Critical digital media literacy – A new citizenship skill?
Why is addressing online polarisation and disinformation more important than ever and how can we address it?
Authors:
Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck, Lie Detectors
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Children today are digital citizens, often more fluent in new technologies than adults. However, they struggle to evaluate sources and understand online content in context. Many mistakenly view platforms like Instagram as news sources, failing to distinguish between an open platform and a reliable news outlet committed to journalistic ethics.
Lie Detectors is an independent, journalist-driven media literacy organisation dedicated to combating online polarisation and disinformation. We seek to create a more informed and resilient digital society by providing tools for children and educators and contributing to policy recommendations.
Empowering teachers and students through self-regulated learning (17.03.2025 – 23.04.2025)
Discovering self-regulated learning as the evidence-based way to increasing student outcomes and motivation.
Description
What if the secret to improving student learning isn’t about doing more, but doing things differently?
Students spend more than 10,000 hours in school, yet many struggle with knowing how to learn effectively. Teachers, of course, already support their students in countless ways. But when another international report drops with news of declining student performance, it’s hard not to feel the weight of it.
But what if there’s a proven solution that’s been hiding in plain sight?
Enter self-regulated learning (SRL)—a concept that’s backed by over 40 years of research but still underutilized in classrooms. And the best part? Boosting your students’ academic performance and motivation might not require big, time-consuming interventions after all.
This course builds upon the success of the 2022 course “Teaching Life Competences 1 – Shaping Lifelong Learners through Self-Regulated Learning”.
In this enhanced and updated version, you’ll get a taste of:
- What SRL is
- Why it matters
- How you can integrate it into your current teaching practices—quickly and effectively
- How knowing the SRL basics will set you up with success when tackling other changes in classroom practice, such as AI developments
Let’s find the quick wins and low-hanging fruit to get you started right away. Ready to join?
This course targets teachers who want to equip their students with a decent set of strategies that will help them achieve their goals within (and beyond) school. It’s a perfect fit for teachers who
- are prepared to challenge long-held beliefs if necessary
- believe students will perform well if they can
- are looking forward to exploring the exact skills that keep students from performing well
- are willing to make some small adaptations in their teaching practice so they can increase the impact of what they are already doing in no time
Learning objectives
The main learning objectives of the course are:
– To introduce participants to the concept of self-regulated learning as an important learning and life skill
– To provide participants with a thorough understanding of what self-regulated learning is (and what it is not).
– To help participants reflect about their current knowledge, beliefs and practices concerning self-regulated learning.
– To equip participants with teaching practices that promote self-regulated learning in the classroom.
– To help teachers better understand and further improve the effectiveness of their current SRL promotion.
– To reflect on the challenges of promoting self-regulated learning in the classroom and ways to overcome them.
-To learn more about the assessment of self-regulated learning and discover related activities.
– To reflect about participants’ own self-regulated learning and identify strategies to manage their own learning more effectively
– To develop a teaching practice focussing on the development of self-regulated learning to be assessed by other peers.
– To discover how SRL knowledge can help increase the effectiveness of other classroom interventions, like the use of AI with students
Methodology & assessment
The course is offered as an asynchronous course with flexibility in regard to when and where participants follow the course content and join the course activities. Modules open each week and remain open for the duration of the course, with a final deadline in place for the submission of a course product. Participants are required to actively contribute to the course activities by sharing their work and submitting a course product. This product is submitted, and peer assessed by three peers in the final module of the course.
Certification details
Upon successful completion of the course, a digital course certificate is awarded. The certificate shows the name of the learner and key course details such as the estimated learning hours, the learning objectives, and a link to the course homepage.
Additional information
- Language:English
- Target audience ISCED:
- Primary education (ISCED 1)
- Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
- Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
- Target audience type:
- TeacherStudent
- Head Teacher / Principal
- Teacher
- Learning time: 15-20 hours
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