Critical evaluation is not a negative thing. It is about forming your own opinion in a logical and coherent way, based on evidence, to decide whether or not you can use that information.

Critical evaluation of information requires critical thinking. Critical thinking is about filtering out for oneself what is perceived as right or wrong. Learners learn how to do this by taking a test.

Basically, all information is biased to some degree. Learners learn what biased information is, where it appears, and how to deal with it in this course chapter.

There are numerous fact-checking tools available. Learners explore these in interactive ways.

At this point, there is an interactive exercise on recognizing so-called fake news.