Internet Literacy
LIBR 80 is a 3-unit course covering:
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Internet history.
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Access, management and organization of the Internet.
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Examination of Internet components including email, file types, downloads, attachments, newsgroups, listservs and chat.
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Ethical issues.
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Correct citation of Internet resources.
Coursework includes online discussions, basic web authoring, effective searching, and evaluating information.
By the completion of this course students will be able to:
- Locate information using at least five different search engines, directories and metasearch tools to solve information needs.
- Formulate a variety of search strategies, which will locate information relevant to the research question.
- Retrieve information using the strategies and evaluate it using a standard set of criteria.
- Produce a well-designed, aesthetically pleasing formal document on a single scholarly subject using accepted word processing techniques.
- Produce a well-designed representation and analysis of numerical data using standard spreadsheet features.
- Establish bibliographically correct citations in a standard format.
- Understand different file formats and their uses on the Internet.
- Upload and download files from the Internet.
- Examine and discuss ethical issues arising from Internet connectivity, such as censorship, pornography, creation of information haves and have-nots.
- Understand the relationship of the Internet to issues of gender and class .(Who has access to electronic information?)
- Identify information sources for working in a multicultural community.
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of HTML coding.
- Create and publish well-designed, functional web pages including tables, hypertext links, and images.
For more information please go to Internet Literacy.