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Saturday, 9 January 2016
Monday, 12 October 2015
Information has value
Lesson
Turing the lesson the user must show that information has value. The lesson is about The Happy Birthday song and the tune of 1893.
Learning outcomes
To respect the original ideas of others.
To value the skills, time and effort needed to produce knowledge.
To see themselves as contributors to the information market place rather than only consumers of it.
Extrinsic motivation
Explain the definition of information has value to the users.
- Information possesses several dimensions of value.
- as commodity, as a means of education, as a means of influence and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination.
Knowledge Practices
Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation.
Articulate the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access and the public domain.
Make informed choices regarding their online actions.
Activities
Ask the users to get an image of happy birthday from flickr.
http://bit.ly/1PaOZXU Access on 12.10.2015
The above picture is copyrighted under all rights reserved.
Ask the users to put a happy birthday picture on flickr under creative commons license.
Second Activity:
Ask the users to perform the song in public and make a YouTube video of their performance.
Reason:
They can perform the song in public because it is in the public domain.
Activity Three
Provide a reference citation to that the song Happy Birthday is in the Public Domain.
Higgins.P. 2015. Happy Birthday To Everybody:Victory for the Public Domain. Electronic Frontier Foundation. September 23.
Ask the users to look up 5 more articles that indicate that Happy Birthday is in the public domain and they must provide the result in a short reference list.
Evaluation
To whom does the tune of the Happy Birthday song belong?
Turing the lesson the user must show that information has value. The lesson is about The Happy Birthday song and the tune of 1893.
Learning outcomes
To respect the original ideas of others.
To value the skills, time and effort needed to produce knowledge.
To see themselves as contributors to the information market place rather than only consumers of it.
Extrinsic motivation
Explain the definition of information has value to the users.
- Information possesses several dimensions of value.
- as commodity, as a means of education, as a means of influence and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination.
Knowledge Practices
Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation.
Articulate the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access and the public domain.
Make informed choices regarding their online actions.
Activities
Ask the users to get an image of happy birthday from flickr.
The above picture is copyrighted under all rights reserved.
Ask the users to put a happy birthday picture on flickr under creative commons license.
Second Activity:
Ask the users to perform the song in public and make a YouTube video of their performance.
Reason:
They can perform the song in public because it is in the public domain.
Activity Three
Provide a reference citation to that the song Happy Birthday is in the Public Domain.
Higgins.P. 2015. Happy Birthday To Everybody:Victory for the Public Domain. Electronic Frontier Foundation. September 23.
Ask the users to look up 5 more articles that indicate that Happy Birthday is in the public domain and they must provide the result in a short reference list.
Evaluation
To whom does the tune of the Happy Birthday song belong?
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Searching as Exploration
Task:
Ask the users to search a book that was published by Nicolette V Roman. The users must look up an article about the same author, Nicolette V Roman about child and family studies and publish a summary of the article on the Community and Health Science Faculty Facebook page.
Learning Outcomes
To enable the users to use different search platforms to do a search.
The user must be able to change the search strategy.
User must be able to use different options
Activity.
Use the library catalog and do an author search and select the source type which is book.
Use google to look up an article about family studies by Nicolette Roman.
Design a power point presentation where you use Sabinet Reference to look up the articles about Nicolette V Roman.
Knowledge Practices:
User must be able to determine the scope of the question. Listen to what the user is asking.
Identify interesting parties. Connect the author with an organisation.
Move from basic search option to advance search option. If the basic search option does not bring up any search results move to the advance option.
Ask the users to search a book that was published by Nicolette V Roman. The users must look up an article about the same author, Nicolette V Roman about child and family studies and publish a summary of the article on the Community and Health Science Faculty Facebook page.
Learning Outcomes
To enable the users to use different search platforms to do a search.
The user must be able to change the search strategy.
User must be able to use different options
Activity.
Use the library catalog and do an author search and select the source type which is book.
Use google to look up an article about family studies by Nicolette Roman.
Design a power point presentation where you use Sabinet Reference to look up the articles about Nicolette V Roman.
Knowledge Practices:
User must be able to determine the scope of the question. Listen to what the user is asking.
Identify interesting parties. Connect the author with an organisation.
Move from basic search option to advance search option. If the basic search option does not bring up any search results move to the advance option.
Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Definition
Recognition that information resources are drawn from the creators expertise, credibility is based on the information need and context in which information will be used.
Recognition that information resources are drawn from the creators expertise, credibility is based on the information need and context in which information will be used.
This book was published by a lecturer in the Social Work Department at the University of the Western Cape. The book is aimed at the students in the Family and Child Studies module.
Knowledge Practices:
Define different types of authority.
Use research tools and markers
Develop their own authoritative voice.
Activities
Trace the affiliation of the author to the department.(different type of authority)
Write a blog on wordpress.com about two journal publication of the author.(own authoritative voice, licence CC if published on wordpress.com)
Compile a short bibliography of 15 entries of peer reviewed open access sources. (research tools Bowker Ulrich)
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Information Creation as a Process
Research Topic
The impact of racism between first year students using the Self Learning Zone at the library of the University of the Western Cape.
Formats:
Book
Constantine ,Madonna G ; Sue ,Derald Wing .2006. Addressing racism : facilitating cultural competence in mental health and educational settings. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons
Article
Dogra, Nish; Kamik, Niranjan. 2003. First-Year Medical students' Attitudes towards Diversity and its Teacching: An Inverstigation at one U.S Medical School. Academic Medicine.78(1).
Blog
LIFT: Limpeh is Foreign Talent
http://limpehft.blogspot.co.za/2015/05/an-update-from-exeter-university-racist.html
Selected formats:
Book and Article
Explain why you choose the formats:
The formats is easy to find and the user can reference the formats. Both of the formats can be found online. The book can be found in the library and the article through google scholar database. The catalog of the library is connected to worldcat and the user will be able to locate the item.
Transform formats into other formats:
Blog into poster:No to racism at University and libraries
Students have to make a podcast for the second format as a group activity.
The impact of racism between first year students using the Self Learning Zone at the library of the University of the Western Cape.
Formats:
Book
Constantine ,Madonna G ; Sue ,Derald Wing .2006. Addressing racism : facilitating cultural competence in mental health and educational settings. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons
Article
Dogra, Nish; Kamik, Niranjan. 2003. First-Year Medical students' Attitudes towards Diversity and its Teacching: An Inverstigation at one U.S Medical School. Academic Medicine.78(1).
Blog
LIFT: Limpeh is Foreign Talent
http://limpehft.blogspot.co.za/2015/05/an-update-from-exeter-university-racist.html
Selected formats:
Book and Article
Explain why you choose the formats:
The formats is easy to find and the user can reference the formats. Both of the formats can be found online. The book can be found in the library and the article through google scholar database. The catalog of the library is connected to worldcat and the user will be able to locate the item.
Transform formats into other formats:
Blog into poster:No to racism at University and libraries
Students have to make a podcast for the second format as a group activity.
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