The new issue of the open access journal Comunicar (vol 30 no. 70, 2022) has a focus on New challenges for teachers in the context of digital learning.
Articles are in English and Spanish - if you want to change the language, click the flag on the top right of the screen (e.g. a Union Jack for English).
Articles include:
- Disinformation and multiliteracy: A systematic review of the literature
Jesús Valverde-Berrocoso, Cáceres (Spain), Alberto González-Fernández,
Cáceres (Spain) & Jesús Acevedo-Borrega, Cáceres (Spain).
https://doi.org/10.3916/C70-2022-08
- Critical media literacy to improve students' competencies
Walter-Antonio Mesquita-Romero, Sibundoy (Colombia), Carmen
Fernández-Morante, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) & Beatriz
Cebreiro-López, Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
https://doi.org/10.3916/C70-2022-04
- Teachers' perspectives for a critical agenda in media education post COVID-19. A comparative study in Latin America
Julio-César Mateus, Lima (Peru), Pablo Andrada, La Serena (Chile), Catalina González-Cabrera, Cuenca (Ecuador), Cecilia Ugalde, Cuenca (Ecuador) & Sebastián Novomisky, La Plata (Argentina).
https://doi.org/10.3916/C70-2022-01
- ICT and Media competencies of teachers. Convergence towards an integrated MIL-ICT model
Alfonso Gutiérrez-Martín, Segovia (Spain), Ruth Pinedo-González, Segovia (Spain) & Cristina Gil-Puente, Segovia (Spain).
https://doi.org/10.3916/C70-2022-02
The whole issue is at https://www.revistacomunicar.com/index.php?contenido=revista&numero=70
Photo by Sheila Webber: Christmas trees out for collection no. 3, January 2022
If you are interested in health and fighting misinformation, you will be interested in the Youtube channel of the World Health Organization EPI-WIN (Information Network for Epidemics) which includes, for example:
- Using local songs and storytelling to engage remote communities with health messages (November 24 2021) https://youtu.be/w1tqGETuSQ8
- Numerous videos from the 3rd WHO infodemic manager training (November/December 2021) including:
Debunking Misinformation with Audio Dramas on WhatsApp;
Tackling the Covid-19 Infodemic in the Caribbean;
Helping Canadians to Vaccinate with Confidence .
The channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-t0AL4GoNJYJOOtt2UhvMg/videos
Photo by Sheila Webber: snow, November 2021
A useful guide for avoiding ageism when writing, using images etc. was published by the Centre for Ageing Better a month ago:
Centre for Ageing Better. (2021). Challenging ageism: A guide to talking about ageing and older age. The press release is here and this is the guide https://ageing-better.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/Challenging-ageism-guide-talking-ageing-older-age.pdf
The hashtag in my title refers to the lazy use of "folded wrinkled hands" images to accompany stories about older people (which is mentioned as a "do not do" in the guide). At the end of the guide it has some actions (including challenging 'internalised ageism such as describing yourself as “past it” or “having a senior moment”') and they link to their useful image databank (which I have drawn on here)
An education podcast that's been going for a while is Leaders & Legends of Online Learning, in which Mark Nichols interviews people who have expertise in online learning. The latest podcast (at time of writing) is with Professor Phillip Dawson and a couple of earlier ones I would pick out are Professor Mpine Makoe and Dr George Veletsianos. The podcast pages give links/readings for each interviewee.
Go to https://onlinelearninglegends.com/
The Sherratt Library at Southern Utah University, USA has just updated its LibGuide on Information Literacy & Library Research which has tabs on: Introduction to Information Literacy (includes "Joining the scholarly conversation"); Planning and Research Questions; Searching; Finding & Evaluating; Synthesizing; Reflecting; Creating and sharing (includes "Information has value"). Although this is obviously designed for learners at that university, you can see it as a useful example and source of ideas.
Go to https://library.suu.edu/LibraryResearch/contents
An online course from Andrea Baer Scaffolding Information Literacy
runs February 7 – March 2, 2022, price: US $200
"In this 4-week course participants will learn about various scaffolding techniques, reflect on their own related teaching experiences and approaches, and apply scaffolding to developing or revising an instruction plan of their choice.
Course Structure
Week 1: Foundations in Scaffolding: Theory, Principles, & Techniques
Week 2: Instructional Contexts: Identifying Learning Outcomes & Anticipating Stumbling Blocks
Week 3: Creating Learning Experiences & Learning Supports
Week 4: Self-Regulated Learning, Flexible Learning, and the Iterative Nature of Scaffolding
Learning Outcomes."
More info at https://inquiringteachers.com/courses/scaffolding-information-literacy/
Photo by Sheila Webber: wreath at no. 10, December 2021 (the last of this series)
There is a call for proposals for the 7th International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, NIU Galway, Galway, Ireland, which runs 25-26 August 2022.
The focus is: Democratic Disorder: Disinformation, the Media and Crisis in a Time of Change.
It will be a blended conference (online and physical).
"The Communication & Media Studies Research Network offers an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the role of the media and communications in society. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.
We invite proposals addressing one of the following themes.
Theme 1: Media Cultures
Theme 2: Media Theory
Theme 3: Media Technologies and Processes
Theme 4: Media Business
Theme 5: Media Literacies." (I did publish this call several months ago, it's still open)
More info at https://oncommunicationmedia.com/2022-conference/format?
Bookings are open for LILAC 2022 (the UK's information literacy conference), currently planned as a physical conference in Manchester, UK, 11-13 April 2022. To register a place, you need first to register as a member of the website, or login to your existing account. Costs are (all include VAT):
- CILIP Individual Member Rate: Full Conference (inc. conference dinner etc.) £395
- Speaker & Early Bird Rate: Full conference as above: book by 11 February 2022) £415
- Non Member Rate: Full Conference (as above) £46
-CILIP Individual Member Rate: Day Delegate £185
- Speaker & Early Bird Rate (book by 11February 2022): Day Delegate - £195
- Non Member Rate: Day Delegate - £215
- Networking Evening - £40
N.B. If you paid for the 2020 conference and agreed to defer the conference fee, this should be applied to the 2022 conference (though I don't think they have sent out notices about that yet - at least I haven't had one) so don't pay twice!
Go to: https://www.lilacconference.com/lilac-2022/book-your-place
