Media and Information Literacy

This online course "Media and Information Literacy (MIL) - for educators and librarians" has been implemented by UNIWA-Greece, in the framework of EDUCABILITY Program the main objectives of which are: 

(A) Development of a freely available, electronic, unified “Information Literacy Training Package” for educators and librarians.

(B) Distance, asynchronous, free of charge training of educators in all levels of education and of librarians, in the basic skills of Information Literacy, as a horizontal goal, and as vertical goals, training in the following six (6) emerging literacies: Digital Literacy, Mobile Literacy, Media and Information Literacy, Critical Information Literacy, Data Literacy, Sustainable Development Literacy.

(C) Convergence in strategy, know-how and infrastructure for Information Literacy initiatives through a Transnational Memorandum of Cooperation, Sustainability and Transferability between EDUCABILITY partners

The following partners participate in the transnational EDUCABILITY Program, which is implemented in English, within the framework of ERASMUS +: CUT-Cyprus, UNIWA-Greece, UC3M-Spain, UNS-Serbia, CSI-Cyprus . 

OBJECTIVES: KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

MIL for educators and librarians offers six (6) modules (M) aiming to help the aformentioned target audience gain knowledge and skills that will make them confident to plan their own activities and interventions on the following topics:

• MIL M1 - Introduction to Media and Information Literacy
  
• MIL M2 - Understanding Mainstream Media (in non-digital & digital format) as information providers
  
• MIL M3 - Libraries as pioneering agents of IL and MIL Skills
  
• MIL M4 - Critical Consumption of Information and Media Content
  
• MIL M5 - Ethical Use & Production of Information and Media Content
  
• MIL M6 - Understanding the “Free” Internet as Information Provider
  

TEACHING MATERIAL

Each MIL Module (M) offers:

• a set of interactive activities such as quizzes, crosswords, interactive videos, interactive books, interactive presentations, etc. that educators and librarians may do to familiarize themselves with various MIL topics, and to use for their own students/communities 
  
• a set of reflective and guidance activities, as well as complementary material, e.g. websites, external activities and courses, bibliography, etc., to help them design their own activities, interventions and lesson plans concerning MIL 

PRACTICAL ASSIGMENTS AND ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

Each MIL Module (M) has specific learning objectives and outcomes that have been evaluated by a pool of experts in MIL and in IL. To build a stronger competence, educators and librarians are advised, but not obliged, to take the course in the order that the Modules (M) are presented. 

METHODOLOGY