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 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.
MTU Students & Staff on Cork Campus – 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.
Students and 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.
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.
From the moment of birth, we are full of curiosity as we set off on a journey of inquisitiveness about the world around us. We seek to understand its complexity, to master its elements, and to pursue new ways of making the lives of all creatures and the planet itself a better place.
The educational process provides us with the accumulated knowledge and experience of thousands of years as a foundation for future advancement. While taking advantage of that legacy of wisdom, together with all of the recent newly-minted technological tools, we must maintain awareness of the unique spark of creativity that resides within us all, in whatever discipline we decide to have as a special interest, capability and excellence.
To help you be confident and proud of the work you create we have designed the following tools and training:
GEN AI Student Guidelines (CROP)
Academic Integrity Policy (Sept. 2025)
Academic Integrity Procedure (Sept. 2025)
Technical Issues:
For any student issues, please contact askcanvaskerry@mtu.ie, for any staff issues please contact edsukerry@mtu.ie.
If you have any issues enrolling for this course, please contact: edsukerry@mtu.ie.