34 Month: November 2021 (page 1 of 4)

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A Scientific Knowledge Paywall

As we discussed earlier in the course, a lot of scientific literature belongs to journals that require fees to read, even though much of the scientific research in…

Why You Should Meet With the WFU Librarians

I have been working on my senior politics thesis all semester, and I decided to meet with a WFU librarian for the first time (and I’ve gone back…

6 Steps to Take When Consuming Media: A Graphic

Basic Skills Wrap-up One of my personal learning goals was to become a more responsible consumer of media, so I decided to make a graphic out of the…

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Women & Search Engines – Lanie Angelo

Google has a massive issue on their hands when it comes to their search engine algorithm. After reading Safiya Umoja Noble’s article “Missed Connections,” I was shocked to…

High Costs in Higher Education

The Cost of Knowledge- Lea Marrs

I was surprised to learn about the costs of the resources used in higher education. This is a ridiculous amount of money! If the school did not pay…

Fake News

The notion of Fake News has been around for awhile, but the phrase seemed to have gained a lot of popularity throughout the Trump presidency. This now common…

Media Literacy

Media Literacy for Students – Lanie Angelo

A topic of this week that I found to be particularly pertinent is “Media Literacy.” Media Literacy refers to the ability to access, analyze, create, and essentially, use…

A Good Net Citizen

A Good Net Citizen – Virginia Witherington

Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. It often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through…

Google the New Yellow Pages

Search engines are the new yellow pages. For those unfamiliar with Yellow Pages, Yellow Pages is a phone book that was in every household to look up people…

SIFT Walkthrough

Hi everyone! Here is a screen recording I made walking through using the SIFT strategy for assessing the legitimacy of a source. https://watch.screencastify.com/v/xCn2hjwL2HmkM8KCh0mN