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Fact checking skills and project-based learning about infodemic and disinformation

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dc.contributor.authorPérez Escolar, Marta
dc.contributor.authorOrdóñez Olmedo, Eva
dc.contributor.authorAlcaide Pulido, Purificación
dc.contributor.departmentComunicación
dc.contributor.otherFacultades de la UMU::Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-18T12:26:41Z
dc.date.available2026-02-18T12:26:41Z
dc.date.copyright© 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
dc.date.issued2021-06-24
dc.description.abstractIn today's high-information and high-communication society, university students are increasingly involved in autonomous and collaborative learning processes, which require active methodologies to facilitate the integration of social competencies. The objective of this study was to raise awareness of the risks of disinformation and infodemics and to identify the main social competencies and skills related to fact-checking that students should acquire. Based on thematic-experiential classes and through the project-based learning methodology, this teaching experience consisted of lecturing a fake class in the communication degree programme, in which the professor gave a speech to 150 students about coronavirus that contained both hoaxes and true information, thus challenging students to identify false information. The results obtained in this qualitative study are divided into three parts to answer each research question. The first part is focused on identifying the most influential hoaxes about the coronavirus that young people have embraced as reliable information during the 2020 pandemic (RQ1). The second part is dedicated to explaining students’ reactions when they are involved in infodemic contexts. We also point out the main challenge that arose in a period of infodemics (RQ2). In the third part, we propose the main fact-checking skills that students should acquire to tackle disinformation in a period of infodemics (RQ3). Training in these skills appeared to improve job performance and undoubtedly contributed to the personal development of our future graduates.
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dc.identifier.citationPérez-Escolar, Marta, Ordóñez-Olmedo, Eva & Alcaide-Pulido, Purificación (2021). Fact-Checking Skills And Project-Based Learning About Infodemic And Disinformation. 'Thinking Skills and Creativity', 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100887
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100887
dc.identifier.eissn1878-0423
dc.identifier.issn1871-1871
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/207701
dc.languageeng
dc.relationSchool Policies to Tackle and Detect Fake News (SPOTTED) (2019-1-ES01-KA201-064365)
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871187121001024
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectDisinformation
dc.subjectInfodemic
dc.subjectUniversity
dc.subjectFake class
dc.subjectVerification
dc.subjectFact checking
dc.subjectThematic experiential classes
dc.subjectProject based learning
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 4: Educación
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 16: Paz y justicia
dc.titleFact checking skills and project-based learning about infodemic and disinformation
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