QUT007 QUT You: Fighting 'Fake News'
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| Unit code: | QUT007 |
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| Credit points: | 6 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $1,512 |
| International unit fee | $2,112 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week C 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT007 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinator: | Ehsan Dehghan | e.dehghan@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The modern world is a minefield of misinformation. Without a suite of skills to critique the information we receive, we are all potentially prey to deception and misinformation from a variety of sources, including academic, media and social sources.
In this unit, you will learn how to evaluate the reliability of information to make informed decisions. You will learn to identify hidden agendas, biases, and influences behind the messages we receive. You will question your own views, their origins, and their ongoing sources of influence.
This unit will equip you to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. This involves critical self-reflection, and an understanding of the tricks that can be used to bypass your usual critical thinking skills. You will also develop a set of criteria on which the value of evidence and arguments can be judged. Media and technology use will be a particular focus, as we examine the personal influences which shape our views.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Articulate your personal lens and critically reflect on the dynamics of your social influences.
- Critically analyse specific claims or ideas and evaluate their fit for purpose.
Content
How can we navigate the sheer amount of information we are exposed to every day? Some of this information is factual, some is only partly accurate, and some is outright fabricated!
In this unit, you will start by creating a personal perspective map which identifies your influences and the origins of your beliefs. This will serve as the basis for your critical self-reflection and is a powerful tool in helping you to question your belief systems within this unit and throughout your degree. This will also serve to help identify barriers to receiving and accessing new information, and help explore alternative ways of seeking out different viewpoints. Over the course of the unit, sharing your personal map with others within tutorials will help to identify the origins of others' points of view, their influences and the basis for their opinions.
A range of topics and questions will be considered in this unit. For example:
- other perspectives, cultural viewpoints and knowledges, including those of First Nations peoples
- defining what is meant by ‘logic’ in terms of when an argument (or a presentation of ideas) is consistent and sensible
- understanding what is meant by ‘theory’ and ‘evidence’ and how these are distinct from ‘facts’
You will develop a fact-checking toolkit for identifying how the presentation of information can mislead, and for evaluating different sources of information in terms of their reliability.
Learning Approaches
Each week you will examine a different approach to critically analysing ideas, facts and arguments and examine the factors that influence them. You will engage in collaborative activities such as debates and critical discussions during weekly 2-hour tutorials. These activities will help you to develop and refine your influence map, as well as build your peer and self-evaluation skills. You will also complete weekly online materials, such as videos, readings and interactive activities (e.g. forums and quizzes) to expand and consolidate the ideas learnt in the tutorials. You can expect to spend on average 12 hours per week of study, including preparing for and attending all scheduled tutorials, completing online modules and assessment tasks and undertaking your own independent study to consolidate your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback from teaching staff and your peers during tutorials as well as by engaging in the interactive online learning resources that will provide you with instant feedback on your knowledge of the unit. This feedback will help you to refine your personal influence map before formal submission. The unit will also encourage you to develop critical self-reflection skills to evaluate your own work and the work of others.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit, you will complete a workbook throughout the teaching period that requires you to critically evaluate your own ideas and the ideas of others. You will deconstruct these ideas or claims and investigate the influences that shape these viewpoints. You will develop and gain feedback on these tasks during the tutorials with the support of your teaching team and peers. At the end of the unit, you will submit your complete workbook for evaluation.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Influence Mapping workbook
You will develop a workbook over the course of the unit that evaluates your ability to critically reflect on your beliefs and biases, as well as your ability to analyse the claims or ideas of others. You will:
- Task 1: Develop a personal perspective map of your influences and compare the input from these influences on your beliefs and biases on a chosen issue.
- Task 2: Identify and critically analyse a piece of online content.
- Task 3: Write a reflection on your thought process and critical examination in developing Tasks 1 and 2.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers. The teaching team will support you to develop the skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
2: Engineering Application Ability
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week C 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | QUT007 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Coordinator: | Ehsan Dehghan | e.dehghan@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The modern world is a minefield of misinformation. Without a suite of skills to critique the information we receive, we are all potentially prey to deception and misinformation from a variety of sources, including academic, media and social sources.
In this unit, you will learn how to evaluate the reliability of information to make informed decisions. You will learn to identify hidden agendas, biases, and influences behind the messages we receive. You will question your own views, their origins, and their ongoing sources of influence.
This unit will equip you to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. This involves critical self-reflection, and an understanding of the tricks that can be used to bypass your usual critical thinking skills. You will also develop a set of criteria on which the value of evidence and arguments can be judged. Media and technology use will be a particular focus, as we examine the personal influences which shape our views.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Articulate your personal lens and critically reflect on the dynamics of your social influences.
- Critically analyse specific claims or ideas and evaluate their fit for purpose.
Content
How can we navigate the sheer amount of information we are exposed to every day? Some of this information is factual, some is only partly accurate, and some is outright fabricated!
In this unit, you will start by creating a personal perspective map which identifies your influences and the origins of your beliefs. This will serve as the basis for your critical self-reflection and is a powerful tool in helping you to question your belief systems within this unit and throughout your degree. This will also serve to help identify barriers to receiving and accessing new information, and help explore alternative ways of seeking out different viewpoints. Over the course of the unit, sharing your personal map with others within tutorials will help to identify the origins of others' points of view, their influences and the basis for their opinions.
A range of topics and questions will be considered in this unit. For example:
- other perspectives, cultural viewpoints and knowledges, including those of First Nations peoples
- defining what is meant by ‘logic’ in terms of when an argument (or a presentation of ideas) is consistent and sensible
- understanding what is meant by ‘theory’ and ‘evidence’ and how these are distinct from ‘facts’
You will develop a fact-checking toolkit for identifying how the presentation of information can mislead, and for evaluating different sources of information in terms of their reliability.
