We have 30 minutes for this part.
Step 1: Each table is a group
Step 2: Find a social media post (youtube, instagram but not tiktok) that makes a claim about something related to the course topic. Make sure it's a short video or post so we have time to watch/read it as a class, or just choose a shorter part of a longer video. You can use the filters in a youtube search to limit by video length.
If you don't have a topic in mind, here are some suggestions. Throw "brain" into your search terms if you aren't getting videos/posts that make claims about the scientific evidence related to these topics.
Step 3: Assign a recorder. This person will record what the group decides in this Google form.
Step 4: As a group, use the questions in the Google form and what we discussed last session to evaluate the video. This time you are also going to look in the scientific literature to see what you can find that supports or debunks the information.
Step 5: Share out!
Step 1: Each table is a group. Each group will be assigned a source to evaluate.
Step 2: Work together to decide whether or not your source is credible.
Step 3: One person will list the criteria the group used to determine credibility on your group's padlet.
Step 4: We'll talk about each source as a class, compiling a list of criteria and strategies together.
Group 1:
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
This is what you all came up with for things to consider when evaluating a source:
1. Author expertise
2. Domain name/publisher - is the publisher/website/journal reputable? make sure not to rely solely on whether it is a .gov, .edu, .com, .org
3. Funding and if it might affect the information presented
4. Date/currency - is it current enough? Remember that this may change depending on your information need and, in terms of scholarly information, the discipline or topic (for example, science research moves more quickly than archeology research so what may be fine in archeology could be outdated in science)
5. Bias - can you still use it as a perspective and find other perspectives representing different sides of the issue?
Some other things we talked about:
1. Lateral reading - examine the source itself but also Google the author, publication, topic, etc. to verify and find out more
2. Evidence - what evidence is used n the source? Is it accurate? Is it the type of evidence appropriate for your needs? For example, scholarly journal articles cite other scholarly journal articles.
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