Media Literacy in the Baltics (MEDIALIT)

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a “Journalism in the Era of Disinformation” (JEDI) course integrated into the curriculum of the Vytautas Magnus University Public Communications BA program. As part of the piloting of the course, VMU will offer a workshop to university and high school students on disinformation detection and information verification techniques. In addition, VMU will organize teacher training workshops to share the JEDI course material and L2D methodology with high school and university teachers and educators. The project will also engage the larger community through an extracurricular media lab for students, where participants will be encouraged to develop creative projects addressing issues of quality journalism, disinformation, and media literacy.