International Journal of Open Educational Resources Volume 2, Issue 1, Fall 2019/Winter 2020 | Page 189

Teaching Critical Thinking and Metaliteracy Through OER
through the written assignments that
accompany each activity submitted to
instructors for review. Metacognition
plays an important part in the increasingly
reflective activities students are
asked to complete as they move from
the entry level content to more integrative
material. While the badge-tracking
component of the platform is currently
under development, the content of
all activities and assignments is freely
available to any interested instructor or
learner (https://sites.google.com/view/
metaliteracy).
Figure 2. Metaliterate learner badges.
Metaliteracy: Empowering yourself
in a connected world MOOC
This MOOC features videos, readings,
discussions, and learning activities that
promote metaliteracy competencies. It
is available on the Coursera platform,
with frequent course start dates. There
is no charge for the course unless one
would like to earn a Coursera certificate
of completion (https://www.coursera.
org/learn/metaliteracy).
Empowering yourself in a posttruth
world MOOC
This 2019 self-paced MOOC addresses
issues connected to the post-truth
world in which factual information
has been displaced by subjective and
biased viewpoints. It asks participants
to gain insights into their own biases
and preconceptions. It uses metaliteracy
to teach self-reflective, metacognitive
processes and examine fixed
mindsets, and empowers learners to
be responsible consumers and producers
of information. It was first offered
on the Open edX platform, and is now
available on Coursera (https://www.
coursera.org/learn/empowering-yourself-post-truth-world).
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