Practical 8
For this week’s practical, we are supposed to cite the resources we have used using the APA citation style and compile them into bibliography. I realized that doing a bibliography is not easy as there is a format for it. Using the format given in lecture slides, I did the citation for my resources. I think that giving credit to the websites we have taken the information from is an important thing. I am glad that UIR teaches me the proper way of citing websites as it can be used for other subjects as well.
Practical 7
This week’s practical involved Wiki. I am supposed to post the research I have done for my assignment topic. I feel that Wiki has allowed me to have a better understanding about the topic I am doing as different members may have found different information.
Besides that, I can also view the topics that are done by other groups. As we are not doing the same topic, Wiki provides me with a chance to get to read information about other topics which are also very interesting. I believed that Wiki has helped me gain more knowledge about the different topics.
Also, we can edit the information we have put on Wiki with the edit feature. This allows us to add on to the existing information when we have found more related information. On the whole, this a good learning experience.
Practical 6b
For this week’s practical, I am supposed to post a new discussion or reply to a topic in a forum. I have some difficulty in doing that as some forums require log-ins. I signed up for the forum but it did not send the confirmation email to me. Finally, I posted in a forum which does not require the verification of email.
This week is also e-learning week. I have to post my answer to the question in OLE. The question made me thought about how internet has helped me in my academic life. I realized that with Internet, researching for information required for projects has becoming easier and more efficient. Internet provides me with a wide range of information which is useful in doing my projects. I need not have to browse through a large number of books to get the same amount of information.
Besides signing up a forum and posting answers in OLE, I also have to evaluate the other resource I have found in the last practical based on the criteria given. After evaluating, I realized that this resource is not as updated as compared to the resource I found last week. I am glad that the criterion, currency is used to evaluate resources as it helps me to judge if the information is up-to-date.
I believed that the criteria used in the evaluation of resources will come in useful in future. It will help me in finding information on reliable websites.
