Evaluate Credibility of Online Sources: Details - Applied Digital Skills

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Applied Digital Skills

Applied Digital Skills

Example outcome

Lesson details

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

Use key questions to evaluate the credibility of an article
Determine if a source is unbiased
Identify a source's target audience
Identify if a source is fact or opinion
Identify what a source might be omitting
Understand the importance of evaluating sources for credibility before using them or sharing with others

Time to complete

45—90 minutes

Audience

Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Post-16

Digital tools

Docs
Search

Skills

Identify relevant data
Internet search
Source evaluation

Teaching materials

Lesson Plan

Includes learning objectives, example outcomes, guidance for instructors and more.

Sample rubric

Provides examples of how to evaluate a student's work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency.

Certificate of completion

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