{"id":4945,"date":"2023-02-22T02:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida104\/?page_id=4945"},"modified":"2023-02-22T02:34:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T02:34:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida104\/startup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Binary-woman-profile.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Binary-woman-profile.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Binary-woman-profile.jpg\/320px-Binary-woman-profile.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p> <b>Course name<\/b>: Critical media literacies and associated digital skills (LiDA104)<\/p>\n<p><b>Critical media literacies and associated digital skills<\/b> (LiDA104) is one of four micro-courses for the <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/learning-in-a-digital-age\/\">Learning in a Digital age<\/a><\/b> (LiDA) course. In this micro-course you will explore the concept of media literacy and apply this knowledge to access, analyse, evaluate and create digital media.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Course_metrics\">Course metrics<\/span><\/h2>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Metric\n<\/th>\n<th>Details\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Notional learning hours\n<\/td>\n<td>40 hours\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Duration\n<\/td>\n<td>2 weeks, 10 &#8211; 15 hours per week (depending on prior knowledge in using digital and online technologies)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assessment\n<\/td>\n<td>20 hours\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Micro credential option\n<\/td>\n<td>Yes, digital certificate for assessed learning from <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/edubits.nz\/\">Edubits<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Formal credit options\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li> Yes, 4 OERu credits towards 16 OERu transcript credits for the <b>Learning in a Digital Age<\/b> course at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.op.ac.nz\/\">Otago Polytechnic<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Yes, complete three micro-courses and the TECEP examination for 12 OERu credits (i.e. the equivalent of 3 US credits) for the <b>Learning in a Digital Age<\/b> at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesu.edu\/heavin\/undergrad-certificates\/First-Year-Foundations.cfm\">Thomas Edison State University<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Course\n<\/td>\n<td>One of four micro-courses for the Learning in a Digital Age course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Qualification\n<\/td>\n<td>The following articulation pathways are available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/certhe-business\/\">Certificate of Higher Education in Business (OERu)<\/a> conferred by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhi.ac.uk\/en\/\">University of the Highlands and Islands<\/a>, Scotland, UK.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesu.edu\/heavin\/undergrad-certificates\/First-Year-Foundations.cfm\">Undergraduate Certificate in First Year Foundations<\/a> conferred by <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tesu.edu\/\">Thomas Edison State University<\/a>, USA.\n<\/li>\n<li> Some universities may accept transfer credit for this course. You should consult the respective university regulations for specified or unspecified transcript credit.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Level\n<\/td>\n<td>1st year Bachelor Degree Level\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What.27s_it_about\">What&#8217;s it about<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/learning-in-a-digital-age\/\">Learning in a Digital Age<\/a><\/b> is about learning on the Internet and we recommend that any learner embarking on tertiary study in today&#8217;s world should take this free course.  Critical media literacies and associated digital skills is the fourth of four LiDA micro-courses, where you will develop critical media literacy skills and use multimodal communication to express outputs of learning effectively in a digital online environment.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_will_I_learn.3F\">What will I learn?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In this micro-course you will:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Define media literacy and what it means for learning in a digital age.\n<\/li>\n<li> Analyse a recent press release from a critical media perspective.\n<\/li>\n<li> Analyse contemporary news considering how the medium and publisher influences the message.\n<\/li>\n<li> Apply web literacy skills for online fact-checking.\n<\/li>\n<li> Apply skills in using digital media for creating a  multimodal presentation to support learning.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What.27s_involved.3F\">What&#8217;s involved?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are four (4) learning pathways, each containing numerous resources and learning challenges, designed to help you achieve success for networked learning in a digital age. The learning pathways are:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Introduction to media literacy\n<\/li>\n<li> Mass media\n<\/li>\n<li> Web literacy for fact checking\n<\/li>\n<li> Create media\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The micro-course can be completed in 40 hours, including preparation for the assessment.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_prerequisites_should_I_have.2C_if_any.3F\">What prerequisites should I have, if any?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Anyone is free to participate in this course. An internet connection and basic web browsing skills are required with the ability to create a blog and microblog account (instructions and self-study tutorials provided.)\n<\/p>\n<p>Learners aiming to submit assessments for formal credit towards an academic qualification will need to meet the normal university admission requirements of the conferring institution (e.g. language proficiency and school leaving certificates etc.).\n<\/p>\n<p>Each micro-course can be studied independently but may rely on some knowledge and skills gained in related micro courses which can be accessed and consulted freely online. 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