It is essential that you keep steady attention to the course, to the modules, to the readings, and to the blog postings from your classmates.
Modules include the following sections:
Things to Read
The required readings explore topics you are expected to understand and incorporate into your assignments for all modules in the course.
Things to View
The assigned and required media-based presentations extend your knowledge and offer new dimensions to the topics.
Things to Explore
These materials are optional enhancements to the course content that offer more insight into the module topics.
Module 1: Information Communities- An Introduction
Module 2: Researching Information Communities (Start here for module 2)
Part 1: Identifying Information Sources
Part 2: Academic Writing Conventions and Style
Module 3: Information Seeking Behavior 1
Module 4: Information Seeking Behavior 2
Module 5: Information Communities and Diverse Information Needs
Module 6: Research-based Information Resources
Module 7: Community-based Information Resources
Module 9: Intellectual Freedom and Information Communities
Module 10: Information and Misinformation
Module 11: Teaching & Learning
Module 12: Global Information Communities
Module 13: Emerging Technologies
Module 15: Course Wrap-up/Open
Module 16: Term Paper Due