MOOC on Disinformation - Season 2
YouVerify! European project lauches new season of their successful MOOC on disinformation. Applications are now open.
A successful first season
This MOOC has been created in partnership with AFP. It offers free online courses on education to media and information. The programme lasts 6 weeks (10hrs/week) and is available in English, French and Spanish.
Season 1 took place from December 15th 2021 to January 15th 2022 and has had successful results:
- 1,713 registered participants
- 1,049 participants were active in course, among whom 49.6% followed all the content modules and 31.6% completed the MOOC, including the project section.
- The fake news database counted 135 fake news gathered by the participants (with verification and refutation)
- 211 open badges were delivered
After this success, season 2 has been launched on February 14th 2022 with some new features.
Two training paths
- Understanding visual disinformation and exploring its challenges.
- Setting up concrete Media and Information Literacy projects to fight this phenomenon.
Two new Serious Games
- « Bot Buster » to learn how to verify information with Invid-WeVerify tool
- « Permit to think » to learn how to train your critical mind regarding information
Applications
You can register now by clicking here.