Information Literacy : Perils of Online Searching, a Reflection
Information Literacy : Perils of online research
The video covers about the importance of information literacy on the digital age. Information seekers is now surrounded with vast of information that can be taken or access easily on the internet without knowing of the information’s’ accuracy and its true nature. Information literacy is a set of skills and abilities that an information seeker achieved by identifying, evaluating, and making use of the information or data effectively, legally, and ethically. In terms of accuracy, information seekers should be vigilant enough to identify the information’s true nature and that the information is being presented intelligently. Information coming from the web should be dissected thoroughly and scrutinized the purpose of the website and the credibility of the author or the webmaster. There are websites that presents information as being biased and that will lead to wrong understanding about the message of that information. Knowing the objective and the purpose of the website will help you know if the information is presented objectively or subjectively, and even sometimes, being biased. Information seekers should also be aware of the authors of the information they use. This will lead us and give us idea of how credible the author/s is. Non-credible sources of information also appeared in the internet. These often have one author and doctored photographs. Information seekers should double check the dates and the origin of these sources. When using information coming from the web, the information seekers should also cite the URL address, the date when it was accessed, the title, and the author/s name. This to certify that you did not own any statement and the whole idea of the information you used. It is simply giving recognition to the ones who created the information as a whole and to prevent plagiarizing to your researches and
The video covers about the importance of information literacy on the digital age. Information seekers is now surrounded with vast of information that can be taken or access easily on the internet without knowing of the information’s’ accuracy and its true nature. Information literacy is a set of skills and abilities that an information seeker achieved by identifying, evaluating, and making use of the information or data effectively, legally, and ethically. In terms of accuracy, information seekers should be vigilant enough to identify the information’s true nature and that the information is being presented intelligently. Information coming from the web should be dissected thoroughly and scrutinized the purpose of the website and the credibility of the author or the webmaster. There are websites that presents information as being biased and that will lead to wrong understanding about the message of that information. Knowing the objective and the purpose of the website will help you know if the information is presented objectively or subjectively, and even sometimes, being biased. Information seekers should also be aware of the authors of the information they use. This will lead us and give us idea of how credible the author/s is. Non-credible sources of information also appeared in the internet. These often have one author and doctored photographs. Information seekers should double check the dates and the origin of these sources. When using information coming from the web, the information seekers should also cite the URL address, the date when it was accessed, the title, and the author/s name. This to certify that you did not own any statement and the whole idea of the information you used. It is simply giving recognition to the ones who created the information as a whole and to prevent plagiarizing to your researches and