FAKE NEWS AND LITERACY INFORMATION TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

FAKE NEWS AND LITERACY INFORMATION TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Bui Thi Thanh Dieu buithithanhdieu@ukh.edu.vn Khanh Hoa University 01 Nguyen Chanh, Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam
Summary: 
The paper focuses on analysing the basic concepts of fake news and literacy information, then discusses the impact of the fake news on the information awareness of learners in higher education environment. At the same time, it also proposed a number of solutions to enhance the literacy information for learners as an independent subject with appropriate learning and teaching methods.
Keywords: 
Fake news
information literacy
higher education
information search skills
source evaluation skills
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