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: Define the Information Community and explain the […]
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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 for Blog Report #4: Connections to Course Content and Information Science This evaluates […]
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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.
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Good morning all! I woke up to multiple emails requesting extensions on the Information Sources Survey. I think we’ll do blanket extensions on the next two formal assignments. These are very important and if more time helps you balance everything, I am all for it. How does this look: Information Sources Survey: DUE: 10/25 Literature Review […]
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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 […]
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Greetings all – I think it would be useful for the next assignments for all of you to work on refining your description of your information community. You wrote a blog post a few weeks ago: Blog Post #2: Describe the Information Community you are choosing to explore for the course and the research paper. […]
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Greetings all – I grabbed these Action Items from a post from a few weeks ago. All of these things can also apply to your blogging and future assignments: Some Action Items going forward: The rest of the assignments will require a more formal approach and require synthesis of the research-based, scholarly LIS literature you’ve […]
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I just want to check in with everyone about Blog Report number four. This blog report should highlight a single article from your own individual research into your communities’ information behaviors and needs. Please do not select an article from our course readings — if anybody has started down this path that is fine. Just […]
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A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources: