DEFINITION
Information
possesses several dimensions of value, including as a commodity, as a means of
education, as a means to influence, and as a means of negotiating and
understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information
production and dissemination. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
LEARNING OUTCOME
- Student will recognise plagiarism is stilling someone’s property which is a criminal offence they will be able to cite the sources correctly and understand the reason for doing so.
- The student will be able to understand how long does it take to create information, where and how is it published
- They have responsibility of creating new information and how the new information is disseminated
ACTIVITIES
The
class will be divided into two groups doing a research topic effect of media violence on children.
- Both groups will be discussing or brainstorming about plagiarism and consequence of not citing
- The first group will be search information on the Google scholar and library database and cite their work
- The second group will be doing a search on scholarly blogs and magazines not citing their work.
RELATIONSHIP
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The
first activity and the first learning outcome by brainstorming and discuss the
consequences of not citing someone’s work is an offence
- The student will know that they have a responsibility of creating new information by search on Google scholar and library database and finding flaws and gaps on their research topic and citing their work.
- The second learning outcome and the last activity. The student will able to know that dissemination of information you use different format different ways of publishing and well as time.