The Effectiveness of using Information Verification Services in the Training of Future Teachers

Abstract

The ability to effectively use media resources and critically assess their informational content for reliability is gaining particular relevance in the current realities of socio-economic interactions. The article aimed to determine the effectiveness of information verification services in training future teachers and improving their subject knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in the digital space. The research used empirical methods such as experimentation, testing, surveying, quantitative assessment, and qualitative analysis. The educational experiment was implemented using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Telegram. The participants in the experimental training tested digital tools, services, and platforms for verifying media information. Educational training had a qualitative effect on the results of students’ studies in the main course. The final exam grade of students in the experimental group (EG) was 10.5 points higher than those in the control group (CG). An interactive media literacy test was developed based on the Digital and Media Literacy (DML) Skills Test scale, which was implemented using a mobile application on the SkillzRun platform. The results of the student survey confirmed the effectiveness of training programs on the development of critical media skills among the EG students for deepening knowledge of the main subject and improving the memorization of the main material (93%), increasing general interest and motivation to study course materials (87%), increasing learning effectiveness in general (93%). Research prospects are to identify the factors influencing the elements of media literacy on the effectiveness of student learning and to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the impact using the qualitative comparative analysis method fsQCA.