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UNESCO Amman Office

Room: Roby B

The workshop utilizes a dynamic session format combining interactive lecture, group discussions, and hands-on activities. It begins with an expert-led presentation explaining the role of cartoons in addressing misinformation and other media literacy topics, followed by group discussions where participants analyze successful examples. Practical activities have participants brainstorm and sketch their own cartoons.
The live sketching session will be open to all attendees, featuring a cartoonist who will create three cartoons that highlight key media and information literacy (MIL) concepts. During this session, the cartoonist will walk the audience through their creative process from initial concept to the finished piece, discussing how each element of the cartoons addresses important MIL themes such as misinformation and digital rights. The session is interactive, allowing any conference attendee to participate by asking questions or suggesting ideas, which the cartoonist may incorporate into their artwork on the spot

CFI

Room: Roby A

The session will present and discuss MIL practices as a tool in the fight against information manipulation, in different African, MENA and European contexts. Several innovative case studies focusing on digital practices and generative IA will be examined, tentatively: how to adapt school curricula to the growing sophistication of disinformation? How to lobby public authorities to introduce MIL in school curricula? How do civil society organizations use MIL to engage local youth? How to use media, particularly community radio stations broadcasting in local languages, to raise MIL awareness among a wider audience? 

IREX

Room: Diamond

The session will explore the core concepts of digital citizenship, critical thinking, and emotional resilience and what knowledge, skills, and habits contribute to exercising equitable digital rights, responsibilities, and protections from digital harms. The interactive workshop will share IREX's Learn to Discern approach – specifically, skills that can equip individuals to navigate a complex digital public information landscape and make informed decisions.

The session will draw from lessons in addressing information manipulation and gendered disinformation with activities that will encourage participants to reflect and help them identify common tactics used to manipulate digital citizens. Trainers will showcase IREX Jordan's and global Learn to Discern and Digital Citizenship resources that participants can use after the session. The workshop will conclude with an interactive Escape Room - “Escaping the Doom Scroll” which will challenge participants to apply the concepts discussed and demonstrate the adaptability of IREX’s Digital Citizenship approach.

National Center for Curriculum Development 

Room: Emerald Panel

The session will address Jordan's efforts to integrate MIL into school textbooks; a process that began in 2016 and continues to the present. Speakers will try to share their experiences including the successes and challenges they face in implementing the national project.

UNESCO Nairobi

Room: Saphaire Panel

UNESCO regional office for eastern Africa is organizing a panel discussion on how to tackle climate dis/misinformation in Africa and the role AI and technology could play.

UNESCO Amman Office  

Join cartoonist Omar Al Abdallat as he displays a series of cartoons highlighting crucial MIL concepts like freedom of expression and digital security. Omar will explain the concepts behind his artwork, showcasing how cartoons can simplify and clarify complex topics.
The session includes real-time discussions, allowing the audience to ask questions and explore the ideas in the cartoons. Translation from Arabic to English and vice versa will be provided to accommodate all participants.

Location: Walk-in registration area

UNESCO Offices in Arab States

Room: Roby B

The panel will highlight how media and information literate citizens can participate in creating safe, inclusive, and smart cities, stimulating grassroots creativity and entrepreneurship.  Participating cities will be supported with the tools, resources, and guidance needed to diffuse MIL to their citizens as they use city services and participate in local development.  Through the mayors and municipalities’ networks, this can promote MIL in physical and city spaces to foster more sustainable and inclusive cities through media and information literacy.

Oversight Board

Room: Roby A

In an era where digital platforms face mounting pressure to manage content at scale, the use of automation in content moderation has become indispensable. However, this shift raises critical questions about accountability, transparency, bias, and user rights. This panel focuses on the advantages, disadvantages and challenges of using AI systems for content moderation.

Media Development Foundation

Room: Diamond

The dynamic workshop will focus on 2 aspects of media and information literacy programs:
How to utilize active learning approach and engage citizens in fact-checking
How to develop engaging teaching resources, based on fact-checking findings and historical data.

