Networking Development with the Social Web

SMEX’s Approach to Cultivating Participatory Media Literacy

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our ability to mediate our message directly affects our ability to create change

a new media literacy,a participatory media literacy

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Literacy AccessEnglishTime

tacticaltech.orgrising.globalvoicesonline.org

digiactive.orgwearemedia.orgitrainonline.org

www.kstoolkit.org

must-browse

Structure

• Introduction to Web 2.0

• Hands-on workshops in blogging, Facebook organizing, and other toolsChallenges

• Internet access

• Language

• Scalability

• Sustainability

• Too many tools to teach

2008

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learning.smex.org

Structure

• Training of trainers

• Ideas competitionChallenges

• Access > Distributed access

• Language > Increased translation and Arabic sites

• Scalability > Online curriculum, periodic meetups

• Sustainability > Focus on the community

• Too many tools > Diversify learning

2009

New Challenges• Varying levels of digital literacy, media literacy

• Developing an Arabic-adaption process

• Addressing increasingly complex help needs

• Sustaining community, and organizing offline meetings

• Programming soft-skills support sessions

• Identifying opportunities for local applications

• Networking internationally

Vision

• A self-guiding curriculum that’s easily adapted to learning and implementation needs via language and social media typology

• A self-sustaining regional network of social media for social change trainers and practitioners

“If the collective intelligence is then shared back with the

community, the members find more value in the community, and the community grows even more,

leading to a virtuous cycle.”

—Gaurav Mishragauravonomics.com

THANK YOU.SMEX.ORG

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