What is media and information literacy? What are its components? When can a person be considered as a media and information literate individual?
Let us open our minds as we learn about media and information literate individual.
This lesson is based on Media and Information Literacy Module for Quarter 2 - Module 3 titled Media and Information Literate Individual. Scan the slides for the learning outcomes, content standards, and performance standards of this topic.
Now that you are aware of the expected outcome of the lesson, check your prior knowledge with the Pre-test. Click the image to open the link and start answering.
Pre-Test
An individual and a community should possess relevant information about themselves, their physical environment and social environment and use such information to the greatest possible effect if they are to arrange their life reasonably and efficiently meet personal and social challenges.
In this lesson, you will discover the necessity of promoting media and information literacy as preparing people to the new conditions of professional activities and everyday life in an extremely sophisticated information environment.
Particularly, after completing this lesson, you are expected to
Explain the concept of media and information literacy;
Point out the impact of media and information on different levels (personal and professional) and aspects (social, political, and educational); and
Write a six-step strategy on how to improve quality of life by becoming a media and information literate individual.
Let us begin!
Let us now review the concepts you have learned so far in this course. Click the image to open the link to discover what is in!
What's In
How was it? As you have observed, Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is coined. According to UNESCO, Media and Information Literacy is the ability of people to interpret and make informed judgments on the information that they consume. It can be understood as a total of motivation, knowledge, skills and habits that help to find one's bearings in the digital world, which is spreading globally.
Through MIL, it will help you to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages in your own right.
Let us see how much you have grown in these past weeks learning Media and Information Literacy. Continue by answering a self-assessment checklist. Click the image to open the checklist.
Self-Assessment Checklist
Media and information literacy are indispensable for social progress in the present-day world. An individual and a community should possess relevant information about themselves, their physical environment and social milieu, and use such information to the greatest possible effect if they are to arrange their life reasonably and efficiently meet personal and social challenges.
By being an MIL competent citizens:
1. You are able to access, evaluate, produce and disseminate information and media content using appropriate appropriate technology;
2. understand and know their information and media rights and their responsibility for demanding free, independent and diverse information and media systems;
3. understand the role and functions of information providers and media, as well as the conditions under which these functions can be performed; and
4. You are able to create knowledge and share it widely as well as know how to engage with information providers and media for self-expression and democratic participation.
Do the activities by clicking the image to practice your MIL skills.
Now that you have learned and practice the concept of Media and Information Literacy. It is time to Make a Six Step Strategy on how to become a media and information literate individual to improve quality of life. Use the rubrics below as your guide.
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