COURSE SYLLABUS

COLLEGE / DEPARTMENT : SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

COURSE CODE : COM03-1

COURSE TITLE : Media and Information Literacy

PRE-REQUISITE : NONE
CO-REQUISITE : NONE
CREDIT UNIT(S) : 3 UNITS
CLASS SCHEDULE : 1.5 HOURS PER MEETING

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course introduces the learners to basic understanding of media and information as channels of communication and tools for
the development of individuals and societies. It also aims to develop students to be creative and critical thinkers as well as
responsible users and competent producers of media and information.

COURSE OUTCOMES

A student completing this course should at the minimum be able to:

1. Communicate the importance of the course in meeting personal and institutional goals;
2. Demonstrate understanding of media and information literacy (MIL) and MIL related concepts;
3. Synthesize the overall implication of media and information to an individual and to the society and;
4. Produce a creative form of multimedia about the opportunities, challenges, and power of media and information in
economic, educational, social, and political aspects.

Based on K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum

COURSE COVERAGE

WEEK NO.* TOPIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES DATE

COVERED*
1 Course Orientation 1. Identify the role of the course in
 Course Coverage achieving institutional objectives. (C01)
 Course Objectives
 Course Requirements
 Classroom Policies
 Course Significance to MCL Mission
and Vision.

Introduction to Media 2. Differentiate the relevance and

 Media importance of each kind of media. (C02)
 Kinds of media
 Traditional media vs. new media
(p.4)

2 Information Literacy 3. Identify the similarities and differences

 Media Literacy of media literacy, information literacy,
 Information Literacy and technology literacy. (C02)
 Technology Literacy(p.137) 4. Share to class media habits, lifestyles
and preferences. (C02)

3 Types of Media 5. Describe the evolution of traditional to

 Print (books, newsletter, magazines, New Media. (C02)
journals, and other printed materials)
(p.42)
 Broadcast (radio, television, and film)
(p.52)
 New Media and social media
(internet) (p.66) 6. Identify basic concepts of journalism.
 Pros and cons of traditional and new (C02)
medias

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 4 Media and Information Sources 7. Compare potential sources of media
 Indigenous and information. (C02)
 Library
 Internet
 Others

Media and Information Languages 8. Evaluate everyday media and

 Codes, Conventions, and Messages information with regard to codes,
 Audience, Producers, and Other convention, and messages; in regards
stakeholders with audience, producers, and other
stakeholders. (C02)
PRELIMINARY COURSE ASSESSMENT
EDMELIA C. TANDANG
Date Given: Validated
Program By:Coordinator
Chair/Cluster

5 Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media 9. Explain actions to promote ethical use
and Information of media and information. (C03)
 Copy Right/Fair Use/Plagiarism
 Netiquette
 Digital Divide, Addiction, and Bullying
 Virtual Self
 Others
6 Media and Information Literate Individual 10. Synthesize the overall implication of
 Improved quality of life media and information to an individual
 Greater political participation and the society as a whole. (C03)
 Better economic opportunities
 Improved learning environment
 More cohesive social units
 Others

Current and Future Trends of Media and

Information
 Massive open online content 11. Predict a future media innovation. (C03)
(MOOC)
 Wearable technology (ie. Google
glass, iphone watch, etc.)
 3D Environment
 Ubiquitous Learning
Others
7 Text Information and Media 12. Describe the different dimensions of
Visual Information and Media text information and media. (C02)
Audio Information and Media
 Definition, characteristics, format
and types, sources, advantages and
limitations and value
 Text as visual
 Selection criteria
 Design principle and elements

8 Motion Information and Media 13. Describe the different dimensions of

Manipulative Information and Media text information and media. (C02)
Multimedia Information and Media
 Definition, characteristics, format 14. Evaluate the reliability and validity of a
and types, sources, advantages and specific type of media and its sources
limitations and value using the given set of criteria. (C05)
 Text as visual
 Selection criteria
 Design principle and elements
MIDTERM COURSE ASSESSMENT
EDMELIA C. TANDANG
Program Chair/Cluster Coordinator
Date Given: Validated By:

9-11 OBE Preparation and Presentation

(Students will work in groups and will
ready for the final performance tests.
Consultations with the teacher will
take place.)

