Courses

Think Twice: Media Literacy Online

Expert: Pavel Vassiljev

50-60 minutes

Free of charge

Pavel is a trainer in the non-formal learning field specializing in working with youth workers, educators and young people. Pavel has more than 10 years of experience in leading educational programs and co-designing educational games in Estonia and all over Europe. Since 2019 Pavel has been involved in the Media Literacy Accelerator project first as a participant of several courses, then as a Master Trainer on the topic of building positive narratives and finally as an expert working on appropriating media literacy course content to an online format.
Pavel Vassiljev
You consume information every day. From your friends, your Facebook and Twitter feed, your favorite YouTube show, and news outlets. How do you know that it’s true and accurate? Being media literate means the ability to recognize and avoid manipulations. No one is born media literate. Media literacy is a skill. You can develop it. Take this free course to get started!
Pavel is a trainer in the non-formal learning field specializing in working with youth workers, educators and young people. Pavel has more than 10 years of experience in leading educational programs and co-designing educational games in Estonia and all over Europe. Since 2019 Pavel has been involved in the Media Literacy Accelerator project first as a participant of several courses, then as a Master Trainer on the topic of building positive narratives and finally as an expert working on appropriating media literacy course content to an online format.
Pavel Vassiljev

For who?

- NGO activists 
- Journalists
- Teachers
- Instructors for civic engagement courses
- Everyone who wants to improve their critical thinking skills

Key features

- Media literacy: what skills, knowledge and attitudes do you need?
- CRAP detection. How to check information?
- Biases. How do the brain and the media distort information?
- Misinformation. What types of misinformation exist? How to recognize them?
- Bots. What to be aware of on social media?
- How is propaganda constructed?
- How to recognize it?
- How misinformation and propaganda work: a real-world case