Thursday, June 04, 2020

Webinar: The COVID-19 pandemic of disinformation and hate speech: How can education and digital citizenship help?

There is a UNESCO webinar on 5 June 2020, 13.00 to 14.30 (Paris time, so e.g. 12 noon til 1.30pm UK time) The COVID-19 pandemic of disinformation and hate speech: How can education and digital citizenship help? "A webinar to explore how education can support young people to navigate the online world in relation to civic engagement. The webinar, part of the UNESCO COVID-19 Education Response webinar series, will bring together experts to discuss how young people navigate the current online environment and how it is affecting their civic participation, negatively as well as positively." Speakers are:
- Jonathan Bright, Oxford University (UK)- Junk news in the time of Covid-19
- Joseph Kahne, University of California, Riverside (USA) - Redesigning civic education to help young people share their views and confront disinformation in the United States
- Nelson Kwaje (South Sudan) Tackling misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 in Africa with #DefyHateNow
- Victoria Ibuwoye (Nigeria) Teaching global citizenship education and the rule of law in a digital world: A youth perspective
Registration https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OqwyemboTQGaZI8RCFp7ug
Schedule https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/unesco-covid-19_ed-webinar-12-concept-note-en.pdf
Photo by Sheila Webber: bee on a bottlebrush plant, May 2020

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