Online Learning.
Determining web page validity
"It's on the internet, so it must be true."
Fortunately, most students know that this is not so. However, how can they tell which web sites are to be trusted? After all, anyone can set up a website and say whatever they wish, short of slander. Additionally, many websites look like scientific research, but are actually advertisements for a particular product.
In the science class it is important to locate reliable research and information. Part of my job as instructor is to guide the student through the maze of information and learn how to pinpoint what they can trust and what is false or biased information.
One project that I did during the online class E-learning for Educators, was to evaluate a web site and determine whether it was true or a hoax. I chose to investigate the website about golfcross, a golf game played with a rugby shaped ball. Surely, this is nonsense, or is it? This evaluation shows the process of evaluation and my conclusion about the site.
One of the important lessons I learned in this process was that the evaluation is difficult and time consuming. We will not always have time for a complete analysis of every web site the students explore. I will address this in two way
1. Links to evaluation of web rubrics are available for a quicker process
2. I will provide customized search engine URLs for searches that only explore sites I have prearranged, such as these:
"It's on the internet, so it must be true."
Fortunately, most students know that this is not so. However, how can they tell which web sites are to be trusted? After all, anyone can set up a website and say whatever they wish, short of slander. Additionally, many websites look like scientific research, but are actually advertisements for a particular product.
In the science class it is important to locate reliable research and information. Part of my job as instructor is to guide the student through the maze of information and learn how to pinpoint what they can trust and what is false or biased information.
One project that I did during the online class E-learning for Educators, was to evaluate a web site and determine whether it was true or a hoax. I chose to investigate the website about golfcross, a golf game played with a rugby shaped ball. Surely, this is nonsense, or is it? This evaluation shows the process of evaluation and my conclusion about the site.
One of the important lessons I learned in this process was that the evaluation is difficult and time consuming. We will not always have time for a complete analysis of every web site the students explore. I will address this in two way
1. Links to evaluation of web rubrics are available for a quicker process
2. I will provide customized search engine URLs for searches that only explore sites I have prearranged, such as these: