Online course: Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times

A new online priced course from Library Juice Academy is Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times. I runs for 4 weeks, starting 15 October 2018. The cost is US $175. "This course is one opening for librarians and fellow educators to reflect together on the role information literacy education at this current polarized moment, the strengths and limitations of our current pedagogical practices, and new possibilities for our instructional work. Learning outcomes are: (1) Reflect on current sociopolitical and sociotechnical environments and their implications for information literacy education (e.g., political polarization; the online spread of misinformation; information silos and echo chambers; motivated reasoning; efforts to strengthen civic dialogue and engagement). (2) Become familiar with research on the relationship between social identity, beliefs, and information behaviors and consider its implications for information literacy education. (3) Examine various pedagogical responses to related information literacy skills (e.g., source evaluation, online reading strategies, debiasing). (4) Develop an instruction activity that encourages more critical engagement with information and that addresses a pedagogical concern related to the current sociopolitical climate." The course leader is Andrea Baer. More info at https://inquiringteachers.com/courses/information-literacy-in-politically-polarized-times/
Photo by Sheila Webber: flower art on a university wall, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, September 2018