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ERIC Number: ED592866
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jun
Pages: 9
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Teaching Online Research in the "Fake News" Era
Faix, Allison
Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) (51st, Myrtle Beach, SC, Jun 10-14, 2018)
For teachers and librarians helping students navigate the world of online information, the rise of fake news has created new challenges for information literacy instruction. Helping students find, evaluate, and use credible sources of online information can be more difficult than ever in the current era of "fake news", "alternative facts" and extreme political polarization. However, practical tools and strategies can be used by teachers and librarians to help students critically analyze the information they find online through social media, news outlets, and web searches and to make well informed decisions about the value of the sources they choose. This paper offers tips on teaching an awareness of how the Internet works; introducing students to the concept of fact-checking and acquainting them with fact-checking web sites; informing students about bias and how it can affect the research process; introducing source evaluation techniques to analyze sources and decided whether or not they are worth using; and teaching advanced search techniques. [For the full proceedings, see ED592847.]
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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