ALEXANDRE ENKERLIHTTP://ENKERLI.WORDPRESS.COM

Online Literacy and Critical Thinking

This Session

Semi-directiveUse chat to interactQuestions at endRecording will be availableSlides already available

Introductions

LocationsInterestsPrimary roles

Students Teachers Journalists/media

Origins of this Session

Journalism on online reading “Kids these days”

Living onlineInformation overload and globalisationOther WiZiQ sessions

Tall Order

Primary learningTakes time

Ways of Knowing

“Planting landminds”

Literacy

“Reading and writing”Basic skillSavviness (being savvy, know what to do

with)Individual approach

Media Literacy

“Don’t get fooled”“Everyone has something to sell”“In on secret”“How to read newspapers”Media criticism

Journalistic Assumptions

Source trustRemoving biasBalance and neutralityDifference in skills

Critical Thinking

“Critical sense” («sens critique»)Behind informationCan a representation be accurate?Make mindCriticism Not Nitpicking

Online Disadvantages

Fragmented readingSkimmingNo authority?Information overload

Online Advantages

Ease of findingEase of sharingMultiplicity of voicesMultichannelInformal

Forced Critical Thinking

SpamTrollFanboyApril Fool’sThe OnionThe Colbert ReportThe Daily Show with Jon StewartBlog

Information Overload

“Fire hydrant”Don’t try to take everything inDeemphasize memorySeek information or let information select youKeywords, tags, folksonomiesDistributed reading

Taking In

“Read, read, read”Immerse yourselfOverwhelmingDon’t worry about understanding everythingReserve judgementNotice patterns

How to Read

Concentric circlesFront and back matterHeadingsAssumptionsShaver and Reimer on better reading

Processing

EvaluatingCreatingAnalyzing

Post-Reading

“Establish relationship with author”DiscussShareCommentTransform

Writing

Active readingNote-takingQuick writingPublic writingDare writeTry ideas outGetting comments

Source

Source criticismSource biasPrimary or secondary sourceNarrative and form“Why do they say this?”Cultural translation

Source Types

JokeFairytaleRumourLegendNewspaper pieceEncyclopedia entryPersonal narrative (anecdote)Peer-reviewed scholarly journals

What to do with source?

ContextAuthorInternal structureRepresentative of viewpointUse in broader approachIndependent verificationDiscuss

Wikipedia as Source

Encyclopaedias in generalNeutrality as ideal (NPOV)Exhaustivity as dream (Diderot)Britannica isn’t better

Often single-author Selected topics Anglo-American Monolingual

Links

Baloney Detection KitShaver and Reimer on Reading BetterIntellectual Self-DefenseIntute’s Virtual Training Suite

Internet Detective

Raising Standards – By Lowering Them

Wikipedia Articles

Information CriticismCritical LiteracyCredibilityCognitive AuthoritySource EvaluationSource Criticism

Alexandre Links

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