This week, we will explore the importance of user experience. The link for Module 9 can be found here.
Welcome to Module 9: User Experience
Web Sleuths featured on CBC Podcast
Hey all – this is fun! School of Information graduate Corrina Oates was interviewed on this podcast about her INFO 200 paper that we use as an assignment synthesis example. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation folks must have found her paper via web search and reached out to her! Her interview starts at around 12:55 into […]
Links to LRM Videos
Hey all – @kevinm helped me discover I had an old link in the “Getting Started” post for the LRM. Here is the updated version: Literature Review Matrix Download: Web (Captioned) Lecture Slides Video Podcast (mp4) Audio Podcast. (mp3) @kevinm also asked for clarification about the column of the LRM devoted to the Theorhetical or […]
Welcome to Module 8: Research & Study Week
Greetings all! Please use this week to work on your research and future assignments. I would suggest focusing on the Information Sources Survey and the LRM as well as start thinking about your Blog Report #5. If you have questions, please reach out via site message, email or Zoom IM. Major Assignment Due Dates: Information […]
Checking In: Information Behaviors and Needs
Hey all – I just finished reading all the Blog Report #4 entries. A couple of things: Please be aware of the expectations for each assignment via the grading rubric. Find all the rubrics here. One thing that is included in every assignment is a connection to course content. For example, this was the section […]
Don’t Forget: INFO 200 LibGuide
Don’t miss this invaluable resource from our King Library. It is custom-designed by our library liaison to help you with your work in INFO 200.
Useful Article on Information Grounds
Hey all – One of you may have cited this in your Blog report #4…I had it open in a tab and thought it would be good to share: https://informationr.net/ir/12-2/paper291.html Might be useful to this of you looking at information grounds, students, etc. Fisher, K.E., Landry, C.F. and Naumer, C. (2006). “Social spaces, casual interactions, […]
New(ish) Article: Student Use of Mobile Devices
Hey all – Honored to do research with Lecturer Emeritus Debbie Faires and SJSU School of Information graduate Nikki Rudiger. This article was published in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 2021 Vol. 62, No. 4 DOI: 10.3138/jelis-62-4-2020-0093. Take a look if interested. I am fascinated by what we called the Student […]
Grad Writer Toolbox
Greetings all – The Writing Center created the Grad Writer Toolbox.It my be helpful as you continue to work on your academic writing. Find it here: https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/gradwritertoolbox
Virtual Communities References List
Hey all – The first serious lit review I wrote in my doc program was on virtual communities. Here’s the reference list. It may be of interest, especially for those of you looking closely at communities born on the Web, etc. Note – there has been much more research published in the last 15+ years […]