Webinar: Countering climate disinformation: strengthening global citizenship education and media literacy

A webinar on 16 October 2024 13.00-14.00 CEST (which is 12.00-13.00 UK time) from the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is Countering climate disinformation: strengthening global citizenship education and media literacy
"This webinar will focus on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) as a potent tool to foster climate action. Against the backdrop of mis/disinformation, promoting critical thinking as well as data and information literacy are key to ensuring citizens can access and evaluate the information they receive through the media."
The languages will be Arabic, English, French, Korean and Spanish.
More information and registration link here https://www.uil.unesco.org/en/articles/global-network-learning-cities-webinar-countering-climate-disinformation-strengthening-global?hub=38
Image by Sheila Webber using Midjourney AI with the prompt: Countering climate disinformation, global citizenship education, media literacy, impressionist style --v 6.0 --ar 16:9

Posters: Tiktok; AI; Rare books; Autistic student voices; Media literacy

There are online posters (a poster or slides, plus videos in some cases) as part of the LILi Conference this week. Each poster has its own Padlet for you to ask questions and receive answers from the presenters. The posters are:
- Dr. ChatGPT or: How One Instruction Librarian Learned to Teach with AI - Elise Ferer
- Centering Autistic Student Voices: How Participatory Action Research and Summer Bridge Programs Inform Neuro-inclusive and Neuro-affirming Learning Environments and Support Student Success - Mercedes Rutherford-Patten & Luna Nombrano Larsen
- Combining Written, Visual, and Interactive Materials to Create a System of Intuitive, Self-guided Information Literacy Skill Development - Sadie Davenport
- Expertise on Demand: Developing Need-Based AI Literacy - Brooke Gross
- Informed by Materiality: Nurturing Information Literacy Skills in Rare Book Instruction - Autumn Johnson
- Media in the Digital Age: Creating and Implementing a High School Media Literacy Course - Julia Lennox
- Navigating the AI Landscape: Insights from Information Literacy Professionals - Natalie Marquez & Emmanuel Te
- TikTok as an Information Source - Reagan Harper
Posters can be found at: https://lili.libguides.com/lili2024/posterpresentations

New Book: Spatial Literacy in Public Health

Newly published: Cantwell-Jurkovic, L. & Parece, T. (Eds) (2024). Spatial Literacy in Public Health: Faculty-Librarian Teaching Collaborations. ACRL.
"A collection of ideas and plans for collaborative spatial literacy teaching and learning initiatives focusing on geographic information systems (GIS)-based and GIS-related instruction through the lens of public health topics."
Full information at https://alastore.ala.org/spatial-literacy-public-health-faculty-librarian-teaching-collaborations?_zs=SUvvg1&_zl=DUMj9
Photo by sheila Webber: goslings in Vancouver, May 2024

Information Science Workout

Dr Jenna Hartel has produced a new video series: Information Science Workout which "helps people to learn concepts of Information Science though their bodies". Each episode is about 2 minutes long and they cover: Introduction to the Series; What Kind of Academic Discipline is Information Science?; What is Information?; What is Social Epistemology? ; What is Information Behavior?; Why and How Did I Make This Video Series.
The playlist is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEFS5x0-2Uk&list=PLZp7Vke_WTVpyeSbT8lnl2LeUqlvJVAKK

African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) workshop

A report of a workshop in Kano, Nigeria, organised by AFRICMIL to urge "women and people with disabilities to join the fight against corruption, emphasizing their important roles in combating corruption and promoting accountability in Nigeria."
Mansir, A.I. (2024, June 28). AFRICMIL encourages women, PWDs to support fight against corruption. https://solacebase.com/africmil-encourages-womenpwds-to-support-fight/
Photo by Sheila Webber: enormous climbing white rose, June 2024

New articles: Course titles; Rubrics; Over-confidence; Black Students’ Experiences

New articles from portal: libraries and the academy (priced publication)
- Adams, A.L., Alexander, S., & Radcliff, S. (2024). Student Perspectives on Information Literacy Course Titles. portal: Libraries and the Academy 24(3), 577-611. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a931772.
- Hobscheid, M., White, A., & Kerbavaz, K. (2024). Strength in Flexibility: Using a Flexible Programmatic Instruction Rubric to Promote Librarian Autonomy and Assess IL Skills. portal: Libraries and the Academy 24(3), 553-575. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a931771.
- van Ingen Lauer, S., & Ariew, S. (2024). Addressing the Dunning-Kruger Effect through Research Logs. portal: Libraries and the Academy 24(3), 633-652. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a931774. (that's the effect where students think they are doing better than they are)
- White, D.E., Munip, L., & Paik, E.J. (2024). Black Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Library at a Predominately White Institution. portal: Libraries and the Academy 24(3), 613-631. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a931773.
Photo by Sheila Webber: Bournemouth, June 2024

Is the world’s biggest search engine broken?

