LIS2004 Strategies for Online Research | Prof. Tiffany Walker

Lesson 1 Information Has Value: 

This lesson is all about plagiarism and how to avoid it. 

Monday 5/9 - Sunday 5/15

REVIEW: Syllabus and Course Outline

• SCHEDULE: meetup with professor (30 min) to review course information. Use Booking Form to schedule
• READ/VIEW: Lesson 1 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Information Literacy Pre-Assessment
  • Day 1 Attendance & Introduction
  • Lesson 1 Discussion Post
  • Lesson 1 Assignment

Lesson 2 Information Creation as a Process: 

Here we'll discuss how information comes about and you will ponder your place in the information cycle. 

Monday 5/16 - Sunday 5/22

• READ/VIEW: Lesson 2 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Lesson 2 Discussion Post #1
  • Lesson 2 Discussion Post #2

Lesson 3 Searching as Strategic Exploration:  

You will come up with a topic of your choice...make sure it's one you like because you'll use it for all the assignments.  You'll develop a thesis from that topic and work on keywords and phrases.

Monday 5/23 - Sunday 5/29

• READ/ VIEW: Lesson 3 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Lesson 3 Assignment
  • Lesson 3 Discussion Post

Lesson 4 Research as Inquiry: 

We used Google last time, so this time around you will use the library databases. 

Monday 5/30 - Sunday 6/5

• READ/ VIEW: Lesson 4 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Lesson 4 Assignment

Lesson 5 Authority is Constructed and Contextual: 

Here we'll go through searching the interwebs for information. Yep...you get to use Google! BUT you get to learn how to evaluate what you find.

Monday 6/6 - Sunday 6/12

• READ/ VIEW: Lesson 5 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Lesson 5 Assignment
  • Lesson 5 Discussion Post

Lesson 6 Scholarship as Conversation: 

This one is all about the why and how citations. We will focus on APA citation style.

Monday 6/13 - Friday 6/17

• READ/ VIEW: Lesson 6 content
• COMPLETE: 
  • Course project