This first part of the repository contains a total of 54 items. Of these, 14 were created in Spain and 16 in Portugal.
1. Fake News and Disinformation, Cenjor
The Professional Training Centre for Journalists (Cenjor) is offering the course “Fake News and Disinformation”, which is distinctive in that it provides guidance and tools for fact-checking, using a predominantly demonstration-based approach. The course is designed for journalists, but may also be useful for other communication professionals. Another course offered by Cenjor, “Digital Tools for Journalists”, provides further information on how to make use of Google’s online tools. Cenjor is part of the IBERIFIER consortium.
Fake News and Disinformation | CENJOR
2. GILM
Information provided by the Informal Group for Digital Literacy (GILM) on regulation and studies related to literacy.
https://www.gilm.pt/recursos/documentos-orientadores
3. SeguraNet
Operating under the Directorate-General for Education, this project brings together a range of materials that can be used to promote digital citizenship and safer adaptation to the digital environment.
4. LEME, State Secretariats for Education, Cinema and Audiovisual Media
The Literacia e Educação Para o Media em Linha (LEME) website, overseen by the State Secretariats for Education and Cinema, Audiovisual Media, provides resources on disinformation for different educational levels, from pre-school to secondary education. The platform involves organisations such as the Portuguese Observatory of Communication (OBERCOM) and the Professional Training Centre for Journalists (Cenjor). Notable resources include videos exploring the history of fake news and why it spreads so easily.
https://www.leme.gov.pt/recursos
Critical Thinking Tools: “What is fake news?” | LEME – Online Media Literacy and Education
Cyber-Informed Citizen – Why does fake news reach so many people? – Video 4 – YouTube
Spot and Fight Disinformation (europa.eu)
Disinformation: Identifying “Fake News” – YouTube
5. Truth or Lies, DGE
Among the materials provided by the Directorate-General for Education (DGE), the “Truth or Lies” game is particularly noteworthy. It is an educational game about disinformation. Presented in quiz format, it allows pupils to play against one another or against their teacher, with the option of creating score rankings. Information is presented through multiple-choice questions, and a section containing educational content on how to detect disinformation is also available.
https://verdadeoumentira.dge.mec.pt
6. Fake News – Don’t Be Fooled, Nau Platform
Nau – Online Education and Training for Large Audiences is an online project developed by a unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Its aim is to support education and training for diverse audiences. Among its Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is a course entitled “Fake News”. Knowledge is tested through quizzes, and a pass mark of 75% is required to obtain the certificate of completion.
Fake News – Don’t Be Fooled – Course – NAU website
7. National Cybersecurity Centre
The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS), operating under the Portuguese Government, aims to contribute to the free, reliable and secure use of cyberspace. It offers several online courses developed in partnership with the Lusa News Agency, Nau and Sempre a Aprender, covering online activities. One course in particular is entitled “Cyber-Informed Citizen”. Another available course, “Cyber-Social Citizen”, helps learners acquire the tools needed to identify risks and use social media more consciously. The training courses are recommended for people aged 14 and over.
8. Bad News, the Portuguese Version of “Bad News”, Created by DROG in the Netherlands
Available in Portuguese, this game places players in the role of a disinformation agent, allowing them to experience the psychological mechanisms behind disinformation. The educators’ section provides an information sheet about the game, as well as a worksheet that can be used in English lessons.
9. Harmony Square, School Libraries Network
Harmony Square is an international game about fake news made available by the School Libraries Network. The game takes place in Harmony Square, a small neighbourhood with a mild obsession with democracy. The player is hired as the Director of Disinformation. Over four short levels, their task is to disrupt the peace and tranquillity of the square, fuel internal divisions and turn its residents against one another.
https://www.rbe.mec.pt/np4/3223.html
10. PICCLE – Intervention Plan for Competent Readers and Writers, National Reading Plan
The PICCLE platform (Plano de Intervenção Cidadãos Competentes em Leitura e Escrita), which forms part of the National Reading Plan, aims to create, collect and disseminate materials for teachers to help develop literacy skills among pupils in lower secondary and upper secondary education. The platform has a team of literacy specialists coordinated by Vítor Tomé. The website offers a wide range of resources, including a programme presented by Filomena Cautela, infographics and videos featuring short fictional narratives that explore topics such as the role of humour in the sharing of news.
https://pnl2027.gov.pt/np4/piccle.html
Programa Cautelar – Episode 1, broadcast on 5 June 2021 – RTP Play – RTP
Infographic: Beyond Fake News – 10 Types of Misleading News – Seventeen Languages – EAVI
11. Learning with the School Library
The “Learning with the School Library” webpage, also associated with the School Libraries Network, which operates under the Ministry of Education, serves as a resource to support activities carried out in school libraries. One of its distinctive features is the ability to select materials according to educational level, including pre-school.
The activity proposed for lower secondary pupils involves analysing a piece of fake news and verifying it as a group before creating a display board. For upper secondary pupils, the suggested activity is “A Critical Exploration of the Concept of Fake News”, which recommends watching videos such as “Fake News on Facebook”.
https://www.rbe.mec.pt/np4/2624.html
https://www.rbe.mec.pt/np4/2637.html
Fake News – We Won’t Let Them Fool Us (PDF)
12. SeguraNet
The SeguraNet Awareness Centre, overseen by the Directorate-General for Education (DGE) and established through a public-private consortium, aims to provide content that promotes digital citizenship and media education. Disinformation is addressed as part of this remit.
One of the proposed activities involves analysing comic strips created by Nelson Martins. The exercises may include drama activities, video production or awareness-raising campaigns within schools. This initiative received third prize at the Insafe Training Meeting.
13. National Cybersecurity Centre
The National Cybersecurity Centre, which operates under the National Security Office, provides a series of short videos featuring direct and indirect messages about the phenomenon of disinformation.
14. Safe Internet Centre
The Safe Internet Centre is managed by a consortium coordinated by the National Cybersecurity Centre (CNCS), involving the Directorate-General for Education (DGE), the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth, among other organisations. The platform provides resources such as “Pinocchio News”.
https://www.internetsegura.pt/cis/campanhas-de-sensibilizacao
ZigZaga na Net – 5 July 2019 – Zig Zag Play – RTP
15. Lusa News Agency
The Lusa News Agency’s initiative, entitled “Combating Fake News – A Democratic Issue”, originated from a partnership with the Spanish news agency EFE, with the aim of organising two conferences on disinformation. The initiative subsequently expanded into a webpage providing materials to help address the issue.
https://combatefakenews.lusa.pt
Fact-checkers in Portugal – Combating Fake News, A Democratic Issue (Lusa)
16. MILD – Digital Literacy Instruction Manual
The Digital Literacy Instruction Manual (MILD) is a portal operated by the School Libraries Network, an organisation under the Ministry of Education, and funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Its main objective is to develop reading, media and digital citizenship skills among young people aged 14 to 18.
Disinformation is addressed indirectly through educational materials that seek to explain how to interpret videos and why we believe certain information. “Era uma vez um arrastão” (“Once Upon a Time, There Was a Beach Robbery”), by journalist Diana Andringa, is one example. Another noteworthy resource explores photographs taken from different angles.
Can You Read a Moving Image and Communicate Through It? | MILD
Do You Believe the News? | MILD
