Peer Review

Citizen Literacy

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Reviewed:: Jan 10, 2023 by ICT Literacy

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Overview:

Citizen Literacy is an online toolkit that promotes the development of key information skills for democratic citizenship and features short videos, handouts, and activities that faculty across all disciplines can integrate into their courses and assignments. Modules include news literacy, evaluting expertise, algorithmic literacy, informed voting, lateral reading, and misinformation lexicon.

Type of Material:

Tutorial

Recommended Uses:

Ask students to view the video as homework, and complete the lesson in class, including evaluate actual news

Technical Requirements:

works on Windows browsers

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Evaluate news critically

Explain how algorithms work

Vote based on getting informed

Target Student Population:

College General Ed; political science, communication studies and librarian/information science majors

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

basic ICT literacy skills

Content Quality

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Strengths:: This set of videos was created by University of Louisville librarians. As such, the content is well grounded and current. THe site is well organized, with very specific and relevant resources: videos, reference sheets, lesson plans, and assessments. Each module may be used independently and incorporated across academic domains; furthermore, video-based training for educators is provided. Links work, and content is appropriately attributed.
Concerns:: none

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: The learning objectives, which focus on news literacy, reflect core ICT literacy standards. The six modules work together and reinforce each other, providing efficient instruction. The website includes free lesson plans, and instructors can easily create assignments aside from those lessons as well. The concepts and modules easily apply to ICT and daily skills.
Concerns:: none

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:: The resource website is well organized and visually appealing. The labels and formatting makes it easy to navigate and use independently; it requires little technical skill. The videos are professionally done, and close-captioned. The modules include accompanying reference sheets and lesson plans, which foster interactively. Material seems ADA-compliant. Help is possible by contacting the librarians.
Concerns:: More help could be provided.

Other Issues and Comments:: A good resource that can be very helpful at multiple educational levels.
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