April 8 - 29, 2026
Wednesdays 10 - 11:30 a.m. PT
Truth, Tech, and Transformation:
Media Literacy for Planetary Well-Being
Live Online Course with Renee Hobbs & Theresa Redmond
REGISTER NOWIn a media landscape shaped by misinformation, AI manipulation, and relentless attention capture, how do we stay anchored in truth without losing our humanity or our hope?
In this four-week live course, media literacy educators Renee Hobbs and Theresa Redmond invite participants to explore media not just as a set of tools, but as a living ecosystem that shapes culture, power, and our relationship to the Earth. Through interactive dialogue, critical inquiry, and creative practice, we’ll build the skills and discernment needed to navigate today’s digital world with clarity, care, and a deeper commitment to planetary well-being.
Dates
April 8 - 29,
2026
Meeting Times
Wednesdays
10Â - 11:30Â a.m. PTÂ
Duration
4Â Weeks
Format
Live Online with Interactive Sessions
Cost
$349
This essential course builds practical media literacy skills for navigating today’s complex digital environment with intention and care. Participants will strengthen their capacity for critical inquiry, ethical reflection, creative media-making, and civic participation, while examining how media systems shape power, culture, and our relationship to the living world.
Through interactive workshops, small-group dialogue, and hands-on activities, we’ll analyze real-world examples of misinformation, greenwashing, platform economics, and AI-generated content. Along the way, participants will develop strategies for evaluating sources, understanding digital power structures, and engaging media in ways that support justice, trust, and ecological responsibility.
Each session balances accessible frameworks with applied practice, offering both analytical tools and space for reflection. The course culminates in a personal action plan, supporting participants in carrying their learning forward into their communities, classrooms, creative work, or advocacy.
This course runs from Apr. 8 - 29, 2026, with live classes held on Wednesdays from 10 - 11:30 a.m. (PT) via Zoom. Recordings will be available for registrants who miss a session.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
By the end of this four-week program, you will:
- Strengthen your ability to critically evaluate misinformation, propaganda, and AI-generated media
- Understand how platform economics, surveillance capitalism, and data extraction shape digital life
- Develop ethical media practices grounded in empathy, transparency, and ecological awareness
- Build confidence using media creatively for civic engagement and collective care
- Create and share a personal action plan to apply and extend your learning beyond the course
how the Course Works
Each live session includes:
- Short, accessible mini-lectures with contemporary examples
- Demonstrations of critical media analysis skills
- Small-group dialogue and guided discussion
- Simple creative activities using free digital media tools
- Time for reflection, synthesis, and integration
- Optional readings and viewings for deeper exploration
COURSE SESSIONS
1. The Living Media Ecosystem: Awareness and Attention
Explore how attention, emotion, and data circulate in today’s digital environment. Learn to recognize misinformation and bias while cultivating mindful awareness as a foundation for resilience and care.
2. Power, Money, and Truth: The Hidden Systems of Media
Examine how platform economics, surveillance, and greenwashing shape public narratives and civic life. Build tools for seeing who profits, who is visible, and how power flows through media systems.
3. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Truth
Learn to identify AI-generated and synthetic media, understand how algorithms shape visibility, and explore ethical questions around creativity, justice, and ecological responsibility.
4. From Awareness to Action: Designing Media for Regeneration
Translate insight into practice by developing creative, values-aligned media strategies. Build emotional resilience, explore media justice, and create a personal action plan for planetary well-being.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Renee Hobbs is a leading global expert on digital and media literacy education and the Founder of the Media Education Lab, an online learning community. She is the author of 12 books, including Media Literacy in Action: Questioning the Media (2nd edition, 2024) and Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age (2020). She has nurtured a generation of scholars and activists to advance media literacy around the world and offered professional development programs to educators on four continent.
Theresa Redmond is an independent scholar, teacher, and artist with recognized expertise in media literacy, instructional technology, curriculum design, ecomedia literacy, and the arts. She has taught early elementary school through university students, published widely on innovative methods in teaching and learning, and received awards for teaching, service, and creative scholarship. With over 20 years in public education, Theresa brings a deep and versatile experience to her work building curriculum, developing programs, leading teams, and consulting on projects at the intersection of learning, creativity, technology, and society.
Truth, Tech, and Transformation
Media Literacy for Planetary Well-Being
