Ateneo - UPO

Evaluating information sources between print and digital

will be provided by the teacher

- objectives - basic level; knowledge and understanding: identify the elements for evaluating an information source
- objectives - advanced level; ability to apply knowledge and understanding: to evaluate different sources of information appropriately
- objectives - communication skills: to present acquired knowledge clearly
- objectives - study skills: acquire independent and personally revised knowledge of the study content

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lecture + exercises

in order to help students with disabilities, BES and DSA, the outline teaching materials are provided in text PDF, not image PDF; and the examination can be taken in the specific modalities provided by the Disability Office for the various recognised situations. in addition, the lectures will be available in synchronous (streaming) and asynchronous (recording deposited in the DIR space of the course) mode

design and realise a collection of sources on a topic of own interest using Zotero
to be used for a short paper (max 2 A4 pages) presenting a topic of one's choice,
where the minimum sufficiency level is given by knowing how to find and correctly cite sources of at least 4 different types on a topic of one's choice
the level of excellence is given by knowing how to construct a critical prosecution on a topic of one's choice, in which bibliographical sources are central

variety of information sources
search for sources
criteria for assessing their reliability
use of sources when writing (theses, reports, etc.) with Zotero
use of Zotero
rhetoric of quotation; different ways of inserting a quotation lead to different communicative results

students are expected to
basic level
know how to evaluate simple sources (articles, books) and integrate them into the writing of a simple text
advanced level
can evaluate sources of multiple types (not only articles, books, but also blogs, laws, videos, e-mail messages, etc.) and integrate them appropriately into the writing of a complex text