No doubt, information literacy matters tremendously in a higher education setting, amongst all the other types of literacies, of course, from academic to visual, digital to media. Years ago, when people still used dial-up internet access, I worked with a …
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There are lies, damn lies, and then there is politics. Fake news has been around since the dawn of civilisation and has taken flight and caused serious concern more than once in human history. Crises of authority and the desperate …
Disinformation is a well-worn path to power and those in power abuse it to maintain themselves amidst controversy. Where then does the ordinary citizen and scholar turn to find the truth amidst a whirlwind of lies, often repeated innocently by …
How to introduce a blog AND entice you to read it? Maybe a topic of the month? I thought to myself. My topic ‘of the month’ might hold your interest for 5 minutes. That’s all it takes to read a …
The more you read about the infopocalypse, human puppets and the death of informed democratic safeguards, the more it feels as if we might already be there. If you can’t wait until Hallowe’en for a good scare, take a close, …
Criminology has enjoyed a long and proud tradition from Enlightenment thinker and opponent of the death penalty, Cesare Beccaria, in the 18th century seeking sweeping reforms of the criminal justice systems of his day to focus on the prevention of crime …
Had the pleasure of attending the launch of the East Midland’s WritingPAD Centre on 26th June. It was an opportunity to share experiences and practice in visual and kinaesthetic learning techniques with academics, librarians and learning developers. It involved visually …
