Empowering Yourself in a Post-Truth World
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Empowering Yourself in a Post-Truth World at Coursera Overview
Duration | 8 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 8 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Empowering Yourself in a Post-Truth World at Coursera Course details
- The post-truth world is a divided and partisan environment in which factual information has been displaced by subjective and biased viewpoints. Facts and expertise no longer matter when isolated communities deny truth and scientific reasoning in favor of whatever information suits their needs or aligns with their beliefs. Social media and emerging technologies have the power to connect global participants in a meaningful way; yet, they have also led to disconnected communities that fail to communicate past their own self-imposed boundaries. In this course, you will gain insights to recognize your own biases and identify preconceptions in today?s dynamic social information environment. Through metaliteracy, you will practice self-reflective, metacognitive processes and reexamine fixed mindsets. Together, we will consider the importance of facts and expertise in reinventing a truthful world based on inclusive communities of trust. This course will empower you to be a reflective consumer and a creative, responsible producer of information, and to raise and share your voice in this post-truth milieu.
Empowering Yourself in a Post-Truth World at Coursera Curriculum
Empowering Yourself for the Post-Truth World
Course Introduction
Are You Living in a Post-Truth World?
The Four Domains of Metaliterate Learning
The Roles of the Metaliterate Learner
Course Overview and Welcome
Final Project Overview
Netiquette: Ground Rules for Online Discussions
Week 1 Overview and Objectives
Post-Truth World Resources
What is a Metaliterate Learner?
Metaliterate Learner Resources
Week 1 Definitions
Post-Truth World - Check Your Understanding
Metaliterate Learner - Check Your Understanding
Who Are the Experts?
Who Are the Experts?
Experts and Authority
What Makes It So Difficult to Get at the Truth?
Expertise and Authority Introduction
Expertise and Authority Resources
Context and Confirmation Bias Introduction
Context and Confirmation Bias Reading and Resources
Week 2 Definitions
Expertise and Authority - Check Your Understanding
Context and Confirmation Bias - Check Your Understanding
Can We Build Trust Online?
Can We Build Trust Online?
Building Trust Online Introduction
Building Trust Online Resources
Week 3 Definitions
Building Trust Online - Check Your Understanding
False Representations in Constructed Media
False Representations in Constructed Media: Perspectives from a News Editor
Mass Media and Shared Experience Introduction
False Representations in Constructed Media Resources
Week 4 Definitions
False Representations in Constructed Media - Check Your Understanding
False Representations in Constructed Media Activity
Raising and Sharing Our Voices
Reclaiming the Promise of the Connected World Introduction
What is Your Responsibility as an Information Creator?
Reclaiming the Promise of the Connected World Resources
Preparing to Raise and Share Your Voice Introduction
Preparing to Raise and Share Your Voice Reading
Wikipedia Case Study
Ways to Share
Week 5 Definitions
Preparing to Raise and Share Your Voice - Check Your Understanding
Wikipedia Case Study - Check Your Understanding
Reinventing a Truthful World
Moving Beyond the Post-Truth World Overview
Final Project Resources
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