Disinformation and fact-checking
2401-OG-EN-DaF
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the phenomenon of disinformation and to develop resistance to disinformation activities in the modern world, with particular emphasis on the media and the Internet.
It presents this issue from a definitional and typological perspective, and also presents methods and techniques for dealing with its manifestations and developing resilience to disinformation activities. Students will become familiar with:
• the origins and definition of the concept of disinformation,
• selected key typological approaches,
• methods for recognizing disinformation, tools and techniques for recognizing and combating disinformation,
• key international and European initiatives related to educational activities related to disinformation,
• educational games related to developing resilience to disinformation,
• other educational initiatives related to this phenomenon.
Total student workload
Contact hours with teacher:
• participation in lectures - 20 hrs
• consultations - 5 hrs
Self-study hours:
• preparation for lectures - 15 hrs
• preparing projects - 60 hrs
• reading literature - 20 hrs
• preparation for test - 0 hrs
• preparation for examination - 0 hrs
Altogether: 120 hrs (4 ECTS)
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W1: student knows electronic information sources and search tools;
W2: the student knows the directions of development of information retrieval tools in the modern world;
W3: student knows methods of fact-checking;
W4: student knows how to find differences between true and fake information;
W5: student knows evaluation methods of information from various information sources.
Learning outcomes - skills
U1: Student, using a variety of search tools, knows how to search information from reliable online information sources;
U2: Students can choose the information tools or sources according to their own needs or information project preparation;
U3: Students can independently evaluate and select true and high-quality information;
U4: The student is able to critically evaluate the source of information and data;
U5: Students can make a selection of information according to various criteria.
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K1: the student understands the need to update the knowledge of the online information search process;
K2: student is actively using online search tools to own information needs;
K3: student understand what disinformation is and knows how to counteract it
K3: the student knows the various practical applications of information searching tools and sources;
K4: student needs to critically evaluate the information from the surrounding social environment;
K5: Students can use internet search tools in practice.
Course coordinators
Teaching methods
• Observation/demonstration teaching methods: display
• Expository teaching methods: description, discussion
• Exploratory teaching methods: laboratory, observation, practical, presentation of the paper, project work
• Online teaching methods: content-presentation-oriented methods, exchange, and discussion methods
Online teaching methods
- methods referring to authentic or fictitious situations
- evaluative methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
Prerequisites
Basic computer & Internet skills
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:
• active participation in laboratory classes: W1, W2, W3, W4, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1, K2, K3, K4,
• creating projects: W1, W2, W3, W4, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1, K2, K3, K4,
Assessment criteria:
• activity during classes (up to 20% of the grade)
• assessment of project implementation (up to 80% of the assessment)
Final course grade (percentage points):
• 100-95: 5 (very good)
• 94-85: 4.5 (good plus)
• 84-75: 4 (good)
• 74-65: 3.5 (satisfactory plus)
• 64-55: 3 (satisfactory)
• 54-0: 2 (fail)
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