The Disinformation Challenge is an interactive computer game designed with exercises that encourage users to enhance their critical thinking skills. Using open-source data, players learn to verify information they encounter. This game can serve as supplementary knowledge or be integrated into classroom settings to support curricula such as Civic Education or History.
One of the primary objectives of the game is to encourage players to recognize and critically evaluate suspicious behaviors on the internet, rather than simply rushing through tasks to collect the maximum number of points. The game allows room for mistakes to encourage players to learn from their decisions and understand that real life often lacks clear-cut situations. This adds life-skill value to the game and helps players understand the importance of careful and critical evaluation of information.
The analysis of player results is a crucial element of the game, as it forms the basis of the debate stage. During this stage, each player receives feedback from other players, which serves as an important learning tool to improve their skills in recognizing and reacting to various scenarios on the internet.
Become the Game Ambassador:
We invite teachers to become ambassadors of the game by taking part in a free course (and receiving a certificate of completion), delivering their own gamified lessons, and receiving fun giveaways worth up to €150 from CRI.
The Disinformation Challenge initiative is supported by Google.
