About Us
Bringing media literacy to all, one teacher at a time
MISSION & VALUES
We cultivate the critical and smart use of media among youth by empowering educators with media and information literacy skills.
#Media Literacy for All
About Us
The Media Education For All (ME4A, pronounced as mee-four) website is a one-stop online resource repository to empower the mastery of media and information literacy skills among educators in Malaysia.
Arus Academy facilitates the movement — a social enterprise that empowers today's problem-solvers through exciting and engaging learning, and The Fourth — an independent collective of investigative and impact journalists.
WHAT DOES ME4A OFFER?
ME4A brings educators and media experts together to empower our youth to discern credible information from misinformation. ME4A aims to highlight the importance of media and information literacy in mainstream education through 4 main initiatives that focus on providing educators with the right skills, tools and knowledge to process information. These initiatives will be driven by educators and supported by media practitioners as mentors.
Our 4 initiatives under Media Education for All
1. Form a Media Education For All movement by educators, for educators
Identify founders from the educator community who are interested and passionate in promoting media literacy for all. Founders can be from primary, secondary or tertiary learning institutions in both the public and private sectors. Together, they will form a registered society under the Registry of Societies Malaysia.
2. Build a media literacy training portal for all educators in Malaysia
With mentoring from and collaboration with media industry experts, Media Education For All founders will build a professional development portal to upskill Malaysian educators in media literacy. This portal is open to educators from all school levels.
3. Conduct continuous professional development courses for new members
Founding Members of Media Education For All will plan and conduct workshops to recruit and train new educators who are interested to be a part of the movement. The aim is to reach 3,000 educators by 2022.
4. Design campaigns and a library of lesson materials on media literacy skills
Media Education For All founders will design campaigns to advocate for a better media environment through education. A competition will be held to kickstart the development of lesson materials on media literacy. All materials will then be curated in a digital resource bank for nationwide access.