Dates and Times
14 January 2026
11:00 - 12:00
18 January 2026
11:00 - 12:00
22 January 2026
11:00 - 12:00
Event for
Location
Organiser
UC Library
Speakers
UC Library staff
Enquiry
Sam Ferrara
Event about:
Stay Smart Online: How to spot misinformation and find facts. A short course for Australians.
Come along for a free, hour-long course on how to stay safe in our confusing digital world.
UC Library's friendly library staff will guide you through this hour-long session, giving participants better agency over their own online presence and activity.
A light morning tea will be offered following the session.
Additional Information
UC’s Stay Smart Online Team from the News and Media Research Centre recently developed a one-hour-long session especially for Australians, to increase media literacy and online confidence, and the results have been positive:
- Media literacy scores among participants improved by 23% across all demographics.
- 80% of participants indicated an improvement in their confidence to navigate online.
- 80% of participants indicated an improvement in their confidence to navigate online.
Presented by UC library's friendly librarians, you will leave this session with a better understanding of AI, algorithms, deepfakes, misinformation and how to stay safer in an increasingly worrying online world.
A light morning tea will be provided.
Staying safe in the online world seems to be getting harder and A.I. doesn’t help!
How would you like to feel more confident navigating the online world?
What about learning about algorithms and what they do?
Want to confidently avoid scams & misinformation by improving your media literacy, critical thinking, and AI detection skills for FREE at UC Library?
UC’s Stay Smart Online Team from the News and Media Research Centre recently developed a one-hour-long session especially for Australians, to increase media literacy and online confidence, and the results so far have been positive:
Media literacy scores among participants improved by 23% across all demographics.
80% of participants indicated an improvement in their confidence to navigate online.
80% of participants indicated an improvement in their confidence to navigate online.
Presented by UC library's friendly librarians, you will leave this session with a better understanding of AI, algorithms, deepfakes, misinformation and how to stay safer in an increasingly worrying online world.
A light morning tea will be provided.
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.