Greetings everyone – I want to check in and see how you all are doing and offer some thoughts on the rest of our time together. Here are some action items that may be helpful: Community Description: This is an important component of the formal assignments to come. LRM: In the first section, in approximately two […]
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Greetings all! Is this fake news? Is this disinformation? Or is this truth and is this true information? And do I want to share it? This module explores the impact of misinformation on communities and individuals. The video lecture by Dr. Michele Villagran explores misinformation and resources to help make good decisions about what to […]
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Greetings all – The submitted Information Sources Surveys are graded. Everyone did well overall. Reminder: I want to make sure students review the rubrics and grading criteria for our coursework. The Assignment Submission Guidelines were part of the Getting Started Module and are also found in the menu under Assignments. Be sure to review those […]
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Greetings all – it’s Spring Break week. Please take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Be safe. Stay well. If you need anything – please email me. I am traveling to the Chicago suburbs during spring break to do a staff development day at Wilmette Public Library.
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Greetings everyone. I have actually heard from a handful of you requesting extensions because of various circumstances. It makes me feel that the world is even more chaotic than it was a few days ago. I want to give everyone who needs it an extension until Monday on the ISS. If anyone has already turned […]
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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 […]
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Hey all – Just sharing for those interested. Some very good stuff here about AI:
Written by Michael Stephens
Hey all – I just want to do a general check in with everyone and see how you are doing. I want make sure everybody’s doing as best they can. It feels like there is a lot of churn in the world right now, so please take good care of yourselves.
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This week, we will explore the importance of user experience. The link for Module 9 can be found here.
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Greetings all – We tweaked one thing about citing a whole journal or a database in the Information Sources Survey: Note: When citing an entire journal or an electronic database in APA 7, the format should follow the example provided for whole journals. For a journal, list the journal name in italics, followed by […]