{"id":14094,"date":"2021-09-28T21:28:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=14094"},"modified":"2021-09-28T21:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:28:06","slug":"final-reminder-registration-open-for-inquiring-teachers-online-course-information-literacy-in-politically-polarized-times-oct-4-nov-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/final-reminder-registration-open-for-inquiring-teachers-online-course-information-literacy-in-politically-polarized-times-oct-4-nov-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Reminder: Registration Open for Inquiring Teachers Online Course &#8220;Information Literacy in Politically Polarized Times&#8221; (Oct. 4 &#8211; Nov. 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(via Dr. Andrea Baer, Inquiring Teachers)<\/p>\n<p><em>Inquiring Teachers<\/em> is offering the\u00a0online course\u00a0&#8220;Information Literacy in Politically\u00a0Polarized\u00a0Times&#8221;\u00a0<strong>from Monday,\u00a0October 4, to Tuesday,\u00a0November 2<\/strong>. This course lasts four weeks and meets asynchronously. The cost is $175, and participants who complete the course will earn 1.5 CEUs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a\u00a0time\u00a0of political\u00a0polarization\u00a0&#8211; when digital environments lend themselves to the spread of misinformation, information silos, and echo chambers that can exacerbate social divisions &#8211;\u00a0many educators have pointed to information literacy education as a way to foster a more informed and c\u200bivically engaged society. Participants in this course\u00a0will reflect on and further develop their approaches to information literacy education in\u00a0polarized\u00a0moments, as they engage with research and teaching approaches from disciplines like media literacy, information studies, education, cognitive psychology, and sociology.\u00a0Participants will ultimately develop an instruction plan that they can apply to their teaching practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reflect on current socio-political and socio-technical environments and their implications for information literacy education (e.g., political\u00a0polarization, the online spread of misinformation, information silos and echo chambers, motivated reasoning, efforts to strengthen civic dialogue and engagement)<\/li>\n<li>become familiar with research on the relationship between social identity, beliefs, and information behaviors and consider its implications for information literacy education<\/li>\n<li>share and examine various pedagogical responses to related information literacy skills (e.g., source evaluation, online reading strategies like &#8220;lateral reading,&#8221; debiasing)<\/li>\n<li>develop and share instruction activities that encourage more critical engagement with information and that empathically address issues related to the current sociopolitical climate.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information\u00a0on the course&#8217;s content and objectives, please go <a href=\"https:\/\/inquiringteachers.com\/courses\/il-polarized-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To register or for inquiries, please e-mail\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:abaer@inquiringteachers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abaer@inquiringteachers.com<\/a>.\u200b All\u00a0<em>Inquiring\u00a0Teachers<\/em>\u00a0courses are designed and facilitated by Dr.\u00a0Andrea Baer. They are asynchronous, with flexible weekly activities and due dates. Please see these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inquiringteachers.com\/faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAQs<\/a>\u00a0for more about the course structure or view <a href=\"https:\/\/inquiringteachers.com\/courses\/testimonials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participant\u00a0testimonials<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Dr. Andrea Baer, Inquiring Teachers) Inquiring Teachers is offering the\u00a0online course\u00a0&#8220;Information Literacy in Politically\u00a0Polarized\u00a0Times&#8221;\u00a0from Monday,\u00a0October 4, to Tuesday,\u00a0November 2. This course lasts four weeks and meets asynchronously. The cost is $175, and participants who complete the course will earn 1.5 CEUs. In Brief At a\u00a0time\u00a0of political\u00a0polarization\u00a0&#8211; when digital environments lend themselves to the spread&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professional-development","category-webinars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}