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41 4. Learners' competences – Facilitating learners' digital competence C18. Information and media literacy This competence refers to the involvement of learners in searching for information and resources online, in combination with organising, analysing, and critically evaluating the digital content and its credibility and reliability. Examples of use: We live in an era of information. Information is readily available and accessible, while anyone can annunciate anything to the public through the internet and web-based media. Therefore, it is a challenge to take this information's benefits and think critically, whether it is valid and reliable. Adults with higher levels of digital literacy are more efficient as they take full advantage of their resources. Simultaneously, they become more collaborative, more competitive in the labour market and more prompt to new learning. Adult educators can contribute to enhancing this particular learners' competence by incorporating several activities, assignments, and assessments that require: • Articulating specific data and content by searching and navigating in digital environments. • Developing personal strategies to access fast on required information. • Analysing and evaluating digital sources and content. • Retrieving, processing and organising data in digital environments. How can you enhance Information and media literacy of learners? Information and media literacy can be layered on your current curriculum with several simple practices and activities: • Include news media articles and videos in their projects as content and source of information. • Present lesson content with a critical view and ask them to position themselves frequently. • Ask them to identify any bias in the way some digital content is presented. • Routinize classroom activities using computers. • Engage learners in gathering information using search engines rather than receiving it. Innovative ways to make use of the competence in action Information and media literacy require critical thinking. We are no longer asked to memorise any knowledge, as a significant proportion is available online. The Internet makes information available very fast, too easy, and for free. We mostly need to master the higher levels o f Bloom's