MIL M1 - Activities
Media and Information Literacy - Activities
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Learning Objective 2 of Module 1 contains one (1) reading comprehension activity that will inform you briefly about MIL history and background and two (2) activities that will help you reflect on MIL current trends, to use as a backbone when you, as a teacher or as a librarian, wish to be active in MIL
3. Reflect on how to collaborate with colleagues and librarians to foster MIL transferable skillsLearning Objective 3 of Module 1 contains two (2) activities that will help you reflect on how to collaborate with your colleagues and with librarians to help your pupils, students, the community you serve, family and friends develop those MIL skills, which are transferable in various scientific subjects and in all life settings
"What does Media and Information Literacy (MIL) mean?"
Learning Objective 1 of Module 1 contains four (4) reading comprehension activities that will help you become familiar with MIL basic concepts, namely with key definitions and skills, to use as a backbone when you, as a teacher or as a librarian, wish to be active in MIL
Before you start you may watch this Interactive Video (duration 1m 29sec) “Media and Information Literacy” by EDUCABILITY is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Activity 1 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 1
Activity 2 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective
Activity 3 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 1
Activity 4 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 1
"Learn about MIL history and current trends"
Learning Objective 2 of Module 1 contains one (1) reading comprehension activity that will inform you briefly about MIL history and background and two (2) activities that will help you reflect on MIL current trends, to use as a backbone when you, as a teacher or as a librarian, wish to be active in MILActivity 5 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 2
Find the following open source by clicking “here”. Then read pages 37-55 and take the Quiz that contains 10 questions (7 multiple choice, 2 true/false and 1 drag the words)
Activity 6 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 2
Activity 7 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 2
"Reflect on how to collaborate with colleagues and librarians to foster MIL transferable skills"
Learning Objective 3 of Module 1 contains two (2) activities that will help you reflect on how to collaborate with your colleagues and with librarians to help your pupils, students, the community you serve, family and friends develop those MIL skills, which are transferable in various scientific subjects and in all life settings
Activity 8 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 2
You may watch two short videos to get some inspiration about collaborative efforts between educators and librarians:
- Video 1 (duration 1m 46 sec) “Teacher Librarians and Classroom Teachers: Collaborative Partners” by Sue Heraper is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
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Tip > Question: Do you know how to display subtitles in a YouTube video? Answer: Go to settings icon and click on the subtitles ]
- Video 2 (duration 5 m 20 sec) – “Teacher Librarians at The Heart of Student Learning” by Craig Seasholes is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Activity 9 - MIL M1 - Learning Objective 3
Be active and creative in MIL
- Think of a topic based on your expertise, e.g., MIL practices/examples in social sciences, or in language, or in natural sciences and mathematics, or in technology, or in the arts, or in history, etc.
- Search for specific information regarding your topic and evaluate them in terms of relevance and validity [for more details on how to perform this exercise you may go to MIL M3 Activities - UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Information Literacy Model - An enriched overview by EDUCABILITY ]
- Prepare a short, properly cited essay/ppt/infographic/video and share it with your pupils, students, the community you serve, family and friends
