Challenges to Digital Literacy Education

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
(Pacific)
Speaker: 
  • Andrea Baer,
  • Mike Caulfield,
  • Dan Kipnis,
  • Sam Wineburg

The internet is now the most common source of political news for almost half of Americans, and social media is now the primary source of news for those under 30. Yet today’s youth have little capacity to evaluate the credibility of digital sources, with colleges across the country often relying on severely outdated guidelines supporting digital literacy education. Join Stanford’s Sam Wineburg, Washington State University’s Mike Caulfield, and Rowan University’s Andrea Baer and Dan Kipnis, in conversation with the Cyber Center’s Kelly Born, about the many challenges and opportunities facing media literacy.