Mediactive: How to Participate in our Digital World (ASU)

Mediactive: How to Participate in our Digital World (ASU)

The ASU News Co/Lab advances media literacy with three key stakeholders: education, journalism and technology. The course instructors are media literacy experts who teach related courses at Arizona State University.

We’re in an age of information overload — discover how media literacy principles can help you make sense of your digital media environment. In this free, three-week course from Arizona State University, you'll learn how to spot misinformation, vet credible sources and claims, and use media to participate in your community. The self-paced course features personalized learning, community conversation and live Zoom webinars with industry experts and working journalists.

What will I learn?
Participants will learn how to:

  • spot misinformation
  • assess claims and sources
  • explain how the news media operate
  • use and create media to participate in their communities

What will I do:
You’ll learn how to become an active media user and how to ethically share and create media. The course features personalized learning options and interactive and reflection activities, alongside conversations with instructors and fellow participants through online and live discussions.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Cultural Diversity in Your Classroom-Rerun (SchoolEducationGateway) Other Providers
School Education Gateway

Cultural Diversity in Your Classroom-Rerun (SchoolEducationGateway)

The course offers teachers an opportunity to access useful resources and exchange with peers on the challenging topic of cultural diversity in classrooms. The course is part of a 3-part series of courses exploring the topic of cultural diversity, the situation of newly arrived migrants in general and how to integrate newly arrived migrant students in schools and classrooms.

No sessions available
3 Weeks
Problem-Solving Skills for University Success (Coursera) Coursera
The University of Sydney

Problem-Solving Skills for University Success (Coursera)

In this course, you will learn how to develop your Problem Solving and Creativity Skills to help you achieve success in your university studies. After completing this course, you will be able to: 1-Recognise the importance and function of problem solving and creative thought within academic study and the role of critical thought in creative ideation; 2-Develop a toolkit to be able to identify real problems and goals within ill-defined problems; 3-Recognize and apply analytical problem solving techniques: 4-Recognise and apply creative problem solving techniques; 5-Identify the use of creativity within and types of problems most common to your field; 6-Apply learnt problem solving and creative ideation skills to a real-life context and reflect on personal learning processes

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps (Coursera) Coursera
University of London,Goldsmiths, University of London

Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps (Coursera)

This course is for anyone who would like to apply their technical skills to creative work ranging from video games to art installations to interactive music, and also for artists who would like to use programming in their artistic practice. This course will teach you how to develop and apply programming skills to creative work. This is an important skill within the development of creative mobile applications, digital music and video games. It will teach the technical skills needed to write software that make use of images, audio and graphics, and will concentrate on the application of these skills to creative projects. Additional resources will be provided for students with no programming background.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Learn to Analyze Educational Data and Improve your Blended and Online Teaching (Learn2Analyze Consortium) Other Providers
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,University of Piraeus,University of Mannheim,Enovation,Lattanzio Learning,IMC

Learn to Analyze Educational Data and Improve your Blended and Online Teaching (Learn2Analyze Consortium)

The Learn to Analyze Educational Data and Improve your Blended and Online Teaching MOOC supports the development of the basic competences for Educational Data Analytics of Online and Blended teaching and learning. It is ideal for e-learning professionals of online and blended courses, school teachers using the flipped classroom model and university students.

Available now
5-12 Weeks
Critical Issues in Urban Education (Coursera) Coursera
University of Chicago

Critical Issues in Urban Education (Coursera)

Urban school reform in the United States is characterized by contentious, politicized debate. This course explores a set of critical issues in the education and educational reform space, with a focus on aspects of the field that have sparked controversy and polarized views. We will dig into these debates, situating them within the larger history of public education and school reform, and considering the viewpoints, the evidence, and translation of issues into educational policy.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers (Coursera) Coursera
Johns Hopkins University

Training and Learning Programs for Volunteer Community Health Workers (Coursera)

Volunteer community health workers (CHWs) are a major strategy for increasing access to and coverage of basic health interventions. Our village health worker training course reviews the process of training and continuing education of CHWs as an important component of involving communities in their own health service delivery. Participants will be guided through the steps of planning training and continuing education activities for village volunteers. The course draws on real-life examples from community-directed onchocerciasis control, village health worker programs, community case management efforts, peer educators programs and patent medicine vendor training programs, to name a few.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Authentic Engagement With Clients (and Others) (CDI) Other Providers
Consultants Development Institute

Authentic Engagement With Clients (and Others) (CDI)

In this Series about the “soft” skills, you’ll clarify your own values, perspectives and biases and then how to manage them for positive change with others. You’ll know how always sustain collaborative and productive relationships with your clients and others. You’ll be equipped to conduct powerful coaching conversations for performance, change and learning. You’ll be ready to facilitate highly productive meetings with a wide variety of clients and groups.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Teach English Now! Lesson Design and Assessment (Coursera) Coursera
Arizona State University

Teach English Now! Lesson Design and Assessment (Coursera)

Learners will be introduced to designing lesson plans based on principles and knowledge of learning objectives, assessment plans, methods, materials, and learning activities. Learners will find and prepare appropriate teaching materials through careful analysis, adaptation and creation of professional resources. Learners will also reflect on the cohesion between lesson design and teaching philosophies.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Copyright for Educators & Librarians (Coursera) Coursera
Duke University,Emory University,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Copyright for Educators & Librarians (Coursera)

Fear and uncertainty about copyright law often plagues educators and sometimes prevents creative teaching. This course is a professional development opportunity designed to provide a basic introduction to US copyright law and to empower teachers and librarians at all grade levels. Course participants will discover that the law is designed to help educators and librarians.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks
Principles in Organizational Consulting (CDI) Other Providers
Consultants Development Institute

Principles in Organizational Consulting (CDI)

This Series provides easy-to-understand explanations and downloadable tools to build your acumen in business and guiding successful change. The Series provides clear and concise descriptions to help you understand the “big picture” of organizations, including the various activities within them and how they all work together, whether in for-profits, nonprofits or government. This Series is relevant to advisors, trainers, facilitators, coaches, mentors, leaders and staff roles working in organizations or independently.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
The Impact of Technology (Coursera) Coursera
EIT Digital

The Impact of Technology (Coursera)

In this course you will learn how to use theories and methods to make predictions of the potential impact of new technology – in general, as well as for a specific application. This will prepare you for the changes that we are facing in society, and also help you take advantage of transformations which are driven by technology. The course takes a broad approach, including social and economic factors. You will study historical examples and learn to recognize recurring patterns and cycles. The curriculum includes general innovation theories, foresight methodology, value chain disruption and strategy.

Jun 22nd 2026
5-12 Weeks