Centre for Online Education - Media and Information Literacy for Teachers

Offered bySwayam

Media and Information Literacy for Teachers
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Swayam
Overview

Equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to be critical consumers and creators of information themselves

Duration	16 weeks
Start from	Start Now
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Media and Information Literacy for Teachers
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Swayam
Highlights

Earn a certificate from IGNOU
Learn from industry expert

Media and Information Literacy for Teachers
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Swayam
Course details

Who should do this course?

Faculty and instructors in teacher education programs who want to train future teachers in media and information literacy pedagogy
Classroom teachers across different subjects and grade levels who want to incorporate media and information literacy skills into their lesson plans

What are the course deliverables?

Teachers will be able to define and explain core concepts of media and information literacy, including media bias, information credibility, misinformation, disinformation, and responsible online behavior
Teachers will develop the skills to critically analyze different media formats (news articles, social media posts, documentaries, etc.), identifying their purpose, target audience, and potential biases
Teachers will gain the ability to evaluate the credibility and trustworthiness of information sources online and offline, using appropriate criteria
Teachers will develop an understanding of the impact of media on individuals, society, and learning processes
Teachers will gain practical skills to integrate media and information literacy concepts and activities into their existing curriculum across different subjects

More about this course

The rapid growth of media and information and communication technologies and the attendant convergence of communication and information make it imperative that MIL be seen as vital to the empowerment of people and an important prerequisite for harnessing ICTs for education and fostering equitable access to information and knowledge
This has led to media and information literacy (MIL) being increasingly important to teaching and learning
This MOOC Course will present MIL as a teaching and learning process rather than solely as a discipline. Therefore, it will broadly introduce teachers to key issues and concepts of the field which will be dealt with in more detail in other modules, offering them the opportunity to develop an understanding of the difference between “teaching about” and “teaching through” the media

Media and Information Literacy for Teachers
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week-1

Understanding Media and Information Literacy

Week-2

MIL, Civic Participation and Right to Information

Week-3

Interacting with Media and Other Content Providers

Week-4

MIL, Teaching and Life-Learning

Week-5

Communication and Information, Teaching and Learning

Week-6

Learning Theories and MIL

Week-7

Enabling Environment for MIL in Learning Spaces

Week-8

Audience: National and Global Contexts

Week-9

Technology, Media and Society

Week-10

Freedom, Ethics and Social Accountability

Week-11

What Makes News

Week-12

The News Development Process

Week-13

News Reporting and the Power of the Image

Week-14

Industry Codes on Diversity and Representation

Week-15

Television, Films, Print Publishing

Week-16

Representation and Music Videos

Media and Information Literacy for Teachers
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Swayam
Faculty details

Prof. K S Arul Selvan

Prof. K S Arul Selvan is a faculty with the School of Journalism and New Media Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi. UNESCO expert in Media and Information Literacy for the past 15 years in various capacities. Member of the curriculum committee of UNESCO on Media and Information Literacy for Teachers (2010 and 2020). Currently coordinating master's degree programmes of SOJNMS – Journalism and Digital Media, Journalism and Mass Communication (Online and Tamil), PG Diploma in Digital Media. Two more MOOC courses are coordinated by Prof. Arul Selvan – Media, Information and Empowerment and Digital Media.