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Online Literacy and Critical Thinking

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These days, students and teachers alike are spending a lot of time online. Among issues which affect those who "live on the Internet," information validity and "information overload" are frequently discussed. Both of these issues can be addressed through critical thinking. More specifically, students and teachers can undertake what Alexandre calls "online literacy," the Internet version of "media literacy." By evaluating, creating, and analyzing online content, anyone should be able to assess the validity of the information they process and decrease the effects of "information overload" in their online lives. This session will explore online literacy in learning and teaching contexts.

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Online Literacy and Critical Thinking : Alexandre Enkerli http://enkerli.wordpress.com Online Literacy and Critical Thinking

This Session : This Session Semi-directive Use chat to interact Questions at end Recording will be available Slides already available

Introductions : Introductions Locations Interests Primary roles Students Teachers Journalists/media

Origins of this Session : Origins of this Session Journalism on online reading “Kids these days” Living online Information overload and globalisation Other WiZiQ sessions

Tall Order : Tall Order Primary learning Takes time Ways of Knowing “Planting landminds”

Literacy : Literacy “Reading and writing” Basic skill Savviness (being savvy, know what to do with) Individual approach

Media Literacy : Media Literacy “Don’t get fooled” “Everyone has something to sell” “In on secret” “How to read newspapers” Media criticism

Journalistic Assumptions : Journalistic Assumptions Source trust Removing bias Balance and neutrality Difference in skills

Critical Thinking : Critical Thinking “Critical sense” («sens critique») Behind information Can a representation be accurate? Make mind Criticism Not Nitpicking

Online Disadvantages : Online Disadvantages Fragmented reading Skimming No authority? Information overload

Online Advantages : Online Advantages Ease of finding Ease of sharing Multiplicity of voices Multichannel Informal

Forced Critical Thinking : Forced Critical Thinking Spam Troll Fanboy April Fool’s The Onion The Colbert Report The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Blog

Information Overload : Information Overload “Fire hydrant” Don’t try to take everything in Deemphasize memory Seek information or let information select you Keywords, tags, folksonomies Distributed reading

Taking In : Taking In “Read, read, read” Immerse yourself Overwhelming Don’t worry about understanding everything Reserve judgement Notice patterns

How to Read : How to Read Concentric circles Front and back matter Headings Assumptions Shaver and Reimer on better reading

Processing : Processing Evaluating Creating Analyzing

Post-Reading : Post-Reading “Establish relationship with author” Discuss Share Comment Transform

Writing : Writing Active reading Note-taking Quick writing Public writing Dare write Try ideas out Getting comments

Source : Source Source criticism Source bias Primary or secondary source Narrative and form “Why do they say this?” Cultural translation

Source Types : Source Types Joke Fairytale Rumour Legend Newspaper piece Encyclopedia entry Personal narrative (anecdote) Peer-reviewed scholarly journals

What to do with source? : What to do with source? Context Author Internal structure Representative of viewpoint Use in broader approach Independent verification Discuss

Wikipedia as Source : Wikipedia as Source Encyclopaedias in general Neutrality as ideal (NPOV) Exhaustivity as dream (Diderot) Britannica isn’t better Often single-author Selected topics Anglo-American Monolingual

Links : Links Baloney Detection Kit Shaver and Reimer on Reading Better Intellectual Self-Defense Intute’s Virtual Training Suite Internet Detective Raising Standards – By Lowering Them

Wikipedia Articles : Wikipedia Articles Information Criticism Critical Literacy Credibility Cognitive Authority Source Evaluation Source Criticism

Alexandre Links : Alexandre Links Main blog: Disparate http://enkerli.wordpress.com/ Slideshare Diigo Twitter Drop.io

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Alexandre Enkerli
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