Pathways to Democratic Information Resilience: Civic Media and Information Literacy in the Curriculum and in Society
Description
The Pathways to Democratic Information Resilience: Civic MIL in the Curriculum and in Society symposium will bring together civil servants, educators, members of civil society, policymakers and researchers.
Identifying credible information is key to democratic decision-making. Participants will engage in dialogue and collaboratively devise tools and strategies which best equip Australian students and citizens with the necessary skills to deal with epistemic pollution in the contemporary information environment.
For a full list of panellists, visit the webpage: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/centres/nmrc/nmrc-events-and-seminars/democratic-information-resilience
Attendance is free, but registration is essential for catering purposes.
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Jutta Haider, Professor of Information Studies, Swedish School of Library and Information Science
Jutta Haider works at the intersection of the social study of information and environmental communication. She teaches and researches in areas such as the algorithmic shaping and datafication of everyday life, search engines in digital culture, media and information literacy in environmental meaning-making, or the link between the crisis of information and the climate crisis. Jutta leads the research group Information Practices and Digital Cultures at SSLIS. She is a founding member of SEASON | The Search Engines & Society Network as well as a deputy to the board of the Nordic Summer University.
Dr Kay Oddone, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Director, Linking Learning Advisory
Kay Oddone has taught at all levels from Prep to Post Graduate and has held teaching, school administration and librarianship positions. She has extensive experience in leading learning in digital environments and has designed a number of purely online post graduate courses. She has also worked in consultancy positions nationally and internationally. Kay received her PhD from Queensland University of Technology in 2019. Her areas of expertise include Teacher Librarianship and Education. Her current research projects focus on the evolving intersection of information literacy, generative AI, academic integrity, and the future of libraries.
Schedule
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
- 9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome, Day 1 Aims
- 9:15 am - 10:00 am
Keynote Presentation: Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science
Infrastructural meaning-making, resilience, and the crisis of information
- 10:00 am - 10:15 am
Coffee break
- 10:15 am - 11:30 am
Panel 1: Developing a civic media and information literacy toolkit
- 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Panel 2: Teacher-librarians and civic media and information literacy
- 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
- 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Panel 3: Civic media and information skills in the Australian Curriculum
- 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Panel 4: Diverse perspectives on civic media and information literacy
- 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Day 1 wrap-up
- 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
End / Afternoon Tea
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Event dinner
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