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Campaign: Be Online Smart » NORDIS

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Jun 2

Learn more here 👉 www.nordishub.eu/campaign-be-... – available in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, and English.

#EDMO #MediaLiteracy

Be Online Smart is a campaign by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and its network of 14 national hubs. It aims to raise awareness about how

Campaign: Be Online Smart » NORDIS

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Jun 2

And do it with a reference to the Be Online Smart campaign by the European Digital Media Observatory and its network of 14 hubs, which highlights how algorithms shape our online experience. Algorithms can be both friend and foe, and it’s important to know the difference‼️

Be Online Smart is a campaign by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and its network of 14 national hubs. It aims to raise awareness about how

Russia’s Propaganda Sites Have Infiltrated AI Chatbots In The Nordics » NORDIS

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Jun 2

Be Online Smart! 🧐

Do you know someone who thinks that a high number of shares automatically means high credibility? Then feel free to tap them on the shoulder and let them know that’s not always the case.

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · May 28

🔔Russian propaganda have infiltrated AI chatbotss in the Nordics🔔

New NORDIS-investigation suggests that AI chatbots refers to Russian-linked Pravda websites - some of which recycle articles from EU-banned Russian media.

Read the full article here: www.nordishub.eu/nordis-inves...

Nordic factcheckers find that AI chatbots use Russian Pravda sites when prompted in Nordic languages. The chatbots recognise the most common narratives but

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🥳 Part III

Did you know that it's easier to believe information we agree with?

Here are four tips for when you should fact check👇

#FactcheckingDay #Factsmatters #NORDIS #MediaLiteracy

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🥳 Part II

AI have become a game-changer in the world of fact-checking. Both in terms of fighting it, but also creating and spreading it.

NORDIS have gathered the tips to identify AI-generated videos and pictures.

Get them in this video 👀

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Apr 2

Watch this video to see which simple steps you can take to support a cleaner and safer information environment 🎓

#FactcheckingDay #Factsmatters #NORDIS #MediaLiteracy

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Apr 2

Happy International Fact-Checking Day 2025 from NORDIS 🎉

Today we mark the importance of accurate information in a world full of misinformation in order to protect our shared society and democracy. But it isn’t just a job for professional fact-checkers 🧐

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 31

When: on April 8, 2025
Where: at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles
Registration free but required: buff.ly/Gj6WAox
For more details about the full day's program: buff.ly/g9oorcR

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 31

Laurence Dierickx (University of Bergen) from NORDIS (The Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder) will take part in two sessions, one of which is titled ‘Fact-checking, legacy media and journalism under pressure’.

See the full program and register here 👇

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Disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg: EDMO BELUX 2.0 Workshop & Networking Event - EDMO Belux

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 31

1/3: WORKSHOP AND NETWORKING EVENT - 08/04 🤝

The EDMO (@edmo-eu.bsky.social) hub BELUX (@edmo-belux.bsky.social) is hosting a very interesting event that will provide a multidisciplinary platform for reflecting on the state of (the mitigation of) disinformation and for discussing ways forward.

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Digital literacy, information resilience & teachers

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Read more about digital information literacy on this chapter of Faktabaari's AI Guide for teachers: faktabaari.fi/edu/digital-...

Find the whole guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t...

#AIGuide4Teachers

Digitalisation has become part of our everyday lives, and its impact extends to education. So, what are these digital skills?

Digital literacy, information resilience & teachers

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 14

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👉Young people’s ability to critically evaluate online content and Gen-AI outputs;
👉Understanding of the impact of algorithms on search results;
👉Awareness that our data is being collected and used for informational purposes;
👉The ability to manage our privacy and digital security digitally

Digitalisation has become part of our everyday lives, and its impact extends to education. So, what are these digital skills?

