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