Facing the Appeal of Social Networks: Methodologies and Tools to Support Students towards a Critical Use of the Web

Elisa Puvia, Vito Monteleone, Giovanni Fulantelli, Davide Taibi

2020

Abstract

In the present contribution, we introduce an integrated approach, grounded both on cognitive and computer science, to strengthen the capacity of adolescent students in discerning information on the Web and on social networks. The proposed approach includes methodologies and tools aimed at promoting critical thinking in students. It has been structured in four main operational phases to facilitate implementation and replication, and it is currently tested with 77 high-school students (14−16 years old). Preliminary insights from this pilot study are also presented in this paper. We argue that the integrated approach can be comprised in a more general framework designed to boost competences of reasoning of students, which are crucial in promoting fake news detection and, consequently, in preventing the spreading of on line false information.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Puvia E., Monteleone V., Fulantelli G. and Taibi D. (2020). Facing the Appeal of Social Networks: Methodologies and Tools to Support Students towards a Critical Use of the Web.In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-417-6, pages 567-573. DOI: 10.5220/0009571105670573

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu20,
author={Elisa Puvia and Vito Monteleone and Giovanni Fulantelli and Davide Taibi},
title={Facing the Appeal of Social Networks: Methodologies and Tools to Support Students towards a Critical Use of the Web},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2020},
pages={567-573},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009571105670573},
isbn={978-989-758-417-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Facing the Appeal of Social Networks: Methodologies and Tools to Support Students towards a Critical Use of the Web
SN - 978-989-758-417-6
AU - Puvia E.
AU - Monteleone V.
AU - Fulantelli G.
AU - Taibi D.
PY - 2020
SP - 567
EP - 573
DO - 10.5220/0009571105670573