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Session 1 "Lecture" for ISLT-1111 at the University of Missouri. Created for ISLT-1111 by instructor Kyle Denlinger. Reference links: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/schmidt-data/
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STUDENT SUCCESSSession 1: The Info Landscape
andINFORMATION USE
Kyle Denlinger
Kyle [email protected]
Kyle [email protected]
@denriguez
INFO LITERACYHOW OVERWHELMED ARE WE?INFO ANXIETY
EVALUATING INFOHOW IT'LL SAVE YOUR LIFE
IS IT CRAP OR CRAAP?
Informationanxiety
Informationanxiety?
ONETRILLION
ONE unique URLs on the Web in 20081
TRILLION
DAWN OF CIVILIZATIONproduced from the
until about 2003.
Think of all the information
quite a lot, right?
that same amount ofwe now produce
information
DAYS.that same amount ofwe now produce EVERY
TWO information 2
OVERWHELMED?THAT'S INFORMATION ANXIETY.
how about this:
NOT KNOWING HOW TO:FINDEVALUATEUSEHIGH-QUALITY INFORMATION
WE'RE DROWNINGIN A SEA OF INFORMATION.
WE'RE DROWNINGIN A SEA OF INFORMATION.
WHAT CAN SAVE US?
literacyInformation
A NEED FOR INFOINFO LITERACY
what is it?
IS THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE
THOUGHTFUL ?sINFO LITERACY
what is it?
IS THE ABILITY TO ASK
QUALITY SOURCESINFO LITERACY
what is it?
IS THE ABILITY TO LOCATE
LIKE A DETECTIVEINFO LITERACY
what is it?
IS THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE
RESPONSIBLYINFO LITERACY
what is it?
IS THE ABILITY TO USE INFO
TEH INTERNETSINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS LESS TIME SEARCHING
THINGS YOU LIKEINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS MORE TIME DOING
RESEARCHINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS LESS FRUSTRATING
LEARNINGINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS MORE SATISFYING
GARBAGEINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS LESS
GRADESINFO LITERACY
what is it?
MEANS BETTER
PEOPLEINFO LITERATE
ARELIKE INFO
NINJAS
why?
why?they know crap from CRAAP.
why?they know crap from CRAAP.(and they're deadly efficient!)
huh?
informationEvaluating
NOT ALL INFO ISCREATED EQUAL.HOW DO WE DETERMINEGOOD INFOFROM BAD INFO?
Use the CRAAP Test.Really.
CRAAP
CurrencyRelevanceAuthorityAccuracyPurpose
CurrencyRAAP
How old is the material?Does the age matter?
CurrencyRAAP
Historical research:Old info = helpful!
Medical research:Old info = painful!
CRelevanceAAP
Does it answer myHow well does this fit?
question?
CRAuthorityAP
Are they an expert?
Who created it?
A journalist? A student?Just some weirdo?
CRAAccuracyP
Is it backed up How accurate is the info?
by other sources?
CRAAPurpose
To inform? To persuade?
Why was the info
To entertain?
created?
To mislead?
YOUIT IS UP TOTHE BOTTOM LINE:
TO EVALUATEYOUR INFO
YOUIT IS UP TOTHE BOTTOM LINE:
TO EVALUATEYOUR INFO
YOURMAMAWON'T
DO ITFOR YOU
INFO LITERACY
INFO ANXIETY
EVALUATING INFO
THERE'S LOTS OF INFO OUT THERE.
HELPS YOU BEAT INFO ANXIETY
MAKES YOU AN INFO NINJA
1 Alpert, J. and Hajaj, N. (2008, July 25). We knew the web was big... Official Google Blog. Retrieved from http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-knew-web-was-big.html.2 Siegler, M. (2010, August 4). Eric Schmidt: Every 2 days we create as much information as we did up to 2003. TechCrunch. Retrieved from http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/schmidt-data/
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