Digital Media Literacy Resource 

Knowing how to find reliable information, spot misinformation and make informed decisions is an essential life skill, affecting everything from your health and relationships to your career and finances. This MTU Digital Media Course provides essential skills for students navigating today’s digital information landscape.

Every day, we’re surrounded by more information than ever before. News, social media, search results, influencers and now AI can provide information in seconds. But how do we know what’s accurate, what’s biased, and what’s simply wrong?

 This MTU Digital Media Course is a set of 8 units designed to help you navigate the online world. Some of the topics covered include:

• - Why social media apps keep us scrolling.
• - How media ownership and funding influence online content and shape public opinion.
• - The real-world consequences of misinformation and disinformation.
• - How to know if something you see online is true or fake.
• - Why you may feel anxious or unhappy after scrolling and how to look after your digital wellbeing.”

MTU Students & Staff on Cork Campuses - Click Here

*Please click on the link above if you are an MTU student studying in any of our Cork campuses, this will ensure that you receive a digital badge on successful completion of each module.

MTU Students & staff on Kerry Campuses - Click Here

*Please click on the link above if you are an MTU student studying in Kerry campuses, this will ensure that you receive a digital badge on successful completion of each module.

 

Students & Staff outside of MTU can access the resource here. 

 *If you are a student or staff member from outside of MTU, please choose the option above. This will allow you to access the Digital Media Literacy resource but will not allow you to earn a digital badge on completion of modules. This resource has been designed as on OER (Online Educational Resource), if you would like to resuse or repurpose content from the resource in your own institution, please e-mail library.infocork@mtu.ie for further information.

 

The Crop Campaign

The CROP campaign reminds us that now is the time to dig out what is best within each of us, discover our creativity, reveal our originality, use these times to release the power of our brains, make it real, make it a tangible gift to humanity and carry these values with you for your successful career and life journey. 

CReate it, Own it, be Proud of it.

For further information on the CROP campaign, please click here. 

 

To help you be confident and proud of the work you create we have designed the following tools and training:

Gen AI Student Guidelines

Digi Know Campaign

The Library Assignment Toolkit

 

Digi Know Campaign

 

Academic Integrity Policy (Sept. 2025)

Academic Integrity Procedure (Sept. 2025)

Help with Technical issues:

-  If you have any issues enrolling on these Canvas courses, please visit the TEL website. 

- If you do not have a Canvas account, please contact edtech@mtu.ie.