Applying Critical Thinking to Navigate Online Information with Confidence
SecondaryYear 7 - 10EnglishInformative writingPersuasive writingText AnalysisReadingDiscussionSocialSocial and Emotional LearningOnline safety
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Course Summary
Course Content
Applying Critical Thinking to Navigate Online Information with Confidence
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Intro
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What is critical thinking?
03.
Understanding information disorder
04.
Who spreads false information and why?
05.
Six-point strategy for critical thinking
06.
Cultivating a critical thinking mindset
07.
Deep dive into checking sources
08.
Deep dive into understanding bias
09.
Evaluating social media accounts
10.
Evaluating news sites
11.
Evaluating images online
12.
Evaluating videos online
13.
Transferring these skills to the classroom
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How can I share what I’ve learnt with others?
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Reflection
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Congratulations
Course Writers
Sushi Das is an award-winning journalist and lecturer with RMIT University’s Information Integrity Hub. For more than 20 years, she worked as a journalist for The Age newspaper in senior editorial positions, including news editor and opinion editor. More recently, she was Head of Fact-Checking at RMIT, where she led a team of fact-checkers who worked in partnership with Meta to verify inaccurate and misleading information on social media platforms. She lectures in journalism and produces educational resources to help build resilience against false and misleading information that can undermine democracy and cause serious harm to people’s health and finances. Sushi is also researching fact-checking for her PhD.