Fact Checking Made Easy helps you verify information quickly and confidently, using reliable sources, practical techniques, and simple evaluation steps to identify misinformation, confirm accuracy, and make well-informed decisions every day.
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Fact Checking Made Easy is a practical course designed to strengthen your fact checking and information verification skills in today’s digital world. Learn effective source validation techniques, improve media literacy, and identify credible sources with confidence. Build a reliable process for misinformation detection while developing stronger critical thinking abilities.
Through step-by-step lessons and hands-on exercises, you will master research skills, news verification, and evidence evaluation. Discover how to verify names, numbers, and research findings using trusted methods. Practice real-world fact checking techniques that help you assess information accurately and make informed decisions based on verified evidence.
The course also explores advanced challenges, including information responsibility and common danger zones in information verification. By completing Fact Checking Made Easy, you will gain the confidence to evaluate online content, validate credible sources, detect misinformation, and apply critical thinking in professional, academic, and everyday situations.
Learners complete an assignment designed to evaluate their understanding of the course content. The assignment is reviewed by qualified tutors who provide personalised feedback, allowing learners to demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills.
After completing the Fact Checking Made Easy course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate
Learners also have the option to order a Quality Licence Scheme (QLS) Endorsed Certificate as additional proof of achievement. The QLS Endorsed Certificate can be delivered by post for £69, with an additional £10 postage charge for international students.
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Studying the Fact Checking Made Easy course helps learners understand how to verify information, identify credible sources, and recognise misinformation in digital and traditional media. It covers fact-checking techniques, source evaluation, verification tools, and methods for assessing the accuracy and reliability of information.
This course strengthens critical thinking, research, and information literacy skills, enabling learners to make informed decisions and communicate with confidence. It also supports academic, professional, and personal development by providing practical techniques to evaluate evidence, reduce the spread of misinformation, and ensure the accuracy of information.
The Fact Checking Made Easy course has a total study time of 2 days, 11 hours. This comprehensive programme is designed for flexible learning, allowing learners to progress at their own pace while developing practical skills in verifying information, evaluating sources, identifying misinformation, and applying effective fact-checking techniques.
The Fact Checking Made Easy course requirements are simple and suitable for beginners. Learners should have basic research and internet browsing skills, an interest in verifying information, and a willingness to develop critical thinking. Access to an internet-enabled device is recommended for practicing fact-checking techniques using reliable online sources.
This course teaches how to verify information, identify misinformation, evaluate sources, and apply fact-checking techniques to ensure the accuracy of online and offline content.
No. It is suitable for beginners with no prior fact-checking or journalism experience required.
The course is delivered online, allowing you to learn at your own pace.
Yes. Practical fact-checking exercises, source verification tasks, and quizzes may be included to reinforce learning.
You will receive a certificate of completion after successfully finishing the course.
This course supports careers in journalism, media, content creation, digital communications, research, public relations, and information verification.
| Part I: Essentials of Fact Checking | |||
| Why Fact Check? The Top 5 Reasons | 00:13:00 | ||
| What to Check | 00:06:00 | ||
| Your Fact Checking Routine | 00:03:00 | ||
| Where to Check | 00:08:00 | ||
| Part II: Fact Checking Skills | |||
| Getting Names Right | 00:12:00 | ||
| Getting Numbers Right | 00:05:00 | ||
| Confirming Research Results | 00:12:00 | ||
| Now You Try It #1 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Now You Try It #2 | 00:13:00 | ||
| Now You Try It #3 | 00:06:00 | ||
| Part III: Advanced Fact Checking Issues | |||
| Danger Zones | 00:03:00 | ||
| Information Responsibility | 00:05:00 | ||
| Course Conclusion | 00:05:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Fact Checking Made Easy | 2 days, 10 hours | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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