UNESCO Media & Information Literacy Curriculum for Teacher Education Training of Trainers' Workshop, 3-6 November 2009

Ina Fourie, from University of Pretoria, South Africa delivered a very insightful presentation on Library and Information skills in the classroom

Johann van Wyk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:33:51 +0000

Ina Fourie, Associate Professor in Information Science at the University of Pretoria delivered a very interesting and insightful presentation on Library and Information Skills in the classroom on Friday 6 November 2009. To view her presentation Click Here!

Posted in information literacy, Information Science, Libraries, Media & Information Literacy Tagged: classroom, Ina Fourie, Information Science, Information skills, Library skills, Media and Information Literacy, UNESCO, University of Pretoria

Mariannne Hicks from Monash South Africa delivered an interesting presentation on New & Converging Technologies

Johann van Wyk — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:33:31 +0000

Dr Marianne Hicks, Lecturer in International Studies at Monash University, South Africa did an interesting presentation on 5 November 2009 on New and Converging Technologies: New and Traditional Media Coming Together. To view her presentation Click Here!

Posted in Media & Information Literacy, New Technologies, Web 2.0 Tagged: Converging, Covergence, Marianne Hicks, Monash University, new, Technologies, traditional, Web 2.0

Alton Grizzle presents UNESCO’s perspective on Media and Information Literacy

Johann van Wyk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:07:35 +0000

Mr Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist, Communication and Information Sector at the UNESCO Head Oficce in Paris, France presented a paper on UNESCO’s perspective on Information and Media Literacy on 3 November 2009.

To read his paper click here!

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Remarks by Mr Desmond Fillis, Secretary General of the South African National Commission for UNESCO

Johann van Wyk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:17:42 +0000

To read Mr Desmond Fillis’ opening remarks Click Here!

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Prof Eloff, dean of the Faculty of Education opens the conference

Johann van Wyk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:11:06 +0000

“We are proud to be hosting this workshop. When you work with information you work with concepts. We live in a world where there is just such a variety of ways to conceptualize the world and the way we think about the world. Media & Information Literacy is therefore becoming more and more important.

Who of you are on Facebook? Who of you are on Twitter? I am on Twitter, but I am disguised as the Faculty of Education. The way in which information has disseminated today is just crucial. My sons on any given day or any given moment know more about the world than I do. They just have a new way of grasping information.

Strategies such as this one is important because we don’t only work here at Groenkloof, we work in a global world. We work in and for the world. So from my side, welcome and enjoy!”

Posted in Media & Information Literacy Tagged: dean, Faculty of Education, information, information literacy, media, Media Literacy, Prof Irma Eloff, South Africa. concept, University of Pretoria

Welcome to the UNESCO MIL Conference!

Johann van Wyk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:35:14 +0000

We trust that you will thoroughly enjoy this conference!

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