Participatory culture in media literacy

Week two of the Online Safety MOOC brings together information about fake news, information about web site analysis, learning about copyright and creative commons, and ending with participatory culture. As part of this week's tasks there were several Padlet contributions to share lesson plans and resources, as well as a survey about internet use. Since this survey required a selection of ONE of the European countries on the list, I've become a Dutch contributor. [There is NO option for 'other' so I can put myself down as a Canadian.]

The video list for this week includes:

• What is Media Literacy [vimeo video]
• The Problem with Fake News - John Spencer
• Who Owns Your Data [Hint: It's Not You]
• Henry Jenkins - Participatory Culture

The resources list for this week includes:

• The Internet Literacy Handbook - Council of Europe
• Fake News - resources curated by Frank Baker
• Digital Gold Miners - Big Data: Information and activities regarding big data on the internet
• The Web We Want Handbook - The Artist in you (includes this copyright work sheet which includes information about the Creative Commons)
• UNESCO Media Education Kit (2006)

As part of my participatory culture, I have contributed many of these resources to the Canadian Educators curation tool CUBE for TEACHERS. Since this is an international collaboration tool primarily engaging EDUCATORS, it's worth joining, sharing and connecting. JOIN me in the CUBE!

Safer Internet Day - Let's start connecting

Today is Safer Internet Day and I'm starting the Online Safety MOOC. I signed up and then went to the map to pin my location, only to find that there were no other Canadians on the map. I'm well versed in online safety, but I know there is always more to learn. By engaging with others in digital spaces, I create, connect and learn how to share respect across cultural boundaries. The more I DO... the more I LEARN.

I posted about Safer Internet Day on my professional blog site - it's something I feel is important. This one day can become a catalyst for future actions. The theme this year caught my attention since I'm encouraging my students to create and connect in online spaces. How do I make sure they are managing to do this safely. I need to become more aware of issues and supports, as I model internet safety as I teach. That's why I've signed up for the Online Safety MOOC. I've already learned about a new tool to create lesson plans - the Learning Designer.

This tool is linked from the course site and once there, I noticed:

"The tool is based on the six learning types from Diana Laurillard’s Conversational Framework – a model of the conditions necessary for learning to take place. The six learning types are: Read/Write/Listen (or Acquisition), Inquiry, Practice, Production, Discussion and Collaboration. In principle, a good learning design will contain a mix of all of these types of learning."

I'm immediately intrigued since I've read research and articles about Laurillard's framework.

I'm an instructor at a Faculty of Education so my students are soon to become teachers. I teach media and digital literacies, and critical digital literacies in open and online spaces. I model and share in online spaces, so a safer internet is important to me. I 'design' learning so more experience with this model/framework of lesson design will further my own teaching and learning.