Digital literacy, information resilience & teachers

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 14

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AI Guide📙Digital literacy is not just about technical infrastructure, technology, applications, devices or network connections. Our member Faktabaari has chosen the following key areas of action to promote:

Digitalisation has become part of our everyday lives, and its impact extends to education. So, what are these digital skills?

March 13, 2025: Source Criticism Day! Here Is An Overview Of The Nordic-related Events » NORDIS

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 7

Source Criticism Day 2025! 🧐🔍

March 13th marks the Source Criticism Day - an important day in the Nordic countries. NORDIS have gathered some of the events in Sweden, Norway and Finland on our website.

Find it here 👇
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In Sweden, March 13 has in several years marked Källkritikens dag - or Source Criticism Day in English. The tradition was established by Viralgranskeren,

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Generative AI (GenAI) uses Large Language Models (LLMs) and neural networks. It is a branch of AI that creates new content rather than simply analysing or classifying existing content or data.

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 6

faktabaari.fi/edu/how-gene...

Find the whole guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t...

#AIGuide4Teachers

How Generative AI works

Generative AI (GenAI) uses Large Language Models (LLMs) and neural networks. It is a branch of AI that creates new content rather than simply analysing or classifying existing content or data.

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Mar 6

1/2: AI – how does it work? 🤔Our member Faktabaari has published a comprehensive AI Guide for Teachers, and in this chapter, Dr.(pedagogy) Kari Kivinen gives the basics of how AI works. From large language models to data points, tokens and material that has been used in AI training 👇

How Generative AI works

Artificial intelligence as an epistemic change in education

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Feb 27

"In the age of AI, we need a new kind of epistemic flexibility, which can be defined as a flexible way of combining different ways of knowing, thinking strategies and various types of knowledge."

faktabaari.fi/edu/ai-epist...

Find the guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t...

#AIGuide4Teachers

The development of artificial intelligence has far-reaching effects on the skills needed in different areas of society and on the structures of working life, and thus also on schools and education. Th...

Artificial intelligence as an epistemic change in education

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Feb 27

AI Guide for Teachers: The development of artificial intelligence challenges us and our understanding of knowledge and knowing in a whole new way, says the counselor for education Pasi Silander in Faktabaari's new AI Guide for Teachers 👇

The development of artificial intelligence has far-reaching effects on the skills needed in different areas of society and on the structures of working life, and thus also on schools and education. Th...

Faktabaari on verkossa toimiva, joukkoistamista hyödyntävä faktantarkistuspalvelu. Se on poliittisesti sitoutumaton ja kaikille avoin kansalaispalvelu.

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European Digital Media Observatory @edmo-eu.bsky.social · Feb 20

This Sunday, 59 million eligible #voters are asked to elect the new parliament of the #EU's largest member state.

Our hub GADMO.eu has been #debunking numerous attempts to systematically manipulate voters w/ misleading, decontextualised, and false content.

👉 This week's findings: loom.ly/IsAxz_A

Latest insights ahead of the German election: how false content targets the decision-making of 59 million voters

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Feb 20

2/2 These and many more AI tips can be found in Faktabaari's new AI Guide: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t...

#AIGuide4Teachers

Faktabaari

Faktabaari on verkossa toimiva, joukkoistamista hyödyntävä faktantarkistuspalvelu. Se on poliittisesti sitoutumaton ja kaikille avoin kansalaispalvelu.

NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Feb 20

1/2 Gen AI instructions for students in a nutshell:

👉Check the rules: Find out which AI tools are allowed in your school and in which situations
👉Be critical - evaluate the sources
👉Be ethical
👉Use your head. AI is not a substitute for your own thinking

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Introduction : AI Guide for Teachers

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NORDISHub @nordishub.bsky.social · Feb 13

faktabaari.fi/edu/introduc...

Find the whole guide here: faktabaari.fi/edu/oppaat/t...

The AI Guide is a follow-up to the Digital Information Literacy - AI Guide[i] published by Faktabaari in 2024. The aim of the publication is to give education providers, teachers and learners basic in...