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Internet Research
As the Internet provides a wealth of uncontrolled information for
students, CAD courses emphasise and develop methods for internet research
and the evaluation of websites.
Four CAD courses reinforce the use of web sources, asking students
to determine their provenance, credibility, authority, age, bias and
utility in support of a particular topic or theme.
The students are challenged to provide justification for their choice
of a given web site or page in support of an academic assignment. They
learn through critical reading and the need to logically construct evidence
that sources need to be used judiciously and with a high degree of competence
for acceptance in scholarly work.
- Steps taken to train students in these processes include:
- use of different search engines, with a view to how they differ
- analysis of results obtained from a given search
- search strategies involving keywords and criteria for selection
or elimination
- understanding of the source: where it comes from, who is responsible
for it, who its intended audience is
- documentation of the source
As students move through their CAD program, they develop an increasing
awareness of how websites can offer support in their academic assignments.
This skill, however, is one that continues well beyond their experience
in CAD. The on-going need for insistence on quality searches and appropriate
sources is something only you can provide.
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