Description
ET5023 Module 3 Application.
Evaluating Websites Using an Annotated Bibliography or Checklist
For this application assignment, you will locate credible and non-credible websites related to a topic of your choice and evaluate them using an annotated bibliography and checklist. The purpose of the evaluation exercises is to prepare examples of evaluation techniques for stakeholders in your workplace or other organization.
Step 1. Review
Review the resources for annotated bibliographies linked on the Learning Objects page.
Step 2. Choose
Choose a controversial topic of interest to you related to this course.
Step 3. Locate and Prepare
Find at least five credible and five non-credible sources on the internet for your topic for a total of 10 sources.
Prepare an annotated bibliography of credible and non-credible websites. Explain why each site is credible or not.
Include the following elements of an annotated bibliography as recommended by Bomar (2010):
Author
Currency
Subject coverage
Does the source being evaluated complement or conflict with other sources?
Does it provide a general overview of the topic, or does it provide detail and depth on a particular focus area within the topic?
Balance
Did the source provide a balanced view of the topic or advocate a particular view, conflict with other sources, or include the author’s opinion?
Make sure you give a decision on each source – is it credible or not? Include a rationale for your decision.
See the the Learning Objects page for the Bomar article.
Step 4. Search
Do an internet search and locate an appropriate website evaluation checklist. An example tool, the CARS, is linked on the the Learning Objects page.
Briefly explain why you chose the checklist and include the URL where you found it.
Choose two of your sources – one credible and one non-credible. Apply the checklist to each source. Copy and paste the completed checklists as an appendix in your assignment.
Briefly summarize the results, and address the following:
Did the checklist provide enough information for you (or another stakeholder) to decide on the credibility of the site?
Are there additional criteria you feel should be included in the checklist?
Are there criteria that were hard to evaluate?
Step 5. Reflect
Reflect on the website evaluation exercises and their value to you and one other stakeholder. Then, answer the following questions from the two perspectives.
What value did the annotated bibliography offer?
Which would be of more value to you and to the other stakeholder?
Which would be easier to use?
What were drawbacks and advantages of each strategy?
When would you use each of these tools with students?
Is one better suited to a particular type of information search than the other? Explain.
Why is it important for you, as a technology leader, to help ensure that other stakeholders are savvy evaluators of information?
Step 6. Compile and Submit
Compile the annotated bibliography, the checklist, and the reflection in one document. Include an APA-formatted title page, reference page, and in-text citations.
Please read the Assignment GuidelinesLinks to an external site. before you begin working.
ET5023 Mod 3 Discussion
Evaluating Information and Resources
A major challenge of living and working in the information age is understanding how to locate and evaluate relevant, high-quality information and resources.
Use the prompts to guide an original response.
In your own words and using examples, describe what relevant and high-quality information and resources are and how you can identify them.
What do technology users need to know about evaluating information and resources? Use examples related to your experience.
What questions would you pose to assess their ability to evaluate information sources and resources?
What kinds of instructional or training activities could you assign that would help technology users acquire the skills to evaluate information?
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