| Sumario: | Interventions to promote students' source evaluations have used various methods designed for the classroom context. In the present study, we tested an approach that is easily adaptable to online courses, based on eye movement modelling examples (EMME), that is, short videos displaying an expert student's eye gaze while s/he reads multiple pages on the Internet to learn about a conflicting topic. Using an eye‐tracking methodology in a pre–post design, we analysed how an intervention using EMME changed students' attention to source information, and how this processing affected their learning. EMME increased participants' attention to the search engine results page, author information and decreased attention of texts from untrustworthy pages. In addition, EMME increased the number of participants who cited at least one document source at post‐test. We discuss the potential benefits and limitations of EMME in teaching complex literacy strategies, and the importance of measuring processing data in educational research studies. Lay Description: What is already known about this topic: Critical reading implies sourcing.Sourcing is the process of using information about documents in evaluating and interpreting documents' content.Sourcing is related to comprehension of multiple texts on the same topic.Interventions have been implemented to improve students' critical reading on the Internet through sourcing.Eye movement modelling examples (EMME) can be used to guide students' visual attention while performing a task. What this paper adds: EMME increased students' attention to search engine results page and author information in webpages.EMME decreased students' attention texts from untrustworthy webpages.EMME increased the number of students who cited document sources in their post‐test essays. The implications of study findings for practitioners: Videos with experts' gaze replays can be included in tutorials for blended and online learning environments.These videos can emphasize the importance of paying attention to specific elements when performing a task or activity.These videos can contribute to refine students' metacognitive awareness of the various steps involved in a complex process.
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