Lecture Summary
This lecture dicussed finding quality information on the Wrorld Wide Web. It looked at what quality information is i.e. being multidimensional. It discussed why the information provided on the internet could be false and misleading, withinh open protocols and open architexture. Anyone who can access the internet can create a webpage and that information can even be bias and inaccurate. The lecture explained the history of the WWW and hot it got so unruly and what to consider when choosing an internet site. Ask questions such as who is the author if there is one and who is the publisher, when was it last updated and is the website either .org., .net, ..edu, .gov as i know that there are valid websites.
Workshop Entry
This weeks workshop discussed website authentication. The task for this week is to look at a website that gives you useful tips on finding out whether a website is accurate and then write it in my own words. The second part is to evaluate two websites using the headings Accuracy, Authorship, Purpose, Detail and Design and the overall worth.
Activities
1. When looking for a certain topic make sure you know what you are looking for specifically as if you don't really have an idea you could be gaining the wrong information. Always look for an author, when it was last updated and always compare information to other websites, don't just rely on the one site.
Accuracy- There is a last updated date, a copyright sign. There are a lot of dates to what is written by who and when
Authorship- The University of Virginia took ownership of this website
Purpose-There purpose was to talk about the fashions, the trends of the sixties
Detail and Design- It is very colourful and attractive. There is a logo but there isnt much colour to the website
Overall Worth- There is good grammar and punctuation and the website looks clean without mich advertising. I am able to write my own comments so i think this page is reliable.
Accuracy- The website has a last updated date and has an address where you can contact them.
Authorship- There doesnt seem to be any author or publisher so it doesn't seem to be very reliable.
Purpose- The purpose was to inform people on what occrued in the sixties.
Detail and Design- The site is designed by New Word Order.
Overall Worth- The site is very boring and doesn' have much colour or design to it. There were a few dead lins which is a clear point that this site isn't very accurate.
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