Welcome to the Course!
Treat this course pack as a digital textbook in your journey of being a media and information literate individual. All of the course materials are licensed with CC Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License. Click on the link to know how you can use the materials in the course for your teaching & learning needs! Additionally, you may also download the study guide below to know how you'll approach this course site.
Source: University of Texas, Center for Media Engagement
Enrolling in this course could not be more timely than today’s information age, wherein information functions as a powerful commodity and resource. In this post-pandemic world, we must know by how prevalent fake news, clickbait titles, online & text scams, influencer culture, and misleading online content are that undermine the value of authentic and high-quality information and media sources, such as academic journals, books, and official news channels, especially in the Philippines.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
This course is aligned with UNESCO’s belief that in today’s information age, Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is a human right as much as the right to read and write (i.e., literacy) is.
Integrating MIL to formal education is necessary, but it should not stop there. The goal is not to limit MIL to media practitioners, but to extend it to lay media consumers. Thus, MOOCs such as this one are encouraged in order to produce media and information literate societies.
Source: Rappler Philippines
This course teaches the theoretical underpinnings of media and information literacy and practical tips on how to be a more vigilant and wiser consumer and producer of media and information whether online or offline.
To make the topics more digestible for visual learners, the multimedia learning materials in this course are created to make the module to be less text-heavy than a traditional text-based module.
Our modern media landscape is a breeding ground of conflict in beliefs, cultural and political divide, internet wars, and social media addiction… among others. It is safe to say that this world needs more intelligent people who know how to navigate the digital spaces and sources of media and information lawfully, critically, ethically, and productively. In short, individuals who are media and information literate.
An individual that you will be once you completed this course!
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
Appreciate
the importance of MIL in today's information society and apply in your everyday life
Gather
the right type of information for your needs
Assess
the credibility, reliability, and accuracy of the information you consume
Create & share
media and information lawfully, ethically, and aesthetically
