The Scotland’s Media and Information Literacy Community of Practice (MILCOP) have launched this new website to support the recently renamed community. This website will contain an archive of old posts from the previous Right Information website as well as news relating to media and information literacy and be a place for information and resources for […]
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Ofcom has released its three-year media literacy strategy, outlining its focus under the Online Safety Act 2023. The strategy aims to increase public understanding of online safety and protection. The strategy emphasises that media literacy is a shared responsibility and it calls for collaboration among online platforms, parents, educators, third-sector organisations, healthcare providers, child professionals,
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CILIPS and other partners have been reaching out to engage with other work that could be linked to media and information literacy. Recently a very popular webinar was held with Dr Huw Davies, who is currently undertaking a project alongside Education Scotland aimed at equipping teachers and young learners across Scotland with the capacity to
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The Information Literacy Group and CILIP have announced a joint initiative to launch a new cross-sector Media and Information Literacy Alliance (http://www.mila.org.uk), with the aim of “helping people be happier, healthier, safer and better-informed in their online lives”. Chair of the Information Literacy Group Dr Jane Secker said, “’Media and Information Literacy’ (MIL) refers to
Hello, We on the MDGS Committee have been asked to share details of the campaign that CILIPS are running in advance of the Scottish Parliament elections in May with our members and followers. This is about combatting misinformation, which is at the heart of discovery, so it seems appropriate that we share! We know that
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Registrations are now open for workshops on how information workers act as ‘digital proxies’. Digital proxies, for this research, are those who access online systems on behalf of others to help their clients – with their permission, possibly informally. For example, a staff member may help someone log into a benefits-claim system and enter data
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What does the Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index 2020 tell us about digital inclusion? Blog post from SCVO talking about the report which gives an overview of the digital inclusion landscape in the UK. Originally added by Fiona Laing
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There is an excellent article in The Guardian by Jon Henley, published 29th January 2020. It explores how Finland decided to tackle the problem of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation (terms that are preferred over “fake news”). Have a wee look here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/28/fact-from-fiction-finlands-new-lessons-in-combating-fake-news The nub of it is that since 2016, the Finnish national curriculum has
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Hello, You might be interested in the recently-published book edited by Stéphane Goldstein on Informed societies: why information literacy matters for citizenship, participation and democracy. There are excellent chapters written by three members of the Information Literacy Community of Practice for Scotland: John Crawford, Bill Johnston, Konstantina (Dina) Martzoukou. Others equally exciting by Geoff Walton,
Government Information Group (GIG) The Awards keep coming in for Fiona Laing who is the winner of the GIG Life-time Achievement Award for 2019. Fiona was also recently named the Scottish Library & Information Professional of the Year for 2019. Many congratulations Fiona on both of your very well-deserved awards. Fiona’s nomination for the GIG
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