This
is a copy of the actual form that you will access on the Internet
when you assess yourself at the end of this module. Read through
it and prepare your answers before connecting to the Internet
to complete the real form.
Assess yourself and the progress that you
have made by completing the following self-assessment form.
You need to practise / reflect a lot
if...
You should feel encouraged
if...
You are becoming an expert
if...
Information Evaluation
You are unable to distinguish between good and bad information
sites
You are aware of most of the criteria for evaluating
information even though you are sometimes undecided
You are able to apply the information evaluation criteria
regularly and effectively
Natural language search (AskJeeves)
You
are unable to get any results with AskJeeves
You
have found valuable information using AskJeeves, but
sometimes you struggle to work with this search engine
You are very successful in finding good information
sources with AskJeeves
Subject
directory search (Yahoo)
You are unable to get any results with Yahoo
You have found valuable information using Yahoo, but
sometimes you struggle to work with this search engine
You are very successful in finding good information
sources with Yahoo
Keyword
strategy
You are unable to identify keywords for keyword searches
You struggle to refine your search strategy with keywords,
but you nevertheless find useful information, even though
it takes a bit of time
You understand keywords and keyword searches and you
search with ease and relative success
Keyword search (Google)
You are unable to get any results with Google
You have found valuable information using Google, but
sometimes you struggle to work with this search engine
Using Google, you regularly find useful information
that suits your needs
Defining questions for learners
You
feel that you are unable to define questions that make
learners think
You have tried to define questions that promote thinking
but sometimes your learners just end up copying work
off websites
Both you and your learners are able to interact with
information on the basis of asking challenging questions
Plagiarism
You
do not understand what plagiarism is about
You understand what plagiarism is about but your learners
still copy other people's ideas
You
and your learners understand what plagiarism is about
and make use of proper bibliographies and original ideas
Synthesis
You
were not able to design activities for synthesis
You tried to design activities for synthesis, but struggled
to manage that learning process
You managed to design good activities for synthesis
and both you and your learners were engaged by the activities
and ideas
To complete this
form online, connect to The
Educators' Network. Log in with your user name and password
for The Educators' Network; then click on Self-Assessment.
Click on Submit once you have completed the form online.
Once you have completed the self-assessment
form, complete the Module Evaluation
form.
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