ED-115 : Effective Reading and Study Skills

In 12 episodes, Jay Smooth teaches you Media Literacy! Based on an introductory college level curriculum, this series takes you through the history and psychology of media and gives you the skills to become more media savvy. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
* Describe media literacy as a skill and its development over time
* Understand the positive and negative effects of media on audiences
* Explain how media regulations and policies affect media producers
* Create many forms of media in an informed way

In 10 episodes, John Green will teach you how to navigate the internet! We’ve partnered with MediaWise, The Poynter Institute, and The Stanford History Education Group to develop this curriculum of hands-on skills to help you evaluate the information you read online. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
* Examine information using the same skills and questions as fact-checkers
* Read laterally to learn more about the authority and perspective of sources
* Evaluate different types of evidence, from videos to infographics
* Understand how search engines and social media feeds work
* Break bad internet habits like impatience and passivity, and build better ones

In 10 episodes, Thomas Frank teaches you study skills! Based on introductory college-level material and scientific studies, this course takes you through the tools and skills you need to get better at studying and finishing assignments in school and beyond. By the end of this course, you will be able to:
* Understand the advantages and disadvantages of different note-taking methods
* Recognize factors that inhibit productivity and solutions to get past them
* Feel better prepared to study for and take your next exam or finish your next assignment
* Analyze the connections between studying and memory, exercise, and studying