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Thursday, June 7 • 13:25 - 13:35
LT2 - Fighting fake news with fine forgiveness

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In looking for ways to enhance students’ info lit and critical thinking skills, we launched a Fine Forgiveness Week program that’s a little different. Rather than trade a can of soup for $1 off their fines, we invited students to test their skills with a fake news detection activity.

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COMBATTRE LES FAUSSES NOUVELLES EN PARDONNANT LES AMENDES

En cherchant des moyens d’améliorer les compétences informationnelles et la pensée critique des étudiants, nous avons lancé un programme de la Semaine du pardon des amendes qui est un peu différent. Plutôt que d’échanger une boîte de conserve contre un dollar de rabais sur leurs amendes, nous avons invité les étudiants à tester leurs compétences par le biais d’une activité de détection de fausses nouvelles.
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Krystyna Nowak

Librarian, Columbia College
Krystyna is a Librarian at Columbia College, a non-profit 2-year college for international students. She has primary responsibility for the library’s information literacy instruction program, and over the last 2 years, she has transformed the library’s instruction from point-and-click... Read More →

Thursday June 7, 2018 13:25 - 13:35 EDT
Pavillon Tabaret Hall - TBT 112 (Salle Huguette-Labelle Hall)
  Lightning talk, English