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-his sorce e7plains h!;rid corses, *hich inclde mostl! online lectres and activities,
*ith a #raction o# #ace"to"#ace classroom time. <n advantage o# this is that slo*er
learners can ta3e their time *ith the lectres, re*inding and pasing as needed.
1imltaneosl!, =ic3er learners can po*er throgh each lectre.
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and the traditional classroom. "nline )ournal of distance learning administration, !($).
-his sorce is *ritten a;ot research done over higher edcation stdents> perceptions
over corses taght otside o# the classroom. <#ter their #indings, the! anal!?ed and
pointed ot ;oth advantages and disadvantages o# online learning.
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-his sorce ela;orates on a std! ;ased on colla;orative online learning. -he
e7perimenters learned a;ot trends and motivations among stdents *or3ing in grops
;ehind a compter screen.
Being in#ormationall! literate provides an open door to research, intellect, and 3no*ledge
that is no* availa;le in toda!>s modern *orld. -he in#ormation pt ot in the *orld via
technolog! adds an important, pper level o# #inding ans*ers and conclsions. -here is more
than an a;ndance o# relia;le in#ormation that can ;e ta3en advantage o#, as long as it is 3no*n
ho* to go a;ot #inding it. Not ever!thing on the @nternet can ;e trsted, so ;eing a*are and
s3ill#l o# researching can help one rather than hrting one. <long *ith ;eing in#ormationall!
literate is 3no*ing ho* to cite sorces in order to avoid the ver! #ro*ned"pon plagiarism and
cop!right. -his literac! s3ill, *hen mastered, can greatl! enhance the classroom and the
stdents> 3no*ledge.
<s a stdent, it is important #or me to ;e in#ormationall! literate in order to complete
corse*or3 and m! teachers>Apro#essors> e7pectations. Briting research papers, #or e7ample,
re=ires the a;ilit! to discover relia;le, *ell"done sorces that can enhance the credi;ilit! o# m!
o*n *or3. From a teacher>s standpoint, it is important to ;e in#ormationall! literate ;ecase
teachers are the primar! sorce o# a stdent>s learning. < stdent learns ho* to access credi;le
in#ormation ;ecase o# the teachers that the! have.
:ne o# the @1-6 1tandards #or -eachers sa!s that teachers shold CFacilitate and inspire
stdent learning and creativit!.D @n other *ords, stdents shold ;e encoraged to loo3 p and
pt pieces together a;ot the real *orld ;! sing their in#ormation literac! s3ills. <ll o# the
@1-6 1tandards can ;e #l#illed ;! teaching stdents ho* to develop these s3ills and assigning
*or3 to practice and tili?e these s3ills. <s long as teachers are eligi;le to live p to the
standards, the stdents can greatl! ;ene#it and can contine on in this *orld *ith digital
3no*ledge.
:ne o# the most important aspects o# in#ormation literac!, in m! opinion, is plagiarism
and cop!right. @t is crcial that one does not ta3e credit #or another>s hard *or3. @t is e7tremel!
necessar! to ;e catios and a*are o# ho* to se in#ormation properl! and *ithot ta3ing one>s
*or3 #or !or o*n. Not onl! is it common cortes!, ;t it is ta3en ver! seriosl! in the
classroom. @t is more than li3el! that a stdent *ill #ail i# he or she is caght plagiari?ing, even i#
it *as *ithot intent. <s long as a stdent 3no*s ho* to avoid these sitations, ;! citing sorces
correctl! and ;eing in#ormationall! literate, researching and *or3ing *ill come as smooth
sailing.
<long *ith 3no*ing ho* to cite sorces, another s3ill o# in#ormation literac! that @ #ind
to ;e se#l is creating annotated ;i;liographies. -his is a place *here one can store all o# their
sorces, and the! are given the #reedom to critici?e and e7plain *hat each sorce is a;ot. @t
cold ;e a smmar! o# the in#ormation given in the sorce, and it cold ;e a Edgment on ho*
se#l, ;iased, or #actal the sorce trl! is. Bhen researching, @ #ind this to ;e ver! help#l
;ecase it ma3es it eas! to 3eep all sorces straight.
Bith the technolog! availa;le toda!, the lac3 o# in#ormation literac! can lead to #alse
in#ormation and plagiarism. :ne can #ind almost an!thing on the @nternet, ;t the credi;ilit! and
trth ;ehind it is *hat conts. :ne can ta3e an!thing that he or she #inds on the @nternet, ;t
ta3ing it as his or her o*n is *hat leads to tro;le *ith plagiarism and cop!right. -he tools
availa;le to s in the modern *orld re=ire a *ell nderstanding o# ho* to access and tili?e
them.