Highlights:
- Learn how misinformation spreads and how to interrupt it
- Practical classroom activities for critical thinking
- Tools for teaching digital citizenship and online safety
- Hands-on fact-checking exercises
- Understanding algorithms, bias and influence
Description:
This course equips teachers with practical tools to recognise, analyse and teach about misinformation, fake news and digital manipulation. Participants explore media literacy frameworks, algorithmic bias, fact-checking techniques and strategies for teaching responsible digital citizenship. The course focuses on building critical thinking skills and preparing students to navigate today’s complex information landscape safely and responsibly.
Aims and Objectives
Participants will:
- Understand key mechanisms of misinformation and online manipulation
- Develop skills to evaluate sources critically and identify fake news
- Learn classroom-ready media literacy activities
- Explore tools for teaching digital citizenship and online safety
- Strengthen students’ critical thinking and resilience to manipulation
- Integrate media analysis into different subjects and school levels
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify signs of misinformation using structured criteria
- Teach fact-checking and source evaluation techniques
- Explain algorithmic bias and filter bubbles in student-friendly language
- Facilitate classroom discussions on media influence
- Implement age-appropriate media literacy exercises
- Support students in becoming responsible digital citizens

Target groups: Teachers of all school levels, school leaders, Erasmus+ project teachers, educators working on citizenship, digital competence or critical thinking.
Minimum level of language: English, B1
Location: Budapest (Hungary)
Duration of training: 25 lessons, 5 days
Date:
- 20-24 April 2026 Confirmed
- 26-30 October 2026 Planned
- 19-23 April 2027 Planned
- 25-30 October 2027 Planned
The final confirmation of the course is subject to reaching the minimum number of participants.
Price: EUR 400 + EUR 50 registration fee
The price includes course, certificate, Erasmus+ documentation (if needed)
Prices are NET . VAT: 0% for organisations with a valid EU VAT number; in all other cases VAT may apply – please contact us for details.
Applicable funds: As part of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (KA1), all costs for mobility /travel expenses, course fees, accommodation, subsistence fee/ are covered by the fund.
Planned program
Day 1: Monday
- Understanding misinformation: concepts, case studies, psychological mechanisms; group discussions
Day 2: Tuesday
- Critical evaluation of sources; fact-checking tools; hands-on analysis workshop
Day 3: Wednesday
- Algorithmic bias, filter bubbles, digital influence; designing classroom activities
Day 4: Thursday
- Media literacy across subjects; project creation; group collaboration
Day 5. Friday
- Digital citizenship & online safety; creating school-level action plans; presentations
- Evaluation and feedback of the course
- Certificates, attendance certificates
- Certificate issue – photography
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