Aurora English
Laura Hadwin
MA English Language, BA English Literature, PGCertHE, PIDP, Fellow of the HEA, TEFL-Q, TESL Cert, FDW
Digital and Media Literacy
Digital Intelligence (DQ) Framework
Image Source: https://www.dqinstitute.org/global-standards/
Critically Evaluating Information
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Check for previous work: Look around to see if someone else has already fact-checked the claim or provided a synthesis of research.
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Go upstream to the source: Most web content is not original. Get to the original source to understand the trustworthiness of the information. Is it a reputable scientific journal? Is there an original news media account from a well-known outlet? If that's not immediately apparent, then move to step 3.
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Read laterally: Once you get to the source of a claim, read what other people say about the source by looking at other websites and sources (publication, author, etc.). The truth is in the network.
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Circle back: If you get lost, or hit dead ends or find yourself going down a rabbit hole, back up and start over.
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When you feel strong emotion — happiness, anger, pride, vindication — and that emotion pushes you to share a 'fact' with others, STOP.
Media Bias
Online Resources
https://newsliteracy.ca/fakeout/
https://www.getbadnews.com/en/play
Fun sites to test reliability of articles
Checking facts
Digital literacy frameworks
https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy
https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/digital-literacy
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Activities to develop critical media and digital literacy
