Skills Education

Help learners navigate, evaluate and use information confidently in a world of information overload

Information is everywhere. The challenge for today’s learners is often not finding information, but knowing what to trust, what to question and how to use it. Search engines, social media and generative AI provide instant access to information, but they also bring misinformation, unreliable sources, bias and AI hallucinations.

Information literacy is therefore an increasingly important learner capability. Learners need the confidence and skills to search effectively, evaluate sources, compare different perspectives, verify claims and make informed judgements about the information they encounter.

This session explores practical ways trainers and assessors can help learners build these skills as part of everyday teaching and learning. You’ll be introduced to simple frameworks such as the CRAAP test for evaluating the currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose of information, alongside strategies for questioning and verifying AI-generated content.

Through real examples and easy-to-implement learning activities, you’ll explore ways to embed information literacy into existing delivery, helping learners become more independent and critical users of information rather than simply consumers of content.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Explain why information literacy is increasingly important for today’s learners 
• Support learners to find, evaluate, compare and verify information from different sources 
• Use practical frameworks such as the CRAAP test to help learners assess the credibility and usefulness of information 
• Design simple activities that build critical information literacy skills within existing learning 

Participants will receive a complimentary copy of “Building Information Literacy: Practical Activities for Learners”:

• A concise guide with practical activities to help learners find, question, evaluate and verify information from online sources, including AI-generated content. It includes the CRAAP test as a simple evaluation framework, together with adaptable activities that can be incorporated into existing learning and assessment.

Other value options for registration:

Register for this session as a one-off standalone PD purchase OR via one of:

An Education Matters Elite membership

A PD MAX 2027 ticket