Good morning all! I received 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: 3/28 Literature Review Matrix: DUE: […]
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Hello everyone, I have completed grading all of the Blog Report #4 assignments, and you all did well. 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 […]
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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! 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. INFO 200 Class Chat: April […]
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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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A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources:
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Greetings all. There’s been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence of late and I know we have that conference up-and-coming in a couple of days. Here is something that was shared in a recent faculty technology section. Notebook LM from Google actually allows users to upload an article or some such and create a […]
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Module 7 can be found here. This module explores community-created information communities and how libraries are working with these groups to enhance services. This module will frame your explorations of community-based resources for future assignments.
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Hello all. I hope you’re having a good weekend. I wanted to let you know that we have finished the work combining the literature review matrix assignment with the helper document. You will find that on the assignment page here at our WordPress site. I want to point your attention to something new in the […]
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Hey all – You may find Pew Research or Pew Internet & Tech very useful for your community descriptions in the formal assignments. Their research can be very useful for background and supporting demographic data, data on technology use and access, etc. For example: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/30/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/