Learning Approaches
Each week you will examine a different approach to critically analysing ideas, facts and arguments and examine the factors that influence them. You will engage in collaborative activities such as debates and critical discussions during weekly 2-hour tutorials. These activities will help you to develop and refine your influence map, as well as build your peer and self-evaluation skills. You will also complete weekly online materials, such as videos, readings and interactive activities (e.g. forums and quizzes) to expand and consolidate the ideas learnt in the tutorials. You can expect to spend on average 12 hours per week of study, including preparing for and attending all scheduled tutorials, completing online modules and assessment tasks and undertaking your own independent study to consolidate your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback from teaching staff and your peers during tutorials as well as by engaging in the interactive online learning resources that will provide you with instant feedback on your knowledge of the unit. This feedback will help you to refine your personal influence map before formal submission. The unit will also encourage you to develop critical self-reflection skills to evaluate your own work and the work of others.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit, you will complete a workbook throughout the teaching period that requires you to critically evaluate your own ideas and the ideas of others. You will deconstruct these ideas or claims and investigate the influences that shape these viewpoints. You will develop and gain feedback on these tasks during the tutorials with the support of your teaching team and peers. At the end of the unit, you will submit your complete workbook for evaluation.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Influence Mapping workbook
You will develop a workbook over the course of the unit that evaluates your ability to critically reflect on your beliefs and biases, as well as your ability to analyse the claims or ideas of others. You will:
- Task 1: Develop a personal perspective map of your influences and compare the input from these influences on your beliefs and biases on a chosen issue.
- Task 2: Identify and critically analyse a piece of online content.
- Task 3: Write a reflection on your thought process and critical examination in developing Tasks 1 and 2.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers. The teaching team will support you to develop the skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
2: Engineering Application Ability
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
Unit Outline: Semester 2 - 6 Week C 2024, Online
| Unit code: | QUT007 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 6 |
Overview
The modern world is a minefield of misinformation. Without a suite of skills to critique the information we receive, we are all potentially prey to deception and misinformation from a variety of sources, including academic, media and social sources.
In this unit, you will learn how to evaluate the reliability of information to make informed decisions. You will learn to identify hidden agendas, biases, and influences behind the messages we receive. You will question your own views, their origins, and their ongoing sources of influence.
This unit will equip you to make informed decisions and take responsible actions. This involves critical self-reflection, and an understanding of the tricks that can be used to bypass your usual critical thinking skills. You will also develop a set of criteria on which the value of evidence and arguments can be judged. Media and technology use will be a particular focus, as we examine the personal influences which shape our views.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Articulate your personal lens and critically reflect on the dynamics of your social influences.
- Critically analyse specific claims or ideas and evaluate their fit for purpose.
Content
How can we navigate the sheer amount of information we are exposed to every day? Some of this information is factual, some is only partly accurate, and some is outright fabricated!
In this unit, you will start by creating a personal perspective map which identifies your influences and the origins of your beliefs. This will serve as the basis for your critical self-reflection and is a powerful tool in helping you to question your belief systems within this unit and throughout your degree. This will also serve to help identify barriers to receiving and accessing new information, and help explore alternative ways of seeking out different viewpoints. Over the course of the unit, sharing your personal map with others within tutorials will help to identify the origins of others' points of view, their influences and the basis for their opinions.
A range of topics and questions will be considered in this unit. For example:
- other perspectives, cultural viewpoints and knowledges, including those of First Nations peoples
- defining what is meant by ‘logic’ in terms of when an argument (or a presentation of ideas) is consistent and sensible
- understanding what is meant by ‘theory’ and ‘evidence’ and how these are distinct from ‘facts’
You will develop a fact-checking toolkit for identifying how the presentation of information can mislead, and for evaluating different sources of information in terms of their reliability.
Learning Approaches
Each week you will examine a different approach to critically analysing ideas, facts and arguments and examine the factors that influence them. You will engage in collaborative activities such as debates and critical discussions during weekly 2-hour tutorials. These activities will help you to develop and refine your influence map, as well as build your peer and self-evaluation skills. You will also complete weekly online materials, such as videos, readings and interactive activities (e.g. forums and quizzes) to expand and consolidate the ideas learnt in the tutorials. You can expect to spend on average 12 hours per week of study, including preparing for and attending all scheduled tutorials, completing online modules and assessment tasks and undertaking your own independent study to consolidate your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive formative feedback from teaching staff and your peers during tutorials as well as by engaging in the interactive online learning resources that will provide you with instant feedback on your knowledge of the unit. This feedback will help you to refine your personal influence map before formal submission. The unit will also encourage you to develop critical self-reflection skills to evaluate your own work and the work of others.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit, you will complete a workbook throughout the teaching period that requires you to critically evaluate your own ideas and the ideas of others. You will deconstruct these ideas or claims and investigate the influences that shape these viewpoints. You will develop and gain feedback on these tasks during the tutorials with the support of your teaching team and peers. At the end of the unit, you will submit your complete workbook for evaluation.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Influence Mapping workbook
You will develop a workbook over the course of the unit that evaluates your ability to critically reflect on your beliefs and biases, as well as your ability to analyse the claims or ideas of others. You will:
- Task 1: Develop a personal perspective map of your influences and compare the input from these influences on your beliefs and biases on a chosen issue.
- Task 2: Identify and critically analyse a piece of online content.
- Task 3: Write a reflection on your thought process and critical examination in developing Tasks 1 and 2.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Internet access will be required either through personal devices or access to university IT resources.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers. The teaching team will support you to develop the skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer
1: Knowledge and Skill Base
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
2: Engineering Application Ability
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook
3: Professional and Personal Attributes
Relates to: Influence Mapping workbook