Teaching Students to Become Digital Content Curators: Fact or Fiction?
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| Title: | Teaching Students to Become Digital Content Curators: Fact or Fiction? |
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| Description: | Today's students are faced with a virtual tsunami of digital information. Given this dilemma, they are often willing to surrender and rely on the first website listed on their Internet search. This can lead to disaster for, as we know, not everything on the Internet is of value, true, or accurate. A remedy to this situation is to arm students with the skills of digital content curation. This text outlines a seven step process that can easily be embedded into the curriculum of any academic discipline. It provides the reader with the skills necessary to examine digital content, determine accuracy, and synthesize that information into a creative and reliable product. |
| Authors: | Brad Garner, Author |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Internet in education, Information literacy--Study and teaching, Internet research--Study and teaching, Internet searching--Study and teaching |
| Categories: | REFERENCE / Questions & Answers |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Today's students are faced with a virtual tsunami of digital information. Given this dilemma, they are often willing to surrender and rely on the first website listed on their Internet search. This can lead to disaster for, as we know, not everything on the Internet is of value, true, or accurate. A remedy to this situation is to arm students with the skills of digital content curation. This text outlines a seven step process that can easily be embedded into the curriculum of any academic discipline. It provides the reader with the skills necessary to examine digital content, determine accuracy, and synthesize that information into a creative and reliable product. |
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| ISBN: | 9781527527911 9781527530768 |