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Learning Overview

Learning Objective

To know how to recognise and navigate algorithmic influence and filter bubbles.

Learning Focus

Explore how algorithms and filter bubbles influence what we see online.
Practise seeking diverse views and changing personal settings to avoid narrow perspectives.

Success Criteria

I know that algorithms and AI can shape my online experience by deciding what I see first.
I know that online communities can be helpful, but not all groups or content are safe or genuine.
I know that it’s important to hear views different from my own or my friends’.
I can explain what “echo chamber” and “filter bubble” mean.
I can spot when I’m seeing the same types of content repeatedly and know how to change my settings.
I can look for credible information that offers views different from mine.

Learning Domain

Domain 5 - Being Connected.