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McMurtrie, B. (2021, January 12). Teaching in the age of disinformation. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/teaching-in-the-age-of-disinformation?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in
Traditional sources of good information are no longer guaranteed to be reliable. Teaching critical thinking is a great way to arm students with the tools they need to discern fact from fiction.
The following interactive presentation (which can be added to your Canvas courses or presentations) includes a great contextualization of the problem surrounding "facts" about COVID and how you can use simple critical thinking skills to figure out which "facts" you can trust.
This interactive experience from the Pacific Science Center also comes with a transcript found by following the link to the originating site in the ellipses.
Facts in the Time of COVID-19. 17 June 2020, Pacific Science Center, Seattle.
You will find resources and activities aimed at helping students figure out what disinformation is and how to combat it.
To begin, navigate through our resources by clicking on the menu items on the left.