What issues affect evaluation of information in digital environments?
chip bruce
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Background and Resources
READINGS
Marcovitz, D. (1997, November). I read it on the computer, it must be true. Learning and Leading with Technology, 25 (3), 18-21.
Burbules, Nicholas C. (in press). Who lives here?: Access to and credibility within cyberspace. In Chris Bigum, Colin Lankshear, et al., (eds.), Digital rhetorics: New technologies, literacy, and learning: Current practices and new directions . Canberra, Department of Employment, Education, Training, and Youth Affairs/Brisbane, Queensland University of Technology.
Postman, Neil (1990, October 11). Informing ourselves to death. Speech at a meeting of the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft fuer Informatik) in Stuttgart, Germany.
WEB SITES
CTER white papers: Credibility |
Activities and Open-ended problems
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES
- What are different theories about where knowledge resides?
- What does each theory prescribe for determining credibility?
ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF CLASS / INDEPENDENT WORK
Find two web pages that represent opposing viewpoints on a particular topic. Using only the content on these pages, determine which appears more credible. Why? |
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