misinformation

Submitted by Ariel Dyer on November 18th, 2024
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Short Description: 

Play-based learning activity asking students to intentionally create "fake news" and engage with their emotional reactions in coming across information. 

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Learning Outcomes: 
  • Evaluate news using the SIFT rubric
  • Select relevant misinformation tools and apply to misleading information
  • Create misinformation in order to understand its proliferation
Discipline: 
Library and Information Science

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  • -Prior introduction to AI tools
  • -Stronger parameters for discussion post (set the scene)
Suggested Citation: 
Dyer, Ariel. "Faking Breaking News." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2024. https://projectcora.org/assignment/faking-breaking-news.
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Submitted by Keely Kiczenski on December 10th, 2020
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This lesson is intended as a one hour, single-session overview of one aspect of information literacy: evaluating the trustworthiness of resources, particularly online. The lesson is designed for a group of 10-25 adults in a public or academic library, or is also suitable for high school students. Instructor will teach students how to investigate a source and apply three small but powerful information literacy tools to evaluation: SIFT, PIE, and SMELL.

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Learning Outcomes: 
  • The student will be able to distinguish between standard evaluative criteria and apply appropriate criteria to an information source to determine its quality and relevance. 
  • The student will be able to detect misinformation and defend the credibility of a source by using relevant evaluative criteria and verifying claims externally.
  • Students will be able to locate a variety of sources about a topic and discern which would be most useful in fulfilling their information need.

 

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Communication StudiesLibrary and Information Science

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Suggested Citation: 
Kiczenski, Keely. "Who Can I Trust? – Questions to Ask When Evaluating Information Sources (featuring SIFT, PIE, and SMELL methods)." CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments), 2020. https://projectcora.org/assignment/who-can-i-trust-%E2%80%93-questions-ask-when-evaluating-information-sources-featuring-sift-pie.
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