Information Literacy

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A key aspect of studying at university and later on working at university level, is the correct and critical appraisal of scientific as well as non-scientific information. This course will teach about different aspects of information literacy, such as judging the value of an argument, recognizing misinformation and fallacies in reasoning (e.g. confirmation bias, hindsight bias, heuristics). Both qualitative and qualitative data and documents will be studied, to learn that different research questions require different types of data and value the provided information in a correct way. To be well prepared for the future, the course will also pay attention to the growing amount of information provided via artificial attention, bringing new challenges in correctly valuing information. Key words: Skepticism Critical thinking Argumentation Data literacy Information literacy Inductive and deductive reasoning