Media & Cognition
Media, Technology & Education
Your students are distracted, anxious, and screen-dependent. What are you going to do about it?
Why Media, Technology & Education?
Your classroom is now competing with algorithms. The students’ relationship with knowledge has changed. What does that demand of educators?
Phone-based childhoods have changed what students can do, how long they can focus, and what they expect from learning. Most institutions have responded with policies (if at all); this program responds with understanding.
Over six sessions, participants engage seriously with what media does to the mind; and leave with the frameworks and tools to design learning experiences that are intentional and genuinely human-centered.
Anchored in the work of Neil Postman, Jonathan Haidt, Mayer, and Doug Lemov.
It is expected that by the end of this course participants would be able to:
Examine media's psychological impact
Design cognitively sound learning
Deploy active, critical pedagogy
Teach digital literacy as a discipline
SESSION 1
The World Your Students are Living In
- Attention Economy and Impact on Classrooms
- Teaching as a Performative Art
- Becoming Media Literate
Sources: UNICEF; Common Sense Education
SESSION 2
Why this matters more than you think?
- From Print Culture to a Visual Culture.
- Whose Knowledge gets Amplified?
- Erosion of Reading and Deep Thought
Scholars: Neil Postman and Antonia Gramsci
SESSION 3
What does the research say?
- Changing Childhoods
- Attention Fragmentation and Sleep Deprivation
- What can Educators do?
Scholars: Jonathan Haidt
SESSION 4
Teaching with Audio-Visual Resources
- Directed Viewing Thinking Activity
- Critical Thinking and AV resources
- Socratic Questioning and Meaning Making
Scholars: Doug Lemov
SESSION 5
Integrating Multimedia Learning
- Cognition and Multimedia Learning
- What works with Multimedia Learning?
- Designing Meaningful Multimedia Experiences
Scholars: Mayer & Sweller
SESSION 6
Digital Literacy for Students
- Critical Evaluation of Digital Resources
- Identifying Bias, Misinformation and Propaganda
- Digital Identity and Ethics in
Sources: ISTE Standards and Common Sense Education
Facilitator
Abdul Haseeb
Educational Consultant - Curriculum Design, Educational Leadership and Pedagogy.
Abdul Haseeb is an experienced educational consultant and practitioner with an extensive background across multiple international contexts. He brings intellectual rigor, warmth, and a commitment to honest inquiry to every session he facilitates.
He holds an MA in International Development from the University of Warwick, UK.
Who is this for?
University Faculty
Classroom Teachers
Heads of Department
Curriculum Leads
School Leaders
Academic Directors
Participants Receive
A Global Community of Educators
Join educational leaders and teachers from around the world.
Program Delivery
FAQs
Do I need a background in media studies or psychology?
Is this only relevant to secondary school teachers?
How are sessions delivered?
All sessions are held live online. Sessions are collaborative and interactive, not passive listening. You’ll also have access to resources and notes between sessions via Google Classroom.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. Participants who complete the program receive a Certificate of Completion from Edwise.
Ready to respond thoughtfully to
a screen-saturated age?
Register your interest or speak to us to learn more about Media, Technology & Education.
