The project has the goal to promote fact checking and critical thinking among school students in order to combat fake news and online disinformation, in line with the European Communication Tackling online disinformation: a European Approach (COM/2018/236). Fake news can lead to several negative consequences related to racism, intolerance, xenophobia, discrimination, but also produce false beliefs about topics related to health. Moreover, fake news can increase hate speech and other negative outcomes. The project "School Programme Against Fake News" is based on the production of 3 intellectual outputs, translated into 9 languages (EN, IT, TK, RO, MK, FR, PT, SP, RU) with the following characteristics and impact expected - Online Manual for School Teachers against Fake News (O1) a 240 pages e-book targeted on school Teachers including methodologies for favouring critical and lateral thinking among students through problem-solving exercises focused on Fake News debunking, A psychological test dedicated in identifying students at risks for being subject to negative effects of fake news, a gamification methodology for debunking, lateral thinking, critical thinking detection of fake news led by school teachers and Practical examples and exercises for teachers designed to explain the effect of fake news in the several fields of teaching for the dedicated integration into classic school programmes - Massive Open Online Course for Fake News Detection among School Students (O2) - a MOOC dedicated to improving students capacities to correctly identify fake news and to improve learning of school programmes through an innovative methodology, including 32 problems to be solved referring to subjects studied at school and 16 lectures for increasing fact checking approach, debunking, lateral and critical thinking - Motivational Research Study for the implementation of School Programmes against Fake News (O3) a 160 pages document research study designed to motivate policy makers in the production and continuous update of important regulations for favouring school programmes against fake news, demostrate the effectiveness of school programmes against fake news , motivate schools in the implementation of programmes against fake news, increase general awareness of professionals in the importance of preventing fake news and favouring fact checking among school students and the general population The project is based on the innovative methodology of gamification applied to the detection of fake news. The promotion of critical thinking, civic and social responsibility among school students is the final goal of the project, which are characteristics useful also in the future workplace and for their engagement in society. Primary target groups of this project are School Students (age: 14-18) and School Teachers which can directly exploit the intellectual output produced Secundary target groups are policy makers, psychologists, educators The partnership include a wide european partnership including 8 partners, which will offer project is focused on the contrast to fake news promoting Exchange of know-how and a Comprehensive approach to a phenomena should be faced internationally. The cooperation of institutions from different countries will give an additional contribution to the understanding of the phenomena and strategies to apply in order to reduce the negative effects produced. An Exchange of information and the study of policies and prevention practices from different countries will allow partners to understand their strenghts and weaknesses and promote innovative solution to prevent risks associated to fake news. The impact expected is related to increased competences of Teachers and capacity of schools to implement programmes of prevention about fake news. The school students which will benefit directly from the exploitation of a MOOC for stimulating fake news detection and critical thining, and indirectly from the dedicated lectures of school Teachers, inspired by O1. Participating organisations, will benefit from the project increasing their competences, capacities, internationalisation and reputation. The plan of dissemination and valorization of the intellectual outputs will reach a broad audience including: school students, school Teachers, School directors, psychologists, decision and policy makers. The partners will both use existing internal databases (>75000 users) and external strategies for continuous involvement of external stakerholders, including: 16 dissemination events and 8 multiplier events (expected participation > 400), website, social media page, e-mail campaigns and autoresponder, press release, dissemination through the official website of the project. All project's materials will be open and available for all. All the functionalities and materials will be kept open also after EU funding through the dedicated Sustainability Plan.
Le projet est basé sur la méthodologie innovante de la gamification appliquée à la détection des fake news. La promotion de la pensée critique, de la responsabilité civique et sociale chez les élèves est l'objectif final du projet, qui sont des caractéristiques utiles également dans le futur lieu de travail et pour leur engagement dans la société. Les principaux groupes cibles de ce projet sont les élèves (âge : 14-18) et les enseignants qui peuvent exploiter directement la production intellectuelle produite. Les groupes cibles secondaires sont les décideurs politiques, les psychologues, les éducateurs. Le partenariat est composé d'un large partenariat européen comprenant 8 membres, qui a mis en place un projet axé sur le contraste avec les fake news favorisant l'échange de savoir-faire et une approche globale d'un phénomène auquel il convient de faire face à l'échelle internationale. La coopération d'institutions de différents pays apportera une contribution supplémentaire à la compréhension des phénomènes et des stratégies à appliquer pour réduire les effets négatifs produits. Un échange d'informations et l'étude des politiques et pratiques de prévention de différents pays permettront aux partenaires de comprendre leurs forces et leurs faiblesses et de promouvoir des solutions innovantes pour prévenir les risques associés aux fake news.
Le projet a pour objectif de promouvoir la vérification des faits et la pensée critique chez les élèves afin de lutter contre les fake news et la désinformation en ligne, conformément à la communication européenne Lutter contre la désinformation en ligne : une approche européenne (COM/2018/236). Les fake news peuvent entraîner plusieurs conséquences négatives liées au racisme, à l'intolérance, à la xénophobie, à la discrimination, mais aussi produire de fausses croyances sur des sujets liées à la santé. De plus, les fake news peuvent augmenter le discours de haine et d'autres méfaits. Le projet "School Program Against Fake News" est basé sur la production de 3 productions intellectuelles, traduites en 9 langues (EN, IT, TK, RO, MK, FR, PT, SP, RU) Le projet innove avec une plateforme de manuel en ligne et Recherche mais aussi test psychologique dédié à l'identification des élèves à risque d'être soumis aux effets négatifs des fake news, une méthodologie de gamification pour le démystification, la pensée latérale, la détection de la pensée critique des fake news dirigée par les enseignants et des exemples pratiques et des exercices pour les enseignants conçus pour expliquer l'effet des fake news dans les différents domaines de l'enseignement pour l'intégration dédiée dans les programmes scolaires classiques.