was translated into three more languages: Romanian, Greek and German. All the courses may be accessed online and anyone can enrol on Moodle and follow the courses for free.
description: Grant Agreement 2019-3-RO01-KA205-078053, Strategic partnership to develop open educational resources for teaching digital citizenship (DIGCIT)