While the internet provides considerable opportunities to access and share information, it also increases people’s exposure to misinformation. It is increasingly difficult to determine the trustworthiness of the media in our environment, which is of particular concern in the field of health. Evidence suggests health misinformation is having real-world widespread negative consequences.
This talk explores how a media literacy approach can help organisations, community groups and citizens respond to the challenge that misinformation poses. It draws on findings from a 3-year research study that partnered with four public cultural institutions: Australian Library and Information Association, ABC Education, Museum of Australia Democracy and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Presenters
Tanya Notley & Daisy De Windt
Bios
Tanya Notley is Professor of Digital Media in the School of Arts and a member of the Institute for Culture and Society. Tanya currently leads a national project that uses media literacy to address online misinformation through a collaboration with national public cultural institutions. Tanya leads the Advancing Media Literacy Program at WSU and is a founding member of Australian Media Literacy Alliance (AMLA).
Daisy De Windt has over 20 years’ experience working in research, medical education and health communications, including over 10 years producing engaging, evidence-based media for a range of audiences. She has completed degrees in Psychology, Health Law, Biomedical Science and Business and is a PhD candidate at Western Sydney University.
When
Thursday, 30 July 2026 12:30pm – 1:30pm AEST
Where
Online webinar Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.
This event will be recorded and sent to attendees following the event.
Cost
ALIA Members – FREE (another reason to consider HLA Membership) Non-Members – $22
Justin Clark is running a free 1 hour webinar on TERA Tools
The webinar will cover live demonstrations of all the tools available in the Evidence Review Accelerator (TERA) to help you improve your searching skills & options
Recordings will be available after the event if you cannot attend & also on Tera Tools YouTube
If you would like to refresh your memory or acquaint yourself with any of the tools – so you can ask Justin the really difficult questions he loves – then a selection of TERA videos are available below ⬇️
You can also login or sign up on the TERA Tools home page to play with the tools on offer
Keren Moskal – Clinical Librarian and Education Lead – Monash Health
💸 Cost: $40 ALIA members; $75 Non-ALIA members (another reason to consider HLA Membership)
✍️ Description:
This hands-on workshop will show you how to use Canva to create engaging and professional videos for library promotion and education resources, and give you guided hands on practice creating your own videos. This session covers:
Editing a Canva video template,
Image and text editing, animations and effects,
Using Canva record and screen capture.
People who have prior experience with Canva will get the most out of this session. There will be hands-on activities. Participants will need access to a Canva account prior to the webinar and have use of a laptop or PC, preferably with a mouse.
✔️ HLA Competency Areas:
C3 Health information literacy and educating for evidence-based inquiry
C8 Health leadership and management
2026 HLA Competencies can be accessed in the footer of the HLA site (Useful Resources column)
“A four-day, free, virtual professional development event for information professionals supporting evidence synthesis services in libraries and other information workplaces”
Registration is free and includes the full schedule of symposium sessions. All sessions will in English, held on Zoom, with Zoom-integrated captioning and transcripts available.
Shortly before the event, you will receive an access link for the LESSS Zoom event by email
Registration closes on June 11, 2026.
Sessions (except for networking events and roundtables) will be recorded with transcripts, but presenters may chose to not release that recording for viewing after the conference
