KacyGorin

EDCI270
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1.Davies,R.,Dean,S.,&Ball,D.(2013).Flippingtheclassroomandinstructionaltechnology
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Part3.
1. Abdulla,D.(2012).Attitudesofcollegestudentsenrolledin2yearhealthcareprograms
towardsonlinelearning.Computers&Education,59(4),12151223.
Thisarticlediscusseshowstudentshavehigheranxietieswhenenteringanonlinecourseas
comparedtoatraditionalclassroomsetting.Inthearticleitdiscusseswaystocutbackonthe
anxietiesthataccompanytheonlineclasses.Overallthearticledecidedthatforthemostpart,
studentsprefertophysicallyseetheirinstructorsandclassmates.
2. Keller,Heath,&Karau,StevenJ.(2013).Theimportanceofpersonalityinstudents
perceptionsoftheonlinelearningexperience.ComputersinHumanBehavior,
29(6),24942500.
Thisarticleexaminedthecorrelationbetweentypesofpersonalitiesandtypesofonline
courses.Thepurposeofthisexperimentwasotfigureoutwhycertainstudentsliked
certaincoursesetupsbetter.
3. Lu,June,Yang,Jun,&Yu,ChunSheng.(2013).Issocialcapitaleffectiveforonline
learning?Information&Management,50(7),507522.
Thisarticlewasveryinterestinginthewayittalkedabouttherolesocialmediaplayedin
onlinelearning.Itdiscussedthedifferenttoolsinstructorscanusetomaketheonline
learningprocessmoreeffective.Therearesixdifferentkindsofsocialcapitalsandthe
articletalkedabouthowsocialmediaandonlinelearningcanincludethose.

Part4
Beinginformationallyliterateisacriticalskill,whichisnecessaryforboththe21st
centuryteacherandstudent.Livinginthe21stcenturyislivinginaworldwherethereisso
muchinformationatourfingertips,andaseducators,wehavetoshowourstudentshowtosift
throughalltheinformationwearegiven.
Thereissomuchvaluetobeinginformationallyliterate.Almostalloftheinformation
peoplereceivetodayisonline.Thereisinformationonlinethatisbothtrueandfalse,andpartof
beinginformationallyliterateisbeingabletodecipherwhatistrueandnot.Ifsomeonehasthe
skillstobeliterateinthewaytheyprocessinformation,theyknowwhichresourcesarereliable
andwhicharenot.
Itisimportanttoknowhowtoaccessandevaluateinformationfoundonlineforseveral
reasons.Thefirstoftheseisthereisjustsomuchinformationonline.Itcanbeoverwhelmingto
searchforabroadtopiconline.Withtoolssuchasonlinedatabases,itallowsforamorespecific
searchandalsoformorereliablesourcestocomeup.Itismyresponsibilityasateachertohelp
studentsbeabletofindreliableinformationonlineandtoteachthemhowtodoso.Itisalsoless
stressfulwhenusingadatabase,becausethesearchprocessisnotasintensebecauseitismore
specificfromthestart.
TheISTEstandardshelpteachersfigureoutwhatismostimportantfortheirstudentsto
understandintermsoftechnologicaluse.Thestandardthatmostclearlyreflectsinformation
literacyis,Designanddevelopdigitalagelearningexperiencesandassessments.Thisstandard
talksabouthowimportantitisforteacherstocreatealearningenvironmentthatis
technologicallyrichandallowsforstudentstoexplorethedifferentkindsofresourcesthe
internethastooffer.Itistheteachersresponsibilitytoshowtheirstudentshowtoevaluateonline
resources.
Copyright,plagiarism,andfairusegohandinhandwithinformationliteracy.When
lookingupinformationonline,itcansometimesbehardtoputtheinformationfoundonlineinto
thepaperthatisbeingworkedon.Inallcasesofcopyright,plagiarismandfairuse,itis
absolutelycriticalthatcreditisgiventotheauthor.Copyrightiswheretheauthorhastherightto
publishorprinttheirwork.Ifstudentsprinttheauthorswork,whichhasbeencopyrighted,they
needtounderstandthatintherealworldtherearereallegalrepercussions.However,ifeducators
teachstudentstheconceptoffairuse,itwouldbehighlybeneficialforthestudent.Byshowing
themthattheycanusebriefsectionsofcopyrightedworkifcitedproperlyandgivingcreditto
theauthor,itisaskillthattheywillusefortherestoftheirlives.Foryoungergrades,itcanbe
hardtograspwhatisplagiarism,anditisaconceptthatmustbetaughtatayoungagethatisnot

okaytotakesomeonesworkandsayitisyourown.Theauthorworkedhardontheirpaperor
theirresearchandtheydeservetobecreditedwithwhattheydid.
Informationliteracyandtechnologyaredirectlyrelated.Astechnologyhasbecomemore
prevalentinsociety,theneedtohaveliterateinthewayinformationisprocessedismore
important.AschildrenwillbelookingformoreinformationontheInternetandthroughonline
databases,itiscrucialthattheyknowhowtoprocesstheinformationinthebestway.Atyounger
andyoungerageschildrenwillbeexposedtoinformationontheInternet.Itwillbenefitthem
mostinthelongruniftheyknowhowtobeinformationallyliterate.