Course Specific Research Support for WR 227Z: Home

Learning Goals Indicators:
1.1.D. Use advanced search strategies and different types of search language (controlled vocabulary, natural or colloquial language, keywords) for different applications in discipline specific, technical area, or discourse community
1.1.E. Read laterally to evaluate the reliability of information, and evaluate sources for usefulness, reliability, author's expertise, frequency of citation, and position within the scholarly conversation
1.1.F. Select and use effective tools and source types with specific conventions, to access information, including specialized, subject-specific, and scholarly sources
1.1.G. Evaluate information for accuracy, validity, importance, and bias, using increasingly complex qualifiers for professional/technical focus
1.1.H. Compare and use sources from a variety of digital formats and select the most appropriate for a specific purpose within a discipline-specific or professional/technical context
1.1.J. Reflect on the effectiveness of a research process including problem solving, and progress through developing a topic into a disciplinary or professional/technical researchable question

1.2.C. Use tools to concurrently organize, analyze, and synthesize information in a discipline specific or professional/technical context
1.2.H. Reflect on the development of new knowledge in a topic from a discipline specific, or professional/technical area, and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies and tools used in a research process

1.3.A. Analyze delivery formats for usefulness, adaptability, and appropriate format to communicate demonstrate an understanding in a discipline specific or professional/technical area
1.3.B Select the most appropriate tools to create and to share work, based on purpose and audience, for online or in-person presentation
1.3.D Use a discipline specific or professional/technical framework to track the acquisition of new understanding and to evaluate the effectiveness of a created product

2.2.E. Identify how an author or authors, including organizations and companies as authors, write with a variety of purposes and for particular audiences, and evaluate effectiveness of text to purpose within the field of study or discipline specific content

3.1.C. Critically evaluate contributions made (including one's own) in a variety of information environments within a field of study, identifying biases, and evaluating the value of various perspectives

3.2.A. Seek accuracy, legitimacy, and reliability in sources, and be objective when searching and reading, and demonstrate an understanding of how particular sources, including crowd sourced, contribute to knowledge within a field of study
3.2.C. Within a field of study, use strategies to avoid plagiarism, use subject-specific citation styles, and demonstrate an understanding of the rights and permissions for use of intellectual property, including public domain, and Creative Commons licenses
3.2.D. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of intellectual property and originality, and use sources within the limitations of copyright law, the allowances of public domain, copyleft (open public copyright), or Creative Commons licenses, and read sources closely to understand the context for the given information to accurately represent the ideas in context

Knowledge Practices:
Articulate the capabilities and constraints of information developed through various creation processes

Assess the fit between an information product’s creation process and a particular information need

Recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged

Monitor the value that is placed upon different types of information products in varying contexts

Develop, in their own creation processes, an understanding that their choices impact the purposes for which the information product will be used and the message it conveys

Dispositions:
Value the process of matching an information need with an appropriate product

Resist the tendency to equate format with the underlying creation process
Understand that different methods of information dissemination with different purposes are available for their use

Knowledge Practices:
Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

Articulate the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access, and the public domain

Dispositions:
Respect the original ideas of others

See themselves as contributors to the information marketplace rather than only consumers of it

Knowledge Practices:
Determine the initial scope of the task required to meet their information needs;

Identify interested parties, such as scholars, organizations, governments, and industries, who might produce information about a topic and then determine how to access that information

Match information needs and search strategies to appropriate search tools

Manage searching processes and results effectively

Dispositions:
Realize that information sources vary greatly in content and format and have varying relevance and value, depending on the needs and nature of the search