Teaching strategy and assignment design - Assessing the quality and validity of information via the Web
As students increasingly use Internet technology to access information, new educational issues and opportunities arise. This article examines ways in which instructors and teaching professionals might work with students in guiding their research to establish "good practices" in both citing and using resources. The authors report on the process of crafting, administering, and assessing an assignment that might serve as a model for research-based papers and projects in a variety of disciplines. This assignment employs active learning strategies to encourage students to become better editors and critics as well as to teach them skills that they will be able to employ as this technology changes and others emerge.
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