Learning Objectives Covered
- LO 01.02 – Demonstrate ability to use Independence University online library resources
- LO 01.03 – Identify, and demonstrate use of, the key features of SHARC, including Library Resources, Student Success Center, Writing Center, Career Services, and Help-Chat-FAQ
Intro Video
(3:21)https://youtu.be/vdUpJ5vydWk (Links to an external site.)
Background
This week’s discussion will explore research challenges to help you with your academics and future career.
Review the presentation titled “Conducting Online Research” found on the Purdue Online Writing Lab website. The slides give information about ways to begin your research, including the evaluation of different kinds of sources: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/searching_online/documents/20090729115320_558.ppt (Links to an external site.)
Download the presentation and review it carefully. The presentation itself is not 100% accurate, which emphasizes the challenges in getting correct information. The main issue with the presentation is in the context. For example,Slide 5 talks about print content being reviewed. However, the criteria in the slide only apply to a certain type of print and only in certain ways. Self-publishing has always existed. Today self-publishing is very common. Some organizations also print their own highly-biased materials. The slide primarily refers to academic journals, which involve teams of editors and expert reader panels.
Optional but Highly Recommended and Fun
This website is a fun way to explore fake news and real news. You’ll see a short article and you have to guess if it is real or fake. Trust us, you’ll want to click on the source button for each article to improve your chances. http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/ (Links to an external site.).
Back to Mandatory but Still Fun
Remember early school days as a kid? Ever have a friend tell you something like “Oh, she likes you. I’m sure of it” and then you acted on it only to find out the person really did not like you that way? Embarrassing probably, though hopefully now you can laugh about it.
There are many situations in life where we get misinformed. Sometimes acting on misinformation causes only minor embarrassment or delays—such as getting the wrong directions to a store. Other times misinformation can cause significant problems including death (misusing a prescription or being treated incorrectly by a doctor who misdiagnoses an issue) or financial loss (being conned by someone you thought you could trust to invest unwisely). There are also losses we experience from misinformation in the quality of our lives and the depth of our thoughts because of misinformation.
Unfortunately, many in today’s society think misinformation is okay. This goes all the way from the reputation of used car salespeople lying about defects in automobiles to politicians lying about the consequences of proposed legislation and everything in between. Despite the current trend to see fake news and awareness of manipulations of reality in things like reality shows and Photoshopped advertisements, the expectation from society in the workplace—and the one we should have for ourselves—is to be properly informed.
We need to use good critical thinking skills not only to come to decisions from the facts we have, but in how we gather the facts and determine which ones are true and which ones are important.
Though it is convenient to simply Google the answer to everything, there is no guarantee the quick answers are right. When making decisions about important topics or in developing our understanding of the world as we work to do in our education, we need to take the time to investigate properly and to first learn the research skills necessary to be successful in making decisions.
Prompt
This discussion is similar to the game Two Truths and a Lie. Your first post is to write about any current topic either from this course, your future career(animator and marketing manager), or something currently in the news. Take a position and back your position using two solid facts and one fake fact. You must have citations for all three facts, but you can make up the citation for the fake fact. The goal is to make it difficult for the instructor and your classmates to tell which fact is not accurate. Initial posts need to be at least 150 words.
Use the resources in the library (Links to an external site.) to help you find solid facts. The research databases—especially ProQuest and EBSCOHost—will give you lots of articles that have been peer-reviewed (reviewed by experts in the field who agree the content is valid).
In your replies, find at least one fact that counters what you believe is a fake fact in another student’s post. Remember to write your replies of at least 50 words and include at least one citation.
As you engage in this discussion, consider how much on social media and on the web is presented in nice packages that make things look real, when they are not. And then commit to do solid research in all your academic and career work so that you make solid decisions and others know they can rely on you.
Benchmarks is a section where you can see examples of A-level work. This is not perfect work, it is good enough to get an A. Obviously, do not copy the content. The examples are provided to help you craft your original answer.
I want you to choose the topic of Marketing Manager.
I have included example attachments
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