Week 8: Overview

Overview

Searching as Strategic Exploration

By the end of this week you will be able to:

- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of doing research on the Web
- Understand how to form Research Questions
- Search the web to locate reliable information
- Identify tools that support online research
- Use search strategies to find resources that are relevant and credible
- Develop meaningful research topics
- Explain why gathering background information is important to the research process
- Navigate to the appropriate information sources for background information
- Create a peer review for a classmate

Weekly Schedule

This week, access and read through the course content. Write an INITIAL DISCUSSION POST by THURSDAY, APRIL 14th at 11:59 PM. You will then need to respond to others in the class in the weekly discussion. Your RESPONSE POST is due by SUNDAY, APRIL 17th at 11:59 PM.

In addition, the following assignment will be due this week by SUNDAY, APRIL 17th at 11:59 PM:

This Week's Work

This week, you should plan to spend:

Approximately 2-4 hours reading, watching, and reviewing course material
Approximately 4-6 hours doing discussions, and assignments