SLANSW Professional Learning Summit - All the Literacies: Read, Discern, Discover

Professor Mathieu O’Neil and Associate Professor Andrew Ross (University of Canberra)

Co-designing media and information literacy methods to

effectively counter misinformation

Since 2022 University of Canberra researchers have been developing with teacher-librarians methods to teach information discernment and verification skills which are effective in an attention economy. This presentation is the final stage in the 2025-2026 SLANSW co-design process. After (a) preliminary work with a SLANSW Committee and (b) an initial consultation with SLANSW members regarding Stage 3 and Stage 5 differences during the 28 April 2026 ‘Beyond the Checklist’ Online Meet-Up, in these sessions we will (c) seek further SLANSW membership feedback about our new website’s functionality and about how to best build the lesson plan structure.

 Presenter Bios

Mathieu is a Professor of Communication in the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre and Honorary Associate Professor of Sociology at the Australian National University. A specialist in the digital commons and information diffusion, he co-founded the Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON). His research has been supported by the Australian Research Council and the Ford Foundation.

Andrew is an Associate Professor at the University of Canberra whose research focuses on critical discourse   analysis and media literacy in school contexts.

Registrations open at https://www.slansw.net.au/events