Click, Clarify, Copy, Create: Media Literacy Skills for Discovering, Evaluating and Reusing Sound and Visual Resources

Overview

The aim of this project is to produce an online interactive resource which would allow students to develop key skills in 'media literacy'. We live in an increasingly media rich society and students are entering the University with an expectation of accessing and reusing media resources in their work. They are used to having film, TV, radio and images at their finger tips particularly via the internet. Students tend to be naive and inexperienced in how to discover quality resources and the factors to consider when critically evaluating and reusing them; these are key skills in developing 'media literate' students.