Media Literacy

Media Literacy at Connected Learning in Focus
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-14
The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child is hosting a two day symposium, Connected Learning in Focus @DigitalChildAu at QUT’s Kelvin Grove campus.
Connected Learning in Focus @ Digital Child AU will bring together innovators in research, industry and education to explore how emerging technology can be used to expand children’s access to participatory, playful and creative learning.
Several sessions have a strong media literacy focus.The keynote speaker is Rhianna Patrick, a Torres Strait Islander radio personality and journalist who will speak about the representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities in the media and how media literacy skills may be developed in response. A session on day two will focus on media literacy for connected learning and features Alyssa Coursey from the National Film and Sound Archive, Stephanie Smith from the Museum of Australian Democracy and Troy Merrit from startup Bitlink. Other sessions feature Professor Mizuko Ito from the University of Southern California, Cate McQuillen from Me Me Me productions and the producers of ‘Get Grubby TV’.

Australian Media Literacy Summit
2023-03-24 09:00 - 16:00 (Australia/Sydney) | META Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
Calling all educators, librarians and community practitioners!
The Australian Media Literacy Alliance, with the support of META Australia, is hosting a FREE professional development conference in Sydney and online for those who are passionate about supporting lifelong media literacy education.
The in person event is limited to 100 spaces so make sure you register!
The event aims to build a network of media literacy advocates and leaders who will work toward developing media literacy in schools and communities across Australia. The event is for people who support media literacy for children and/or adults.
REGISTER HERE FOR THE IN-PERSON EVENT IN SYDNEY
REGISTER HERE FOR THE ONLINE EVENT
The day will include keynote addresses, panels and discussion with media literacy experts from Australia and around the world.
Confirmed guest speakers:
Jan Fran, Walkley Award-winning journalist and host of ABC’s ‘Question Everything’
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin (US) Executive Director National Association of Media Literacy Education
And … the insights and expertise from the following organisations:

ABC Education (ABC)
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD)
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)
National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA)
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
Western Sydney University – Institute Culture and Society
Queensland University of Technology Digital Media Research Centre

Media Literacy & Critical Thinking Skills - Political Cartoons
2022-11-15 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-11-08 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-08-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-08-11 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Online
Using our annual Behind the Lines political cartooning exhibition, learn how to engage students with our democracy and build their media literacy and critical thinking skills at the same time.

Examining representations in children’s television
2022-10-28 12:15 - 13:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
Media representations portray people, places and ideas; media literate students understand how and why these representations are constructed. This Media Literacy Week, join the ACTF and ACMI Education for an interactive virtual workshop examining representations and points of view in children’s television. Students will view and respond to short clips drawn from children’s television programs while critically reflecting on their roles as audience members and content creators.

Media Literate Citizens - Student Workshops
2022-10-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-08-17 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Explore the importance of media in our everyday lives. Students will practice their visual thinking skills, create a cartoon and consider how they engage with media.

Critical Thinking and Media Literacy: How to support students in the classroom and at home
2022-10-24 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
This one hour talk will demonstrate how educators and parents can develop critical thinking in the classroom and at home to address the problem of ‘fake news’ and misinformation. The session will be led by journalist Professor Peter Greste and Director of the UQ Critical Thinking Project Professor Deborah Brown.

UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week
2022-10-24 - 2022-10-31
The annual Global Media and Information Literacy Week, initiated in 2012, is led by UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Alliance, the UNESCO-UNAOC Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University Network, and other partners. It is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards “Media and Information Literacy for All”.

The eleventh Global Media and Information Literacy Week will be commemorated from 24 to 31 October 2022, and will be hosted by Nigeria.
Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022 highlights will include the twelveth Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Conference and the seventh Youth Agenda Forum.

Launch of a news literacy course for primary school students
2022-10-24 - 2022-10-28
The award-winning team behind the Squiz Kids news podcast for primary school students has created a freeprimary school media literacy curriculum! Over eight podcasts, and using a fun board-game style digital learning experience, teachers will join Squiz-E the Newshound in guiding students through activities that help them distinguish online fact from fiction. Get started today on helping your students become critical consumers and producers of media.

United States Media Literacy Week
2022-10-24 - 2022-10-28
U.S. Media Literacy Week is the celebration of Media Literacy across the United States, held in conjunction with UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week. This year, U.S. Media Literacy Week will celebrate one of the five components of media literacy’s definition each day:
Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create, and Act

Media Literacy @ EDUTECH
2022-08-10 - 2022-08-11
Panel: How to teach students to recognise “fake news”

Moderator: Dr Mathieu O’Neil, A/Prof of Communication, University of Canberra

Sven Bluemmel, Information Commissioner, Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner

Prof Michael Dezuanni, Chief Investigator, Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, QUT

Jenny Luca, Head of ICT Innovation and Learning, Camberwell Grammar School

last published: 18/Jul/22 03:05 GMT

back to speakers

Connected Learning Summit
2022-07-27 - 2022-07-29
Join a gathering of innovators harnessing emerging technology
to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning.
