hapgood.us

What It Is

Hapgood.us is Mike Caulfield’s personal blog. The captured content shows that the site focuses on Networked Learning, Open Education, Online Digital Literacy, as well as more recent analysis of AI “joint reasoning,” misinformation, conspiracy narratives, and the structure of online arguments. The author is the creator of the SIFT method and co-author of Verified with Sam Wineburg, and has significant influence in information literacy education in U.S. higher education. As such, the site is better categorized as a Q&A/knowledge-content resource rather than a SaaS product, AI tool, or course platform.

Core Features

The site mainly offers long-form blog posts, case studies, an About page, comment sections, and email subscriptions. Articles break down information cases such as #DiedSuddenly, Fox News smoke narratives, riot bricks, and cameras at polling places. The focus is not only on determining whether something is true or false, but on analyzing how “open arguments” rely on the information environment, assembled evidence, and rhetorical structures. The site also includes earlier posts on open education, OER, course planning, and digital gardens, which can serve as research material for media literacy and educational technology.

Pricing

No paid products, membership plans, or paid courses are shown on the site. The content is free to read, with a WordPress.com email subscription option; the captured text shows around 766 subscribers. For speaking or consulting inquiries, the About page provides the author’s email address as well as LinkedIn and Bluesky contact links, but no public pricing is listed.

Pros and Cons

The main advantage is the author’s strong professional background and original perspectives, especially for understanding how fact-checking education has shifted from “checklists” toward search, lateral reading, and contextualizing evidence. The articles are high quality and can provide citable material for teachers, librarians, and researchers. The drawbacks are also clear: it is not a systematic course, lacks structured navigation and learning paths, has an irregular update schedule, consists mainly of long-form English articles that may be costly for Chinese readers to work through, and the historical replies in the WordPress comment sections are somewhat mixed, creating a certain amount of informational noise.

Who It’s For

It is suitable for university instructors, researchers in journalism/communication and educational technology, librarians, fact-checking professionals, and readers interested in AI and the public information environment. It is less suitable for those looking for ready-to-use tools, commercial platforms, or beginner-friendly tutorials in Chinese.

Access from China

The site appears to be hosted within the WordPress.com ecosystem, so in theory some network environments may be affected by WordPress-related resources; however, the captured content alone cannot confirm specific connectivity. Evaluated as a regular independent domain, it should be directly accessible, though actual speed and the loading of subscription components may vary by region.