Teaching Web Evaluation A presentation prepared for the Fourth Institute for Student-Centered Learning , Binghamton University Janet Hogan - jhogan@binghamton.edu Beth Brown - ebrown@binghamton.edu Binghamton University Libraries January 22, 2002 Introduction Goals Why Evaluate? Evaluation Criteria ... Finding Reviewed Web Sites Introduction "Casual users and serious researchers place their trust in the accuracy and completeness of the data on the network. They're relying upon information of unknown pedigree and dubious quality, since little on the Internet has been refereed or reviewed." Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway . New York: Doubleday, 1995. p. 125. Paul Gilster, Digital Literacy New York: Wiley, 1997. Goals - identify criteria, checklists, or rubrics that can be used by students to evaluate WWW sites
- visit selected sites to evaluate WWW information
- suggest strategies for helping students evaluate and validate WWW information
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