Educators
Educators have long been associated with the idea of the one that teaches, and this idea has a top down conception. However, today’s conception of what is an educator has multiple contexts and is mostly, or should and need to be, a collaborative work. Lifelong learning plays a fundamental role and contributes to this need to learn throughout life and taking in consideration Agenda 2030 Goals. Read more.
Media Literacy Key concepts
Media literacy is the ability to identify different types of media and understand the messages they’re sending. According to the European Union, it involves the capacity of accessing, critically understanding and engaging with the different media available. Read more.
This website provides tools for educators to promote digital media literacy with young people.
Handbook with workshops on topics about new media challenges.
Explores the concept of digital citizenship, providing an overview of the current dialogue surrounding the term, with a focus on several key questions. The key questions are all related to digital citizenship and youth.
Website of the entity responsible for Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in the French education system.It provides resources for teachers.
Article about the way media literacy competences contribute to fighting fake news.
A parent’s guide to assist families in starting media literacy conversations at home.
Portuguese reference guide for media education in the context of formal education.
Julian McDougall's book that
contains interviews with journalists, news commentators and media educators to represent a breadth of perspectives within the field.
Ana Perez-Escoda's website that contains works, articles and other materials developed by the researcher.
Website about media literacy.
Online Civic Engagement
UNICEF defines civic engagement as “individual or collective actions in which people participate to improve the well-being of communities or society in general”. It is a fundamental process to democracy, through which people take action, in a collective manner, to address issues of public concern. Read more.
Guide that shows how online tracking works and offers a few tweaks and recommendations for increasing privacy.
Activity about reflecting on the meaning of feeling “safe” online.
A framework for thinking about how to best use social media.
Article about the importance of teaching students to seek the truth.
Article about the importance of using social media to help students improve their communication and writing skills.
Article about digital space, digital footprint, online privacy, etc
Booklet about online behaviours, online safety, and other, for educators.
Collection of resources for educators to support youth to explore, recognize, and take seriously the civic potentials of digital life.
Resilience to disinformation and fake news
Today, citizens are highly exposed to large scale disinformation, including false and misleading information, assuming different expressions and conceptualization. As the European Commission states, it is one of Europe’s major challenges. Read more.
This is a training module for teachers on hate speech. It's one of the outputs of “BRICkS - Building Respect on the Internet by Combating Hate Speech” project.
The SELMA Toolkit offers over 100 easy-to-access and customizable resources for teachers and other professionals working with children and young people.
Concise guide from project REACT that covers the organization of workshops for young people in both formal and informal settings. Explores hate speech, the scale of the problem, its impact, and how young people can actively take a stand and contribute to challenging it through counter-narratives.
Research findings to support the case for media literacy as an aid to journalists and journalism educators through the fostering of resilient media engagement by young citizens.
Educational resource for parents with the aim of opening the dialogue in the family regarding fake news or false news.
This handbook is designed to give journalism educators and trainers, along with students of journalism, a framework and lessons to help navigate the issues associated with ‘fake news’.
Guide that provides a historical approach to the phenomenon of fake news.
Online news verification game.
Article about strategies and other resources that can help students separate truth from fiction online.
Video about tools provided by social media and other website to help people spot fake news.
MOOC prepared for journalists and communicators produced under the project “#CoronavirusFacts, Addressing the ‘Disinfodemic’ on COVID-19,” implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union.