Today in the lecutre we discussed ways that we could evaluate and authenticate the content of webpages. It is important to look at the content of webpages before deciding if it is useful in your research. In order to evaluate and authenticate a webpage it is nessisary to put together a framework that you can follow. A framework may consist of multiple questions you may ask yourself in order to decide on the reliability of a source.
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Readings summary
readings 1: chucking the checklist - a contextual approach to teaching undergraduates website evaluation.
This article is all about not using a checklist to evaluate the usefulness of a website. It argues that librarians have been saying for years that students should be taught to use a more contextual method of website evaluation. The librarians believe that teaching correct website evaluation is nessisary because anyone can publish on the world wide web and they dont have to go through a filter to make sure that what they are posting is authentic. The entire argument is basically the debate between the librarians and the general public over wether or not the internet should have so called 'gate keepers' to make sure all information posted is of an authentic and reliable nature. It also provides a look into the 27 questions created by Jim Kapoun under the headings of accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage.
readings 2: Thinking critically about world wide web recourses.
this article provides more evaluation questions that you should ask yourself
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