InTACT’s main objectives: • Improve the competencies of educators by enhancing their skills and knowledge to effectively address disinformation. • Enhance digital competences and information literacy by improving the digital skills and information literacy of target groups. • Promote active citizenship and social engagement by encouraging social participation among learners. Specific objectives: • Develop a tool to assess the sensitivity and vulnerability of learners to disinformation and conspiracy theories. • Design a theoretical model to direct the attention of target groups towards the impact of disinformation on personal, educational, and social levels. • Create an innovative training intervention model based on deconstructing conspiracy theories. • Produce quality digital resources and lesson plans activities addressing disinformation and conspiracy theories. • Self-paced online training course by offering a self-paced online course for teachers and educators to build their confidence and preparedness in dealing with disinformation and conspiracy theories.
The InTACT project focused on the impact of disinformation in education. During our partnership, we established that teachers and educators experienced several specific needs: • To assess the sensitivity and vulnerability of learners to disinformation (addressed by R1). • For a model measuring the impact of disinformation and conspiracy theories on personal, educational, and social levels (R2). • To raise awareness and build attitudes of learners towards disinformation and conspiracy theories (R1). • To prevent the potential harm of disinformation on social systems in general (R1-4). • To better understand and explain the nature and cognitive mechanisms of conspiracy theories to their learners (R3). • To be prepared to deal with conspiracy theories as a distinct type of disinformation (R4). Our project additionally addressed deficits in the education systems of the participating countries related to disinformation, including: • A lack of a current and dynamic disinformation index designed and validated for education-related use (R1). • Insufficient self-study resources on disinformation to help educators recognize and confront disinformation (R4).