There is quite a mix of professionals and educators who are researching the idea of digital literacy and media literacy. I really do not think I could narrow it down to any one particular group of educators. The research that I have collected is from multiple countries and from various grade levels from K-12 and also includes research on students in college and includes pre service credential students.
I have found additional information to supplement the information in the research articles that I have found. I have read about a study from Stanford University (LINK) which analyzed students ability to decipher real news from fake news. I think this could lead into a continuation of my project from this semester. As I searched for published articles that included research studies, I found myself hitting many roadblocks and getting stuck down a lot of rabbit holes. There seems to not be a lot of research done on this subject of students digital literacy or media literacy skills. I think this shows that it is an important topic to study for our students who are growing up in such a technology rich environment where they are bombarded with all kinds of media that is often untrue and then goes viral.
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My data collection will be a pre and post test given to my students approximately 2 weeks apart. The test will consist of questions assessing students ability to distinguish between credible and non credible websites. It will also collect data about what methods students typically use when analyzing websites and online media. The data collection will be in the format of a google form given to my students during class time. Click Here to go to my data collection tool |
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