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How to evaluate the credibility and reliability of a website

 

Objectives

On completion of this activity, you will be able to:
  • use some effective strategies in the classroom to assess the credibility and reliability of the information found online

Introduction

As seen previously (Information literacy, what is it?), you need to develop skills that will enable you to critically evaluate online sources of information, in your first language as well as the target language, whether for a college project or your personal use. You will find below a sample of resources, mostly designed by libraries. Clicking on the language tabs at the bottom of the page will give you access to similar resources in other languages.

 

Evaluation checklists

Study the documents below (don’t forget to have a look at the resources in other languages at the bottom of the page!) and make your own checklist. Use your checklist to evaluate a website of your choice, preferably in your target language.

 

 

In addition to your library resources, the following sites may be of interest to you:

 

 

 

Related activities

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Quelques ressources en français

 

 

Critères pour évaluer un site web

 

 

 Les vidéos de la chaîne YouTube Hygiène mentale

 

 

 

 

Zum Lesen:

Zwei Artikel von Klicksafe.de:

Risorse aggiuntive in italiano:

Da leggere

Da vedere

 

Los siguientes indicadores pueden resultar útiles para la evaluación de sitios y recursos educativos en Internet. En cada caso, se presenta una descripción del indicador, el objetivo al que apunta y una serie de preguntas para orientar la evaluación:

Los indicadores son:

  • autoridad,
  • actualización,
  • navegabilidad,
  • organización,
  • selección de contenidos,
  • legibilidad,
  • adecuación al destinatario.

En este enlace se explican los indicadores uno a uno con profundidad.

El siguite video da pautas sobre cómo evaluar una página web:

 

Autora: Alicia Castillo