Title: Building Critical Online Literacies In a Time of Information Pollution

Abstract: Participants will be walked through the SIFT (Stop - Investigate - Find - Trace) methodology for student and citizen fact-checking. In an interactive session, participants will learn the basics of the quick source and claim-checking method, while discussing some of the challenges (and unexpected benefits) of bringing these skills and understandings into the university or high school classroom.

Workshop Leader: Mike Caulfield is currently a research scientist leading the UW Center for an Informed Public's rapid response efforts around election misinformation. He has worked with various organizations on digital literacy initiatives to combat mis- and disinformation, including the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ American Democracy Project, the National Writing Project, and CIVIX Canada. The creator of the SIFT method for evaluating the reputation of claims and sources, he is an awardee of the Rita Allen/RTI Misinformation Solutions Prize and the author of an award-winning open textbook, “Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers.”

Handle: @holden on twitter, blog: hapgood.us

Registration Link: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cZIEPic26gOA1LM