Information Creation as a Process
A. Identify 5 formats of sources that you find for your research topic, decide why the chosen formats are appropriate for the information need
Why do students gravitate towards Google as an information source, over the
more reputable and credible library databases?
A 1. Journal
article:
Gaga Over Google: More
than a Search Engine, Less than a Mind
Source: The New Atlantis,
No. 5 (Spring 2004), pp. 99-101 Published by: Center for the Study of
Technology and Society (Accessed at) http://www.jstor.org/stable/43152109 27-10-2017 08:00 UTC
The peer reviewed journal
article is based on expert and professional knowledge. Also, if it is peer
reviewed, it eliminates false work or knowledge from the subject I am
researching.
2. Newspaper article: by Fabiana Vilsan; Thursday, October 12, 2017. How tech undermines our education. The
Brown Daily Herald [available at] http://www.browndailyherald.com/2017/10/12/vilsan-19-tech-undermines-education/
The newspaper is very credible and authoritative newspaper. A newspaper can be a very
useful source for information. It is a primary source of information for past
and current happenings, it also gives multiple viewpoints (unbiased) about an
event or happening. Newspaper reporters would essentially source information
from a variety of primary sources (interviews), also making the articles very objective and unbiased.
3. Print
book: Brabazon, T. (2007). The University of Google: education in the (post)
information age. Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Ashgate.
Academia, especially
social sciences have a strong leaning towards printed sources. A printed source
allows a researcher to make notes and underline, which is not possible with
e-sources. So it is essentially better for taking notes and research. the author is also an authority in his/her field.
4. E-book:
Baskin, B., Brashars, J., & Long, J. (2007). Google talking. Rockland, MA,
Syngress.
The e-book can be
downloaded to any ICT device. It is also very portable, meaning that I do not
have to carry a physical book with me. In fact, my entire book collection can
be installed on my ICT device.
5. PowerPoint presentation:
“I find Google a lot easier than going to the library website.” Imagine Ways to
Innovate and Inspire Students to Use the Academic Library
By Lynn Connaway
The ability to incorporate audio, illustrations and video in a presentation can enhance the appeal and draw attention to any presentation. It is also a very interactive format.
B. Transform the information that you found to another format, and write a reflection on what you needed to consider as you went through the process.
B1-Converting the journal article into a Podcast-Interview with an undergraduate student, with regards to his information behavior.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/132947/585618-information-behaviour-of-an-undergraduate-student
https://www.buzzsprout.com/132947/585618-information-behaviour-of-an-undergraduate-student
2. Converting the newspaper article into a PowerPoint display (How technology undermines education) http://www.powershow.com/view0/8856c8-NjRkM/Technology_impacts_attention_span_of_students_powerpoint_ppt_presentation
3. Converting a PowerPoint presentation into a Blog: Imagining ways to innovate and inspire students to use the academic library.https://informationbehaviour-blogger.blogspot.co.za/
To have converted the above Journal article and newspaper article have been quite challenging but not impossible. I have learnt that their are innovative and other platforms available to carry or transfer information over. For some perhaps, listening to the podcast at their leisure or for some learners that would find the PowerPoint presentation more appealing. These are all (Podcast, PowerPoint, YouTube and Blog) web based formats, which the Generation Y cohort have a penchant for. The manner in which information is communicated is important as the platform that disseminates the information must draw the student into engaging with the information.
4. Converting a Print Book into a YouTube presentation.
Print book: Brabazon, T. (2007). The University of Google: education in the (post) information age. Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Ashgate.
How the information age will change our lives: Technology, rich and poor gap (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTLPI998O50
The millennial generation finds the combination of visual with sound more appealing, therefore they would gravitate more to a media platform like YouTube. Myself, during my undergraduate years would go to YouTube, to source more information about a lecture I had during the day. Sometimes I would download a lecture from one of the top universities (Harvard). To post something on YouTube is a very uncomplicated and easy process.
5. Converting an E-resource into a journal article.
Baskin, B., Brashars, J., & Long, J. (2007). Google talking. Rockland, MA, Syngress. (E-resource) converted into a journal article.
Journal article: Information-seeking behaviour in Generation Y students: Motivation, Critical Thinking and Learning Theory.
https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0099133304001521/1-s2.0-S0099133304001521-main.pdf?_tid=c0f51d88-ca22-11e7-adc2-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1510763807_20e6cb291225f88a4134dfe9ca8ea438
Journal articles are peer reviewed academic literature. This means that a panel of experts have read and approved the article in a specific discipline. Journals give factual information to substantiate a claim or argument. To qualify as a journal article is a lengthy and arduous process as academic approval first needs to be given (peer review), it does not happen over night.
