Thread 𧔠of my notes from âTeaching for Resilience: FinnishED Workshopâ at the University of Washington with #TIPteachers
https://www.cip.uw.edu/events/finnishedworkshop/
Our focus is on media literacy specifically for citizenship & democratic governance. #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
âWhich Face Is Real?
https://www.whichfaceisreal.com/
âOur aim is to make you aware of the ease with which digital identities can be faked, and to help you spot these fakes at a single glance.â
#MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
Now hearing from Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar: Founder of Faktabaari (FactBar) | Executive Member of EDMO NORDIS Hub | Former Member of the European Commission
https://faktabaari.fi/edu/
We are working to âpre-bunkâ election disinformation.
Started as a fact-checking service, now sharing methods on how to do fact-checking yourself
âWe have a BIG NEIGHBOR and they send cyberattacks which affect our older citizens as well as young peopleâ
Via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
The information diet of our students is often different from that of the adults (big gaps between young and old, that is cultural but seems to be a common issue across national boundariesâ
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The Finnish Science Barometer is intended to gauge public opinion and attitudes towards science. Commissioned by the Finnish Society.
https://www.tieteentiedotus.fi/files/tiedebarometri_2022_en.pdf
via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
âOur strongest line of defence is between our earsâ - Finland President Sauli Niinistö addressing new military cadets in 2015
via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
Reading is KEY for the overall development of critical thinking & media literacy skills. There are no âsilver bulletsâ but strengthening educational institutions and capacity to develop reading skills among youth / citizens is KEY / hugely important.
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SLOWING DOWN is so key when reading the web / consuming digital content now⊠TikTok is popular (especially) among youth in Finland as it is the USA. Itâs a big issue of major concern in Finland now too⊠the VERSION of TIkTok seen by users in Finland & the USA is different than in China, very much a âblack boxâ algorithmically to try to understand
via Mikko Salo @Faktabaari @NORDIShub @EDMO_EUI @FactBar #MediaLit #digiURI #ConCW #MediaLiteracy #CIP
Interesting ChatGPT 4.0 generated comparisons between educational systems in Finland and Washington State, USA
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We have found using symbols from âtraffic lightsâ in Finnish media literacy curriculum has been helpful in conversations with students about misinformation (mistake) / disinformation (lie) / malformation (gossip).
Noted âgossipâ may not be the best translation / alternate synonym for âmalformationâ
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Ideas via Jevin West @jevinwest
Using the term âcuriosityâ as a term which unites us / researchers, rather than polarizes us like terms like âfake newsâ or even âdisinformationâ
Sam Wineburg, others starting group out of Stanford History Group devoted as a nonprofit to evaluating different curricula when it comes to media literacy
LATERAL READING is a key skill to encourage and teach, we know from research this WORKS
Also âpre-bunkingâ (saying âthese are the kinds of memes / tropes you are likely to seeâŠâ)
Considering the challenges presented by AI / ChatGPTâŠ
My thought: HYPERLINKED WRITING! We need students to regularly engage in LATERAL READING & then include their hyperlinks to other sources about that source / additional sources.
DEFINITION Interactive digital writing involves the production and sharing of electronic texts which (in most cases) can be readily: Conveyed (transmitted) Copied Connected (hyperlinked) Commented on, and Collaboratively constructed Teachers and students should have and use a moderated, interactive writing spaces. Ideally these spaces should: Permit students to submit posts / contribute content independently (not ...
Also: We need more databases of actual election-related advertisements used on Facebook and other social media platforms to use in comparative lessons / case studies. Jevin West @jevinwest referenced NYU Ad Observatory https://adobservatory.org/ which resulted in litigation from Facebook.
The Media Education Lab @MediaEdLab (Renee Hobbs @reneehobbs) has a good database of propaganda examples: https://propaganda.mediaeducationlab.com/browse
Big Concerns about Generative AI via Jevin West @jevinwest
- BS at scale
- Democratic discourse
- Content credit
- Job elimination
- Pseudo-science proliferation
- AI overconfidence
- Reverse engineering
- Generative cost
- Garbage in, garbage out
New website for royalty-free images for me: Vacteezy https://www.vecteezy.com/
via Jevin West @jevinwest
1 way now to check for ChatGPT resources: Ask students to provide their sources, then verify those sources (hyperlinks)
Check for article âDOIsâ (Digital Object Identifier) if they are correct or not.
https://ask.library.uic.edu/faq/345899
ChatGPT is making up information in the text AS WELL AS actual sources ALL THE TIME.
Shifting to more oral-based, in-class assessments. Making sure students can explain ideas / explain their learning.
via Jevin West @jevinwest
#book2read: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by @jevinwest and @callin_bull
https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Bullshit-Skepticism-Data-Driven-World-ebook/dp/B08191DV5T/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Complimentary websites: https://callingbullshit.org and https://callingbull.org
Fantastic resource from todayâs workshop: âDigital Information Literacy Guide. A digital information literacy guide for citizens in the digital ageâ
https://faktabaari.fi/dil/digital-information-literacy-guide/
Also great accompanying videos: https://faktabaari.fi/dil/
Wesley Fryer
Michael Grass