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 FINAL COURSE ASSESSMENT
12 EDMELIA C. TANDANG
Program Chair/Cluster Coordinator
Date Given: Validated By:

Goal – To facilitate a group plenary discussing the topic covered topic in the recently culminated OBE
Role – Students are website designers, researchers, writers, editors, media creators, and speakers. Each group will
have 3-5 members.
Audience – Digital citizens, panelists, and researchers
Situation – After conceptualizing and publishing a website or a digital portfolio that covers a particular topic about
the aforementioned field, your department will facilitate a differentiated plenary session in the MEDIA CONGRESS
2019.
Product – Plenary Session
Standards – Rubrics for grading

MAKE-UP CLASS (This section is to be filled out completely, if applicable)

Date Remarks (Topic/Activity) Validated by:

* For Midyear Term, one (1) week covers two (2) weeks of a Regular Term.
*To track the progress of the course, students and professors should take note of the date when the topic was covered.

TEXTBOOK

Cantor, O. L. (2016). Media and Information Literacy. Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc.

REFERENCES

Biagi, Shirley (2017). Media Impact: An introduction to mass media (12 th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Cantor, O. L. (2016). Media and Information Literacy. Quezon City: Vibal Group, Inc.

Yuvienco, J. (2017). Media & information literacy: Being a B.E.S.T digital citizen for senior high school. QC: C&E Publishing, Inc.

COURSE REQUIREMENT

Performance-Based Task:
MIDTERM:

OBE: Digital Portfolio in the Form of a Website

Goal – To conceptualize, construct, and publish a website/Facebook page that aims to exhibit/expose a certain trend or issue in
the field of information, communication, and/or media
Role – Students are website designers, researchers, writers, editors, and media creators. Each group will have 3-5 members.
Audience – Digital citizens, panelists, and researchers
Situation - Your company gave your department a task to conceptualize, construct, and publish a website that aims to
exhibit/expose a certain trend or issue in the field of information, communication, and/or media. The creators will then present
the output to a group of panelists/audience at the end of the term.
Products – Website exhibiting certain trend or issue in the field of information, communication, and/or media
Standards – Rubrics for Grading

Criteria Weight
I. Portfolio
1. SOURCES OF LEARNING 10
Documentation and description of learning experiences related to course learning outcomes
exceed expectations.
2. DEMONSTRATION OF LEARNING 10
The presentation of artifacts is convincing, with strong support for the course’s learning
outcomes.

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 3. EVIDENCE OF LEARNING 10
The portfolio provides clear evidence of learning tied to sound educational theory (or
grounded in appropriate academic frameworks).
4. MASTERY OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 10
The portfolio demonstrates the student has mastered the knowledge and skills for the course
learning outcomes and can apply them in practice.
5. REFLECTION ON LEARNING 10
The portfolio shows that the student has reflected with substantial depth upon how the prior
learning experience is aligned to the course learning outcomes for which credit is being
sought.
TOTAL 50
II. Presentation and Group Performance
6. GROUP PERFROMANCE 10
The group is able to operate in harmony; leadership reflects the capacity of the group.
Members function with a sense of urgency and a positive outlook towards the goal.
7. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE 20
*This part is the product of weighted/averaged peer evaluation scores.
8. PRESENTATION OF ONLINE PORTFOLIO 10
The portfolio is well-organized with all critical elements included; learning is well-documented
with writing and production skills that exceed those of most students.
9. WEBSITE AESTHETICS AND INTERFACE 10
The website appeals visually with details arranged in an aesthetic and understandable
manner. Viewers can access and navigate through the website with ease
TOTAL 50

Final Test Performance Task:

