About This Course
Disinformation, deepfakes, algorithmic echo chambers and the weaponisation of social media have made media literacy one of the most urgent educational priorities in Europe. The EU's European Democracy Action Plan identifies media literacy as a cornerstone of democratic resilience, yet most European schools still treat it as a marginal topic.
This course gives education professionals a thorough, current and practically focused grounding in media literacy and critical thinking education. Participants develop their own critical evaluation skills, explore pedagogical approaches for teaching these competences across subjects and age groups, and design media literacy activities ready to implement in their classrooms.
The course is aligned with DigComp 3.0 Area 1, the European Democracy Action Plan, the Digital Education Action Plan and the Erasmus+ priorities of Participation in Democratic Life and Digital Transformation.
Who Should Attend
- Teachers across all subjects who want to develop students' critical thinking and information literacy
- Citizenship, social studies and PSHE teachers
- ICT and digital literacy coordinators
- Librarians and information professionals
- School leaders concerned about disinformation and its effects on young people
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
Explain the EU and Council of Europe frameworks for media literacy and connect them to classroom practice.
Media literacy encompasses information literacy, digital literacy, news literacy and visual literacy. You will navigate these overlapping frameworks and connect your work to the EU media literacy policy agenda for Erasmus+ reporting.
Apply DigComp 3.0 Information and Data Literacy to curriculum planning.
The DigComp 3.0 Information and Data Literacy area covers browsing, searching and filtering data, evaluating sources, managing personal data and protection against manipulation. You will use it as a planning tool to identify gaps in your current provision.
Use fact-checking tools, lateral reading strategies and critical evaluation frameworks with students.
Lateral reading, developed by the Stanford History Education Group, involves checking a website's credibility by reading what other sources say about it. You will have practiced it yourself, taught it to peers and adapted it for different age groups.
Design media literacy activities for your own subject area that are engaging and practically transferable.
Media literacy is a cross-curricular responsibility. You will design an activity for your own subject, whether fact-checking for a history essay, evaluating statistical claims in science or analysing a political speech in social studies.
Connect your school's media literacy work to the EU Democratic Values agenda.
A school that takes media literacy seriously contributes to European democratic resilience. You will make that case to your headteacher and connect your work to the EU Democratic Values agenda for Erasmus+ funding.
A 7-Day Professional Development Experience
Five days of intensive training with a structured arrival day and cultural excursion. We tailor every programme to your institution's needs.
Participants arrive and are welcomed by the Sude Nexus local team. Welcome dinner and orientation walk.
Guided cultural excursion. Departure at convenience.
This outline is a starting point. Contact us to discuss how we can tailor this programme for your institution.
EU Policy Alignment
Erasmus+ 2026 Horizontal Priorities
EU Competence Frameworks
EU Policy Initiatives
Available Locations and Dates
Available across all 13 Sude Nexus destinations.
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