MIL outline

Suggested Lessons and Discussions

Intro to MIL
1. Exploring Media and the Internet in the Digital Age
2. Communication and the Media
3. The Process of Communication
4. The Role of Todays Media and Information in Society
Further on with Media and the Internet
1. Todays Generation of Media Consumers and Producers
2. Media and Internet Hobbies Lifestyles and Preference
3. Millennials as Producers and Consumers of Media and Information
Sreening Media and Information Literacy
1. M I.L. as a Composite Concept
2. Overlapping Concepts
3. Definition of MIL
4. Elements of MIL
5. Explore, Engaged, Empower Model
Questions to ask…
• How has media evolved through time?
• Do media and information speak in codes? How can I understand
them?
• Why are media and information important in a democracy?
What is the information literacy cycle?
What model can I use as a lifelong, independent learner?
• Task Definition
• Information Seeking Strategies
• Location and Access
• Use of Information
• Synthesis
• Evaluation
How are media products created? What are
the current and future trends in media?
• Print Media
• Broadcast Media
• Film
How do advertisements affect my daily life?
How can I consume them more critically?
• Defining Advertising
• Packards Theory of Needs
• Types of Advertisements
From an envisioned Company, give a company tagline and
product slogan

Select One which is current.

Explain the strategies it used to persuade you to buy the product
Where you convinced ? Why and Why not?
Whar are the current and future trends in media?
How can they change the world around me?
• Social Media
• Massive Open Online Courses
• Ubiquitous Learning
Ubiquitous Learning
What you have seen in the current trends in information and technology are all
related to how both are made accessible regardless of time and place.
Ubiquitous computing – the future of computing.
The user is no longer conscious of the existence of computing devices.
Integrated into the immediate surroundings. The focus of the user is one the
content of the material they are consuming, the activities that they are engaging
in, or the environment that they are interacting with.

Any experience that a person encounter is a learning event.