Lecture_One
- 1. Informed Internet LiteracyLecture OneInstructor: Sharon Allen, PhD
- 2. Informed Internet LiteracyImportant skill for everyone!the ability to know when there is a need for information, like a student essay, or research paper, where relevant and reliable information for essays and research reports can be obtained, and how to get itBasically, we will learn how to indentify, locate, evaluate and properly use information to help solve the research issue presented to you.The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively!
- 5. Wheels
- 6. World Wide Web (www)
- 11. WWW
- 12. Academic Databases & University Websites
- 13. An internet informed literate individual is able to:Determine the extent of information needed Access the needed information effectively and efficiently Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally
- 14. What you will learn in this class…
- 15. What will you learn….To identify and master content through online investigations Gather, evaluate, and synthesize data critically and competentlyCommunicate your discoveries in a variety of media formatsConduct quality research; generate ideas, questions and solutions to problems
- 16. You will learn to…Become more self-directedTake personal responsibility for the quality of your workAssume greater control over the quality of your learning
- 17. How a library is organized Dewey Decimal SystemSubjectKeywordTitleAuthor
- 18. THE INTERNETSearch engines, directories, databases and more…
- 19. Blogs A new way to express ideas creatively
- 20. How to identify the need for information
- 22. How to evaluate informationIs this really useful?
- 23. How to properly cite sources in research and essay papers Are those your ideas?
- 24. Where to find informationLibrariesOnline DatabasesInternet
- 25. Logging on to MoodleLog-on
- 26. Course syllabus & Student Expectations documents
- 27. Highlights of SyllabusDescription Goals & objectives Assignments: discussion forums, individual and group projects, wikis, essays, research paper
- 29. “Discernment”Find a definition for the word “discern.”In your first forum, discuss the word “discern,” specifically relating the word to the topic of the world wide web:Why should we learn how to discern various websites?What is learning how to discern reliable academic research?Participate in the forum “Discernment” the first day of class.After you have input an original post and responded to two other student posts, continue with Lecture two in section one.