Activities
UNESCO Bangkok workshop: Developing Media and Information Literacy (MIL) for Teachers
22-26 August 2011, at Kasetsart University
UNESCO Bangkok and partners organized a workshop about the development of Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers. The workshop's primary objectives were the adaptation of the MIL Curriculum for Teachers' Training to the Thai context and raising awareness of MIL's importance in Thai society. Main themes discussed during the workshop were the comprehension of the curriculum, the necessity for crtitical thinking, creativity, cross- cultural awareness and cultural citizenship.
The issues of Information Literacy (IL) and Media Literacy (ML) have been addressed for more than a decade in Thailand; however, this was the first workshop where UNESCO Bangkok joined hands with Kasetsart University, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Child Media Program, Thai National Commission for UNESCO/ Ministry of Education, Thai Public Broadcasting Service, Ministry of ICT and the Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management and the teachers interested in the training.
First International Forum on Media and Information Literacy (MIL)
15 June 2011, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
The first International Forum on Media and Information Literacy was organized by the Research Group on Mass Communication, Culture and Society; the Laboratory of Discourse, Creativity and Society: Perception and Implications; the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sais- Fes; and Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco, with the collaboration of UNESCO as lead partner, ISESCO, the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS) and the United Natons Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) as key partners.