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ComCom Trains Lecturers from Partner Universities in Teaching Media Literacy
To facilitate the integration of media literacy into formal education, the Communications Commission has trained lecturers from partner universities in teaching media literacy. The participating universities will add a media literacy course to their curricula starting from the next academic year. These courses will be led by the lecturers trained through a specially developed programme. Participants of the seminars received detailed information about media literacy and information literacy, after which they learned about the methodology and opportunities for developing a course syllabus, conducting lectures, and integrating media literacy components into existing academic courses.
The meeting was chaired by digital literacy and media literacy scholar, Professor Marika Sikharulidze. The event discussed the academic concepts of media literacy and information literacy, the framework programme document, and the relevant literature needed for teaching. A presentation was held on the types of informational dysfunctions and ways to deal with them. The meeting discussed the features of digital platforms, their safe use, as well as the issues of source analysis and media influence analysis. In addition, the event included practical work, where participants used specific examples to analyse manipulated information disseminated in the media, media responses, and cultural aspects. Part of the training also included a practical component, which involved the presentation and discussion of media literacy training courses independently developed by lecturers, and the models for integration into the existing courses.
The Communications Commission, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth and with the support of UNICEF, launched the project to integrate media literacy into formal education in 2022. The project has already achieved significant results with regards to promoting media literacy and introducing the subject in schools. Media literacy is already taught as a separate elective subject in 227 schools in Georgia. In addition, 4,960 teachers have been trained in media literacy across the country.
The Communications Commission is actively continuing to promote the integration of media literacy into formal education at all levels of secondary and higher education, to help more young people master media literacy.