WIZTalks 2019
Goal – To facilitate a group plenary discussing the topic covered topic in the recently culminated OBE
Role – Students are website designers, researchers, writers, editors, media creators, and speakers. Each group will have 3-5
members.
Audience – Digital citizens, panelists, and researchers
Situation – After conceptualizing and publishing a website or a digital portfolio that covers a particular topic about the
aforementioned field, your department will facilitate a differentiated plenary session in the MEDIA CONGRESS 2019.
Product – Plenary Session
Standards – Rubrics for grading

Criteria Weight
1. ORGANIZATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT 10
Students present information in logical,  interesting sequence  which audience can 
follow; students maintain  the allotted time
2. DELIIVERY AND ELOCUTION 10
Students appropriately  maintain eye contact with  audience, seldom  returning to notes; 
students are natural,  relaxed, yet well‐prepared  and professional; students  use a clear voice and 
correct precise  pronunciation of terms so  that all audience  members can hear  presentation.
3. PREPARED AND FIELD QUESTIONING 10
All aspects of the presentation are well-prepared. Students were
able to field questions with explanations and elaboration regarding the topic (within the scope of thei
r research. 
4. COLLABORATION AND ORIGINALITY 10
Students engage the audience in the subject
with originality, creativity, and intuition; students appear in synch with the panel, well‐prepared, and 
balanced in a collaborative effort.
5. CONTENT 10
Students convey the  content of his/her  research with originality  and clarity, and that 
content is highly  appropriate to the  integrative theme; students demonstrate 
successful application and  knowledge of integrative  interdisciplinary research  process.
TOTAL 50

 Performance-Based Task (Midterm and Final)

Midterm: Digital Portfolio
 4-5 Quizzes (25 points each)
 Graded Recitation
 Written Outputs
Reports

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 The final grade of the student is based on the following components:

Written Works 25%

 Prelim Examinations 10%
 Written Outputs, BBL Tasks, Quizzes 15%
Evaluation 25%
 Midterm Examinations 10%
 Final Exam 15%
Performance-Based Tasks 50%
TOTAL: 100%

The grading system follows a transmutation scheme whose passing rate is 60%, transmuted to 75. This means that for a student to
pass a particular course, he must be able to consistently meet 60% of the total score across all the requirements of the course.
Below is the transmutation table:

2019 SHS - MCL TRANSMUTATION TABLE

DEPED K to 12 Grading Systems
Initial Grade Transmuted Grade Initial Grade Transmuted Grade
100 100
98.40 - 99.99 99 66.40 - 67.99 79
96.80 - 98.39 98 64.80 - 66.39 78
95.20 - 96.79 97 63.20 - 64.79 77
93.60 - 95.19 96 61.60 - 63.19 76
92.00 - 93.59 95 60.00 - 61.59 75
90.40 - 91.99 94 56.00 - 59.99 74
88.80 - 90.39 93 52.00 - 55.99 73
87.20 - 88.79 92 48.00 - 51.99 72
85.60 - 87.19 91 44.00 - 47.99 71
84.00 - 85.59 90 40.00 - 43.99 70
82.40 - 83.99 89 36.00 - 39.99 69
80.80 - 82.39 88 32.00 - 35.99 68
79.20 - 80.79 87 28.00 - 31.99 67
77.60 - 79.19 86 24.00 - 27.99 66
76.00 - 77.59 85 20.00 - 23.99 65
74.40 - 75.99 84 16.00 - 19.99 64
72.80 - 74.39 83 12.00 - 15.99 63
71.20 - 72.79 82 8.00 - 11.99 62
69.60 - 71.19 81 4.00 - 7.99 61
68.00 - 69.59 80 0 - 3.99 60

The transmuted grades will then have the descriptions of the student’s performance as shown in the table below:

LEGEND:
100 - 75 Passed
74 - 72 C1
71 below C2

Grade Descriptions:

C1: The course is FOR COMPLETION with the course instructor thru a final assessment or OBE requirement. The course will remain
as C1 until it is passed. Once PASSED, course instructor submits a class list of passing students in the Registrar Office for grade
posting.

