Media Literacies and Digital Pedagogy

Undergraduate

This course focuses on critical and practical pedagogical approaches to the development of digital, media, and data literacies. With an emphasis on teaching, learning, and inquiry, students are introduced to critically literate practices related to digital and data field tools across the curriculum and within society more broadly. The capacity to access, analyze, and evaluate information and misinformation is emphasized in the course, as are bias and corporate influence on media and on digital tools. Students will evaluate digital educational resources, discuss and assess uses of new media in school contexts, and gain hands-on experiences with various digital tools, including Generative Artificial Intelligence. They will also engage with a variety of digital platforms to develop teaching and learning materials, with the aim of building a thoughtful disposition towards the use of learning technologies within their own classroom and school contexts. The overall goal of this course is to make collaborative, creative, critical use of digital platforms to explore past, present, and possible future trends in media, technology, and education. (3.0 Credit Weight)