Welcome to Check, Please!
Teaching materials to help students and citizens navigate a world of misinformation and disinformation.
License: Unsplash License
Starter Course
The starter course is a three and a half hour introduction to basic principles of source and fact-checking. It is designed for use in college and high-school classes and is free for use or re-use. Take it, share it, teach it, edit it, redistribute it. It’s yours.
Disinfo and the Disciplines
We are working to not only provide general fact-checking expertise to citizens, but to provide students in different disciplines — from journalism to nursing — with an introduction to the basics of misinformation and disinformation in their domain, in order to create a more disinformation-resistant society.
Prompt Library
Collaboratively-produced source and fact-checking prompts for use in different disciplines. Prompts have sources and claims of various quality, from good to bad; selected to demo specific techniques and themes. While there are some “true/false” prompts, the majority get at nuances of framing, influence, and trust. The community is also adding related readings and concepts as we go.
Faculty Support Community
We are launching a faculty support community in Slack, with links to community-produced teaching materials and a special Check, Please! screencast creator.
Credits
Development of this website concept funded in part by RTI International and the Rita Allen Foundation via the Misinformation Solutions Forum Prize. Neither organization is responsible for the content of this site.
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