If the course is a prerequisite of another course, the next course MAY NOT be enrolled until the prerequisite course is PASSED.
Students with C1 prerequisite course must go through STUDENT ADVISING before enrolling in the succeeding term.

C2: The course is FOR REMEDIATION. The student must enroll in a remedial course IMMEDIATELY the succeeding term. The

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 remedial course will be scheduled and MUST BE ATTENDED similar to a regular course. To enroll a remedial course, student must
go through STUDENT ADVISING before enrolling. The course will remain as C2 until it is passed. Once PASSED, course instructor
submits a class list of passing students in the Registrar Office for grade posting.

If the remedial course is NOT PASSED within the term, the same course must be re-enrolled as REMEDIAL COURSE again the next
term until it is passed.

Aside from academic deficiency, other grounds to fail the course are the following:

✓ Intellectual dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism) during examinations and other requirements;
✓ Per Section 73 of the 1992 Manual of Regulations for Private Schools, a student who has incurred more than 20% of the
total number of school days (i.e., 5 unexcused absences) shall not be given credit to the course regardless of class
standing. For further provisions of the said policy, please refer to the MCL Student Handbook.

Other grounds as stipulated in the MCL Student Handbook, and other relevant policies and regulations that may be
promulgated from time to time.

Aside from academic deficiency, other grounds to fail the course are the following:
 Intellectual dishonesty (cheating and plagiarism) during examinations and other requirements;
 Per Section 73 of the 1992 Manual of Regulations for Private Schools, a student who has incurred more than 20% of the
total number of school days (i.e., 5 unexcused absences) shall not be given credit to the course regardless of class
standing. For further provisions of the said policy, please refer to the MCL Student Handbook.

Other grounds as stipulated in the MCL Student Handbook, and other relevant policies and regulations that may be promulgated
from time to time.

STUDENT INTERVENTION

Students with a preliminary class standing of ≤ 55% or those whose GWA status is marked “NOT OK” in the Student Intervention
Module (OSS Application) need to undergo intervention activities which include but are not limited to any of the following:

(a) remedial assessment;

(b) consultation;
(c) referral to CGC;
(d) tutorial/mentoring/coaching;
(e) collaborative learning activities;
(f) notifications/reminders; and
(g) performance monitoring.

AVAILABLE COURSE MATERIALS

a) Textbook
b) Course Syllabus
c) Other course materials (i.e. handouts, ppt. slides) available through Blackboard

OTHER COURSE POLICIES

BLACK BOARD TASKS

 Forum/Class discussion –Midterm Week
 Graded Activity – once a week

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
 English is the medium of instruction. Lectures, discussions, and documentation will be in English. Code switching is
highly discouraged and the use of other languages aside from English in communicating and in presenting course
works will be a valid ground for demerits in that given exercise.
ATTENDANCE
 Per Section 73 of the 1992 Manual of Regulations for Private Schools, a student in a private school who incurs
absences of more than twenty percent of the prescribed number of class or laboratory periods during the School
year or term should be given a failing grade and given no credit for the course of the subject. For further provisions
of the said policy, please refer to the MCL Student Handbook.

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 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

COURSE COORDINATOR: MARK GERARD C. AUSTRIA

MEMBERS:
EVANGELINE D. BULUAG
ANN MICHELLE V. DE OCAMPO
ANGELIQUE A. EBRON
NERISSA CAMILLE U. ISLETA
GEMILYN ROSE D. LAT
GRAZIELLE MAE C. LAUZ
TONI ROSE C. LEVITA
PATRISHA MARICE M. PALAO
JORGIA CHRISTINE N. PERALTA

CONSULTATION SCHEDULE

NAME OF FACULTY MEMBER: Ann Michelle de Ocampo

EMAIL ADDRESS: amvdeocampo@mcl.edu.ph
TIME & DAYS AVAILABLE: 8:30 – 10 on Tuesdays; 11:30 – 1 and 2:30 – 4 on Tuesdays & Thursdays
VENUE: 3rd floor Faculty Room, Rizal Building

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