EdTech: The validity of internet information
The internet is full of information and it’s not all accurate. This module looks at the different types of error to be found, from unintended to deliberately misleading and how to prepare learners to recognise and deal with them.
Aim
The module shows you how to support learners to determine the validity and value of different types of content found on the web.
Objective
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Adopt and tailor netiquette
- Share and improve netiquette for use by learners and colleagues
Digital Teaching Professional Framework
This module covers the EdTech component - A3 : Support for learning and support activities including initial assessment - empowering learners through technology
- Identify learners' digital skills and confidence, plan appropriate learning activities, assignments and assessments, to provide relevant scaffolding and support for learners with different digital literacy skills.
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Incorporate learning activities,
assignments and assessments
which encourage and require learners
to
- Articulate information needs, to search for data, information and content in digital environments, to access them and to navigate between them.
- Create and update personal search strategies.
- Adapt search strategies based on the quality of information found.
- Analyse, compare and critically evaluate the credibility and reliability of sources of data, information and digital content.
- Organise, store and retrieve data, information and content in digital environments.
- Organise and process information in a structured environment.
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Spending time on researching and checking facts is important. Getting students to retrieve differences in text that make them question the validity of the source is engaging and important.
Reference material was useful
Now need to look for some specific maths related examples for my learners
Informative.
Really enjoyed the Ken Robinson talk - he's always interesting and entertaining - a shame to only watch a few minutes as suggested, though he doesn't really talk about using technology to change education as stated in the module.
The Wiki Link about Triangulation is not really relevant as it refers to geometry rather than sources.
Good recap, enjoyed the TED talk and will use this for learning
good module
Fake news - ESOL students (and others) often take this as 100% true - they need to be enabled to check for validity.
Loved the TED talk
Good unit with excellent resources
Module ok, the link for the Ted talk was about climate change?
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This is the Leading stage, which recognises you have a high level of knowledge about Digital Literacy and can start to guide and support peers.
Further resources from other sites
A very simple guide to bias and reliability for learners by the BBC.
An explanation of triangulation Evidence Based Nursing published July 2019.
An interesting and detailed report for the European Commission in 2018...
Excellent short piece on Fake News from the Irish government's Internet...
Good general coverage of the issues of misinformation, with links to...
A short, simple introduction with links from Wikipedia on triangulation.
