Maddie is online: embedding creative audio-visual resources to the teaching of information literacy in an elementary school in Greece.

Martzoukou, Konstantina; Tramantza, Evi

Abstract

There is a growing need to design creative teaching methods for early in the school curriculum to empower children with information literacy (IL) skills. This will prepare them for battling mis/disinformation, so that they can be safe, understand the value of critical engagement with online information, and express their perspectives while opening dialogue about their experiences. Previous research in the UK has found that children lack the critical IL skills for identifying fake information and that, of the people in their life with whom they might speak about fake news, they are least likely to speak to their teachers (National Literacy Trust, 2018, p. 4). Connecting online happens at an increasingly younger age, with UK research estimating that up to half of children 8-12 years have set up their own online profile, while a third include a false date of birth (Ofcom, 2022). After surveying 25,101 children, the EU Kids Online project identified a significant increase in screen time, which had almost doubled in some EU countries (Smahel et al., 2020). In this presentation, we discuss a project that empowered young people with IL skills by means of opening dialogue around the phenomenon of mis/disinformation and the ethics of online connectivity.

Citation

MARTZOUKOU, K. and TRAMANTZA, E. 2023. Maddie is online: embedding creative audio-visual resources to the teaching of information literacy in an elementary school in Greece. Presented at the 2023 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2023), 9-12 October 2023, Krakow, Poland.

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: 2023 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2023)
• Start Date: Oct 9, 2023
• End Date: Oct 12, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 31, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 31, 2023
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Information literacy; Digital literacy; Media literacy; Primary education; Greece
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1920070
• Additional Information: The attached file contains the extended abstract for the presentation, which is also available on the conference website: https://www.conftool.com/ecil2023/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=260&presentations=show . The file also includes the presentation slides.