Renee Hobbs explains why the coronavirus crisis created an opportunity for teacher empowerment, as they discovered the importance of feeling safe online, empathic listening, guided and open inquiry, and enhanced care and responsibility towards others. Learn more: www.mediaeducationlab.com

1. Crisis Creates Opportunity:
How the Covid Pandemic
Advances Digital Citizenship
Renee Hobbs
University of Rhode Island
Media Education Lab
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
Web: www.mediaeducationlab.com

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A GENERATION OF DIGITAL CITIZENS

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COM 250
Digital
and
Media Literacy
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Explore how life,
work and citizenship
have been impacted
by digital media and
culture & learn how
to critically analyze
and create media in
a variety of forms
1 in 3 college students have had
some exposure to media literacy in
elementary or secondary grades

4. MEDIA
LITERACY
ANALYZE
ACCESS
ACT
REFLECT
CREATE
Inquiry
Reading
Search
Curation
Credibility
Analysis
Creativity
Multimodal
Writing
Digital
Skills
Dialogue
Collaboration
Emotional Response
Ethical Reasoning
Knowledge of Cultural,
Political, Economic
& Social Context
Citizenship
Activism

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Crisis Creates Opportunity
How the Pandemic Changed Digital Citizenship
BEING ONLINE
WELLBEING
ONLINE
RIGHTS ONLINE
Access and Inclusion
Learning & Creativity
Media and Information
Literacy
Ethics and Empathy
Health and Wellness
E-Presence and
Communication
Active Participation
Rights
and Responsibilities
Privacy and Security
Consumer Awareness

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“FAKE NEWS”

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DISINFORMATION

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PROPAGANDA

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CONSPIRACY CULTURE

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GLOBAL PROTESTS

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www.mindovermedia.gallery
3500+ contemporary
examples
from 30+ countries on
a wide variety of topics

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www.mindovermedia.us

15. We Support Our Learning Community
60
daily
online
sessions
5
months

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Crisis Creates Opportunity
Teachers Discovered the Practical Utility of
Digital Citizenship for Themselves
Feeling Safe
Empathic Listening
Guided & Open Inquiry
Care & Responsibility Towards Others

19. STAGE 1. Talk about Feelings and Share Experiences
We learn how to develop trust and respect in an online setting as a way to “own” the reality of the
COVID-19 experience
Reducing anxiety about
self-representation
online
Sharing feelings and
feeling trusted
Feeling Safe

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STAGE 2: Develop Shared Social Norms of Group Communication
We learn how to promote productive dialogue online, where every participant makes a
contribution and feels a sense of responsibility to the group
Developing
productive
social norms for
dialogue
and discussion
Empathic Listening

21. STAGE 3: Model and Share Instructional Practices of Digital Citizenship
We demonstrate and practice learning activities and share resources that advance digital citizenship
competencies in an online context
Guided & Open Inquiry
Building
Critical Reading
&
Multimedia
Writing
Skills

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REAL TIMEANYTIME
Learning together
at the same time
Learning together
at different times

23. Adapting Media Literacy Instructional Practices to the Online Classroom
Building
Critical Reading Skills

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www.mediaeducationlab.com
Students acquire
media literacy concepts
& vocabulary by
analyzing magazine covers

25. Students create digital posters to apply media literacy concepts and vocabulary

26. Students create digital posters to apply media literacy concepts and vocabulary

27. Adapting Media Literacy Instructional Practices to the Online Classroom
Building
Critical Reading Skills
through Discussion
& Digital Annotation

29. STAGE 4: Become a Community
We care for each other and feel a sense of interconnectedness and we take action to support one another
Collaborative online
media production
• podcast
• video
• parody song
• website
• curriculum resources
Care & Responsibility Towards Others

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31. COVID Cookbook

32. Impact of Virtually Viral Hangouts
Impact on Behavior
 48% used small group breakouts with their own students
 68% used emotional check-ins with their own students
 46% used a media literacy pedagogical strategy modelled
in the program
Compared to a Control Group
 Increased confidence in online self-expression
 Increased familiarity with digital tools
 Improved emotional coping & life satisfaction

33. Impact of Virtually Viral Hangouts
CONTROL GROUP 7.2
8.1

34. www.digilit.education

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Crisis Creates Opportunity
Teachers Discovered the Practical Utility of
Digital Citizenship for Themselves
Feeling Safe
Empathic Listening
Guided & Open Inquiry
Care & Responsibility Towards Others

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A
GENERATION
OF DIGITAL
CITIZENS

39. Renee Hobbs
Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Media Education Lab
Harrington School of Communication & Media
University of Rhode Island USA
Email: hobbs@uri.edu
Twitter: @reneehobbs
LEARN MORE
www.mediaeducationlab.com