The workshop will kick off by exploring the vital role of engaging youth in fact-checking, emphasizing the learning-by-doing approach and importance of internship in the educational process that allows students to publish their investigations at a fact-checking platform.

Workshop will present the experience of “Myth Detector Laboratory'' which was established in 2017 on the basis of fact-checking portal www.mythdetector.ge in partnership with the Deutsche Welle Akademie. The project has been successfully carried out for the sixth year in a row, under which more than 200 young people have already completed the MIL course and produced 500 explanatory articles. From 2023, the program is implemented on a regional scale, engaging youngsters from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. The workshop will engage not only educators, but program alumni sharing their experiences of how they became MIL ambassadors by spreading knowledge in their communities after completion of the program.

The following part of the workshop will showcase the practices of developing educational resources based on fact-checking. Namely, the attendees will learn how to design educational content around fact-checking outcomes, effectively incorporating relevant real-world examples and case studies. Attendees will discover techniques for detecting historical photo manipulations that can be observed by the naked eye and will delve into the concept of gamification.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the tools, methodologies, and resources necessary to transform fact-checking findings into comprehensive media and information literacy learning hubs.

Anna Lindh Foundation

Room: Emerald Panel

In today’s digital landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in content creation and in shaping media and information dissemination. At the same time, AI technology design, deployment, and operation have been proven to reflect, perpetuate and even amplify existing biases and create new ones. This is often due to the lack of fair, inclusive, and diverse participation in the AI ecosystem, raising critical concerns and challenges also in public information systems, particularly in the culturally diverse Euro-Mediterranean region.

This side event aims to offer an intercultural platform for addressing these issues. International speakers will explore solutions that promote ethical AI technologies. The discussions will focus on the role AI plays in reinforcing biases and the historical and cultural factors that contribute to intersectional inequalities in media and information ecosystems, with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region. Best practices for creating AI designs and policy measures to mitigate bias will also be explored, with an eye on key cooperation between civil society, academia, governmental, intergovernmental, and private actors.

The expected outcomes include a deeper understanding of AI’s role in reinforcing biases, strategies for reducing bias throughout the AI livecyle, strengthened collaboration among stakeholders, and policy considerations to promote fairness and inclusion in the AI-powered digital future across the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Jordan Media Institute (JMI)

Room: Roby B

In an era where generative tools are blurring the lines between fact and fiction, it's imperative to understand the implications for individuals, society, and democracy. This panel discussion will delve into the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid evolution of AI-generated content and fictionalization of information.

Pyalara

Room: Roby A

The session will address the media literacy efforts in Palestine and the collaboration between civil society organizations and the Ministry of Education. The panelists will address the following topics:

• Media Literacy Mechanisms and Efforts in Palestine
• The development of fact-checking in Palestine
• Challenges and moving forward amid the current crisis

DW Akademie

Room: Diamond

Immerse yourself in the dynamic world of MIL Heroes and Villains at our transformative workshop. Join us to actively engage with the visual storytelling concept Heroes and Villains by DW Akademie. Together, we will apply this concept to an existing learning module on Media and Information Literacy and Artificial Intelligence developing actionable recommendations to enhance the lesson plan. In this immersive workshop, you'll embark on a journey of exploration, analysis, and innovation to enhance the learning journey of MIL students. By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained a deeper understanding of the MIL Heroes and Villains framework and its implementation, developed practical skills in rapid prototyping, and made substantial strides in advancing MIL in the context of AI.

Media Diversity

For members of Generation Z (Gen Z), people born between 1997 and 2012, being a young activist today means using digital tools to gather people online and offline and to amplify voices to call for government action on various issues, from democracy and human rights to environmental sustainability and social justice. Recent protests in Africa, Europe and Asia as in Bangladesh have demonstrated the creation of inclusive and intersectional coalitions led by youths using sophisticated digital tools to strengthen their messages and, in the case of Bangladesh, go as far as toppling a government.

In this context, MDI’s panel will explore digital media literacy and compare youth digital activism, its impact and challenges in different geographies.

Our panelists will talk about some of the key initiatives they have been involved in, exploring how the use of digital platforms and tools have brought Gen Z’s activism and media literacy to a different level.