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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

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Reviewed:: Mar 15, 2022 by Instructional Design and Technology

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Overview:

This resource portal from Rhode Island Media Education Lab-University of Rhode Island (https://mediaeducationlab.com/curriculum/materials),covers everything from fair use to understanding how digital propaganda works.

There are a lot of various resources-examples from digital books, learning and teaching plans, presentations, and handouts.

https://mediaeducationlab.com/media-literacy-smartphone (one example of a free lerning guide from a book)

Type of Material:

Reference Material

Recommended Uses:

The recommended uses are: in-class, homework, lecture, team and self-paced.

Technical Requirements:

up to date plugins and browser

Identify Major Learning Goals:

The goal of the code or guide is to help educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.

Very useful as supplementary materials and a starting resource of teaching plans.

Target Student Population:

Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Some understanding of fair use and digital literacy
Online navigational and basic computer skills

Content Quality

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Strengths:

The instructions are clear and easy to follow. The content is appropriate to this topic and the concepts are valid.

Good resources and teaching plans.

Concerns:

This is excellent supplementary material-but it's not an open course

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

The content in the website increases the potential for teaching and student learning. The materials are relevant and easy to understand. There are a variety of ways to achieve the learning goals.

Very useful materials, teaching and learning guides, as well as event listings.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

Clear layout of resources and downloads. Thought provoking books (unfortunately, these are not available as open access). However, the authors graciously share book chapters-and these are very good. Definitely worth using in class as supplementary reading and review.

The font on the front is a bit hard to read and the images seem elongated. Non serifs are easier to read. There is a mix of both.

There is a lot of information. It is exceptionally clear, well organized, and kept up to date.

Example: https://mediaeducationlab.com/events

_{The Importance of Media Literacy & Combating Fake News"}

Each event is identified (webinar or community). There are search options.

Concerns:

Recommendation: use clearer non serif font and get read of italics or any button/box with lighter contrast.

Other Issues and Comments:: Recommendation: use clearer non serif font and get read of italics or any button/box with lighter contrast to address usability.
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