November 2018
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The Tensions of Open Pedagogy
New article out in EDUCAUSE Review that outlines a possible open pedagogy framework. Here’s the key graphic: As long-time readers of this blog know, I may be the misinformation literacy person right now, but I came here by way of thinking about open pedagogy and its intersection with digital literacy and democracy. It’s literally my Continue reading
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Cynicism, Not Gullibility, Will Kill Our Humanity
I’ve mentioned before that students come into the misinfo classes we teach more or less not trusting things. Here’s student trust in four stories they should have low trust in: Level one there is low trust. And that’s where the students are. That’s the dubious prompts, so that would be good if that was the Continue reading
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In the Web’s Hyperreality, Information Is Experience
A neighbor was sweeping his sidewalk, pushing tiny white rocks back into his rock garden. The sky was an uninterrupted blue. A mailman worked his way up the empty street. There were no signs of “Sharia Law.” The migrant caravan was still hundreds of miles away in Mexico. Antifa protesters had yet to descend on Continue reading
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Some Preliminary Results On Cynicism and Online Information Literacy
We (AASCU’s Digital Polarization Initiative) have a large information literacy pilot going on at a dozen institutions right now using our materials. The point is to gain insight into how to improve our instruction, but also to make sure it is working in the way we think it is. Part of that involves formal assessment Continue reading
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How to Teach Older People Online Infolit
People often ask me what we can do about older people and online information literacy. Old people are not necessarily more confused than young people, but for various reasons they are positioned to do much more harm when they get things wrong. They also tend to be embedded in more ideological tribes whereas as young Continue reading