An interesting read for Saturday:
Faber, T. 92024, 20 July). ‘Google says I’m a dead physicist’: is the world’s biggest search engine broken?. Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/20/google-is-the-worlds-biggest-search-engine-broken
Image created by Sheila Webber using Midjourney AI with prompt: Is the world’s biggest search engine broken? google --v 6.0 --ar 16:9

Global Media and Information Literacy Week Youth Hackathon 2024

Following on from yesterday's post, once again Global Media and Information Literacy week includes a youth hackathon. Teams of 3-6 members aged between 18 and 30 years old can register, with the registration deadline 18 August 2024 and the deadline for submissions 8 September 2024.
"The participants will focus on one of the following topics to design innovative solution and scheme their proposals:
- "Empowering youth to become active participants in shaping the digital spaces they inhabit, finding ways to promote public interest information rather than passive consumers of information.
- "Exploring innovative solutions to address the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence.
- "Exploring receptive and effective approaches to Media and Information Literacy Education and Capacity Building through Peer education and Feeding Education.
- "Activating Youth Organizations to be agents of change through collaborating with digital content creators."
The proposed solutions can be Games; Applications/Websites; Radio programmes/Podcasts; Educational toolkits; Creative community-based interventions (non-technology focused) or other forms.
The submission takes the form of a 3 minute video plus a descripton of the solution. More information at https://www.unesco.org/en/weeks/media-information-literacy/youth-hackathon-2024
Photo by Sheila Webber: takeaway coffee on the beach, Bournemouth, June 2024

Global Media and Information Literacy week #MILClicks

This year's Global Media and Information Literacy week will again be celebrated 24-31 October 2024. The are aiming to hold the associated main conference (hosted by UNESCO and the Hashemite Kingdom in Amman) in Jordan on 30-31 October 2024. This year’s theme is The New Digital Frontiers of Information: Media and Information Literacy for Public Interest Information.
You can already register any offline or inperson events that you are organising for Global MIL week at https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/celebrating-global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2024
Photo by Sheila Webber: Bournemouth beach, June 2024

UK Government and AI

There is an artificial intelligence section on the UK Government wesite. In particular, there is an interesting report which was produced by an international panel of experts for the Seoul AI Summit in May 2024, the International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI (published by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and AI Safety Institute "The interim report restricts its focus to a summary of the evidence on general-purpose AI, which have advanced rapidly in recent years. The report synthesises the evidence base on the capabilities of, and risks from, general-purpose AI and evaluates technical methods for assessing and mitigating them." https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-scientific-report-on-the-safety-of-advanced-ai 

Some other pages on the website are
- stating OfQual's position on use of AI in qualifications (OfQual oversees the agencies that set and mark qualification examinations in England, in particular the qualifications that are awarded in schools). The statement focuses particularly on the use in marking (marking should still be done by humans) and invigilation, as well as some ststements about agencies' responsibility in setting guidelines for use by learners (April 2024).
- saying how they used AI to analyse responses to an (unpecified) government consultation. I think this might make me even more cynical about governemnt consultations. (9 July 2024)
- saying how jolly it is using AI in defence technology https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-and-data-science-defence-science-and-technology-capability (June 2024)
It will be interesting to see what is added/removed when the new Government gets round to looking at AI. I noticed that the Seoul Ministerial Statement for advancing AI safety, innovation and inclusivity: AI Seoul Summit 2024 (22 May 2024) is already labelled "This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government"....
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How information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change

A new report from Project Information Literacy: How information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change. This is based on two surveys: a sample of 4,503 members of the general public, aged 16-85 and a sample of 1,593 students (enrolled in nine higher education institutions in the U.S.A.). As well as the report itself, there is a nice data dashboard. I might write more about this when I've had a proper look at it!

Head, A.J., Geofrey, S., Fister, B. & Hostetler, K. (2024). How information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change. Project Information Literacy. https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/climate-study/
Photo by Sheila Webber: Stanley Park, Vancouver, May 2024

Last chance to register: New Horizons! Future-Ready Learning and Lifelong Information Literacy

Registration for the free online conference from LILi (lifelong Information Literacy) closes on 19 July 2024. The theme is New Horizons! Future-Ready Learning and Lifelong Information Literacy and it takes place 25 July 2024 11:30-14:30 US Pacific time (so that is, e.g. starting at 19.30 UK time) and 26 July 2024, 9:30-13:30 US Pacific time. The schedule is here https://lili.libguides.com/lili2024/schedule and the posters will be published on the website about a week before the conference.
Register here https://forms.gle/yCK5MqfTKyEn2UvY7 Note that "registration does not guarantee a space, as attendance will be limited to 300 simultaneous attendees each day on a first-come/first-served basis."

Youth leader training in the Philippines

Rappler, #FactsFirstPH and Deutsche Welle are sponsoring training of youth leaders from Luzon and Mindanao (the Philippines) in media and information literacy in July/August 2024, in a programme called Movers for Facts. After the training they are expected to follow up by hosting workshops or creating media for their communities.There is a "a focus on countering disinformation. Participants will gain a better understanding of the current media landscape and work together to promote digital resilience against disinformation in their own communities. "

Rappler. (2024, June 28). Rappler, Deutsche Welle to train youth leaders to promote media literacy. https://www.rappler.com/moveph/deutsche-welle-training-youth-leaders-promote-media-literacy/ (you have to register (free) to see the whole story, though initially I saw the whole thing without registering; not sure how/why)
Photo by Sheila Webber: sandy beach, Bournemouth, June 2024