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Critical Thinking Tutorial: How Misinformation is Spread

This tutorial will empower you with valuable critical thinking skills that are essential for your university education.

Learning Goal


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How Misinformation is Spread

Learning Goal: In this module, you'll explore how various forms of information, like news stories, articles, and opinion pieces, can be used to spread misinformation. You'll gain insights into the creation, dissemination, and manipulation of information, learn to identify trustworthy and untrustworthy sources, and understand the importance of critical thinking in preventing the spread of misinformation.

Learning Charter Pursuit:  Developing and applying appropriate skills of research, inquiry and knowledge
creation and translation.1

1. "Our Learning Charter." University of Saskatchewan. 2018. Accessed November 21, 2018. https://teaching.usask.ca/about/policies/learning-charter.php#OurLearningJourney 

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