Harnessing Student Creativity to Design Fake News Literacy Training: An Overview of Twelve Graduate Student Projects

Scheibenzuber, Christian ; Fendt, Marvin and Nistor, Nicolae (2021): Harnessing Student Creativity to Design Fake News Literacy Training: An Overview of Twelve Graduate Student Projects. 16th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2021, Bolzano, Italy, September 20-24, 2021. Laet, Tinne de; Klemke, Roland; Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Hilliger, Isabel and Ortega-Arranz, Alejandro (eds.) : In: Technology-Enhanced Learning for a Free, Safe, and Sustainable World, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNISA) Vol. 12884 Cham: Springer. pp. 235-244

Abstract

Fake news is an increasing problem for many areas of the social life, prominently for politics and democracy. Falling for fake news is largely due to deficient cognitive processing of online news, which we address as fake news illiteracy. One of the many ways of combating fake news consists of training media literacy with a focus on online news. Currently, there are few examples of fake news literacy training approaches. Against the background of a brief research overview on the cognitive processing of online news, we aim to generate and propose ideas for approaches to online fake news literacy training. To achieve this, we exploit the expertise and creativity of graduate students of educational sciences who were asked to design and carry out such pilot programs. This study provides an analysis and overview of 12 successfully conducted training programs, focusing on the cognitive processing aspects they address, intervention types, instructional designs, and the use of technologies. We conclude by pointing out productive directions of this development and suggesting corresponding educational technology development.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
• Faculties: Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > Education and Educational Psychology
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology
• ISBN: 978-3-030-86436-1 ; 978-3-030-86435-4
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• Place of Publication: Cham
• Language: English