Literasi TIKCriticalInformationEvaluationandSearchProcess
ShintaYuliaP
SemesterGanjil – TA2016/2017
ü Discussion:1.InformationEvaluation
2.InformationSearchProcess
ü Tujuan Pembelajaran :1. Mampulebihkritisdanmemahamiprosesuntukevaluasi
informasi
2. Memahamikarakteristikdalammengevaluasiinformasi
3. Memahami prosespencarian informasi
WhatisInformation?
INFORMATIONEVALUATION§ Nowadays,informationisspreadaroundusandeasilyobtainedthroughasearchontheInternet,atthelibraryeventhroughsocialmediaandchatgroupsthatwefollow.
§ Informationnotonlyeasiertofind,butthereisalotmoreofit.§ However,notalltheinformationavailableitisVALID,USEFUL,or ACCURATE.§ Hereistheimportanceofevaluatingthe(source)information.§ Evaluateresourcesisanimportantskillforsearching,sorting,anddecidewhichinformationshouldbereceived.
Question
Whensomebodydo researchonaspecifictopic,howtofindtherightinformationtosupportsuchresearch?
CHARACTERISTICSTOCONSIDERWHENEVALUATINGINFORMATIONSOURCES
Authority
Timeliness
Relevancy
Quality
Perspective
Authority§ Onealternatetotellwhetheracontentwritingisvalidornot,istoknowthecredentialsoftheauthor,suchaseducationalbackground,fieldofwork,andmembershiporganizationsthatfollowed(affiliates).Writerwithhigheducationdegreeorhasalotofpublishedbooksorarticlestendtobemorecredible.Ex:http://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/ckuhlthau/
§ Thenumberandtypesofliterature(interest)havebeenmadepreviously.Useasearchengineoracitationindextotrackhowoftenarticlesorwritingsevermade,wasquotedbyothersinrelatedfields.Ex:http://tylertate.com/;GoogleSchoolar(https://scholar.google.co.id)
§ Findoutalsotheprofileofthewebsite,publisherororganizationthatpublishedarticlesandbooks.
§ Sourceswhocomefromtheuniversities,professionalsocieties,scientificpublishers,orascientificjournalhashadapeer-reviewprocessandrigorousediting.Soitcanbeusedasareliablesource.
Authority§Whatarethecredentialsandaffiliationorsponsorshipofanynamedindividualsororganizations?
§Howobjective,reliable,andauthoritativearethey?§Havetheywrittenotherarticlesorbooks?§ Istheauthor(s)listedwithcontactinformation(streetaddress,e-mail)?§Hasthepublisherpublishedotherworks?§Dotheyspecializeinpublishingcertaintopicsorfields?§ Isthepublisherscholarly(universitypress,scholarlyassociations)?Commercial?Governmentagency?Self(“vanity”)press?
Timeliness§Wheninneedofinformationthatwasupdated,makesurethedateofpublication.
§ Ifusingatextbook,checkandusethelatesteditionifany.
§Newlypublishedsourcestendtobemoretrustworthythantheoldersource
§ Forsomecasesoldersources,cancontinuetobeuseduntilafewyearsintothefuture
§Publicationdateisgenerallylocatedonthetitlepageoronthereversesideofthetitlepage(copyrightdate).
§ Istheinformationprovidedbythesourceinitsoriginalformorhasitbeenrevisedtoreflectchangesinknowledge?
§ Isthisinformationtimelyandisitupdatedregularly?
Relevancy§Makesurethecontentinaccordancewiththepurpose
§Whatisimpliedbythecontent?
§Arediverseperspectivesrepresented?
§ Isthecontentrelevanttoyourinformationneeds?
Quality§Checkgrammar,spelling,andpunctuation!
§Checkiftheinformationisarrangedandhaveaclearpathandstructured!
§Checkifthe informationauthentic!
§Checkif the informationuniqueorhasitbeencopied!
Bias§Writingpurpose.Isanythingbeingsold?§Areanyconclusionsoffered?Ifso,basedonwhatevidenceandsupportedbywhatprimaryandsecondarydocumentation?
§Aretheauthor’sargumentsandconclusionsaresupportedbycredibleandcitedsources.Ex:https://astridsila.wordpress.com/annotated-bibliography/
§Readthesource’sintroductionandconclusion. Isitopposingviewpointsareacknowledgedoraddressed?
§ Lookforsourceswithauthorswhoappeartohaveconsideredvariousperspectivesasopposedtobiasedsourcesthatpresentevidenceonlysupportingoneside
§ Ifthesourcerepresentsonlyoneview,youwillwanttoreadadditionalsourcesthatrepresentandprovideevidenceforotherperspectives
Information Search Process
DefinitionTheinformationprocessistheseriesofphysicalandintellectualstepsthatanyonetakestocompleteaninformationtask.Eachstepusuallyrequirestheuseofseveralinformationskills.Thisprocessisgenerallyapartoflearningandproblem-solving
HowtoFindInformation?
Kuhlthaus FlipIt!
AlbertaInquiry Big6
Methods
PLAN
DO
REVIEW
MindMap/BrainStorming
Inform
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LatihanCarilahinformasidanissue terkaitsuatu pemilu(bisanasionalatauinternasional),kemudiananalisisdanevaluasiinformasiyangdidapatkanmenggunakankriteria-kriteriadalamslide ini!
Referensi(UF|IFAS.UniversityofFlorida)http://library.sdsu.edu/research-services/research-help/evaluating-informationfaculty.washington.edu/harryb/courses/INFO310/Kuhlthau.pdfhttp://www.nthsyddem-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/curriculum-activities/library/information-processWendyStephens,LibraryResearchModelsMCLA,11September2009.http://www.slideshare.net/wsstephens/research-models-2468205Informationdesign.https://jameskennedymonash.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/information-is-beautiful-001.jpg