Increasing students’ ability to identify fake news through information literacy education and content management systems

Q2 Social Sciences

Reference Librarian Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI:10.1080/02763877.2018.1489935

Kendra Auberry

引用次数: 52

Abstract

ABSTRACT The rampant spread of misinformation has made it more difficult for many people, especially college students, to ascertain what is a viable and reliable piece of information and vice versa. This trend makes it even more difficult for them to produce effective essays and research papers in their courses. Librarians at Indian River State College (IRSC) have been piloting a program that incorporates news literacy into the learning management system utilized by IRSC in an effort to increase students’ ability to determine what are correct information, erroneous information, and “fake news.”

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通过信息素养教育和内容管理系统提高学生识别假新闻的能力

摘要错误信息的泛滥使许多人，尤其是大学生，更难确定什么是可行和可靠的信息，反之亦然。这种趋势使得他们在课程中更难写出有效的论文和研究论文。印度河州立学院（IRSC）的图书馆员一直在试行一项计划，将新闻素养纳入IRSC使用的学习管理系统，以提高学生确定什么是正确信息、错误信息和“假新闻”的能力

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Reference Librarian Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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