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Critical Thinking In The Age Of Misinformation: Information Literacy For Citizenship, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Jennfer Lobo Meeks, Barbara Robertson
Critical Thinking In The Age Of Misinformation: Information Literacy For Citizenship, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Jennfer Lobo Meeks, Barbara Robertson
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
As recent political events across the globe have shed a light on the fragility of democratic values, the role of the University in creating a framework for civic education becomes more urgent. Informed, caring and engaged citizenry must be a goal of higher education. Students currently face the emergence of faulty types of information - such as misinformation and disinformation, which undermines the notion of collective or public inquiry, not only within universities, but also within society as a whole. This challenge must be acknowledged and addressed by academic institutions.
Session presenters will provide an overview of their work, “Critical …
Tools To Enhance Student Engagement In The Online Teaching And Learning Environment, Ken Mccarthy
Tools To Enhance Student Engagement In The Online Teaching And Learning Environment, Ken Mccarthy
Excellence in Teaching Series
A slide presentation by Ken McCarthy (Waterford Institute of Technology) about technologies such as H5P and Padlet, and how they have helped with the pivot to online delivery during early stages of the campus closures occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.