Greetings all! I had a question about how our INFO 200 Course Learning Outcomes align with the School of Information’s Core Competencies Former 200 students created this Infographic for INFO 200 for us. It’s super cool. Be sure to start saving all of your assignments for the e-portfolio option. My advice: save everything! 🙂
Written by Michael Stephens
Greetings – This semester, INFO 200 is partnering with the SJSU University Writing Center, and we’re pleased to introduce Arthur Kolat (K-O-L-A-T). Arthur is a Writing Center tutor who will be collaborating with INFO 200 to help develop writing-focused resources specifically for this course. Please take a few moments to watch the short video from Arthur, where … Continue reading “Video: Meet Arthur Kolat from the University Writing Center”
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Welcome to Module 3! Information – creation, accession, consumption, and dissemination – pervades everything we do and is a foundational characteristic of information communities. From studying the information seeking behaviors of varied and diverse populations to analyzing information activities in online settings, the importance of the exchange is foundational to understanding libraries, emerging information technologies … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 3: Information Seeking Behavior”
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Hey all – Everyone has an @username at this site and on the Community Site. Mine in both places is @Michael. You can use that to reply to me. If I used your @username in my comments on your Blog Report #1, you probably received a notification from the system. Some blog themes make the … Continue reading “@ Usernames in Action with these Two Steps”
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We’ve just updated the Assignment Synthesis Examples page with three new synthesis examples to better support you as you work through this important part of INFO 200. The synthesis assignment asks you to move beyond summary and demonstrate how scholarly sources connect, converse, and sometimes challenge one another around your chosen information community. We know … Continue reading “New Assignment Synthesis Examples”
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Hey all – I’m in our Faculty Retreat in Zoom the next two days. If anyone needs anything – email me or Zoom IM me. I hope everyone is well! Image: SJSU Campus
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This is the first of several “Getting Started posts. This one will help you with Choosing Your Community:
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Valuable Blog Resource Hello everyone, A big shout-out to former INFO 298 student David Vargas for creating an incredibly useful guide on how to maximize the potential of your blog for our course. This resource is now available to all sections of INFO 200 this semester, and I highly recommend downloading it via the … Continue reading “Making The Most of Your Blog in INFO 200”
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Hello everyone – I wanted to send out a reminder of key items related to graduate work and this course from the Getting Started Module. We are heading into an important phase of the class staring with a deep dive into research and information behavior theory. Course Requirements The School requires that students earn a … Continue reading “Graduate Work & This Course”
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Greetings all! I finished reading and commenting on all of your Blog Report #1 entries. I was happy to read about all of the different information communities that are part of your lives. I went to the grade book and gave everyone that submitted their URLs 5 points. Please note: the rest of the Blog … Continue reading “Blog Report #1, Getting to Know You & Updates”