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How would it change my U-learning if I'm knowledgeable in creating new ideas and knowledge?

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being information literate help you find creative and innovative ways of doing things, which is invaluably advantageous to your wider profession.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
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How would knowledge about evaluating & select information benefits my learning?

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to evaluate information in leisure, home, or professional situations is an essential skill. Our information world is always changing, and shelf-life of most information is no more than two years!

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
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The advantages of being information literate

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being information literate give you critical and strategic approaches to solve problems. It's you who need to decide using which type (e.g. research or non-research based) of information to support ideas, claims, and proposals that you propose in your research task.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
Resource Type:: Video

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Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

In this exercise, learners are required to distinguish the information belong to "primary sources" or "secondary sources". Primary information source are anything created at the time when the incident/event happened. They were created with the intention to record the incident/event. It could be a document, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, a diary, an artifact, and so on. Secondary information source is anything (e.g., documents, records, artifacts, objects, and so on) that discuss, relates, or refers another piece of information existing elsewhere.

Keywords:: Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

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Be a life-long learner

In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to use information to learn, being an informed learner is about being able to maximize the potential of the information environment you have. It will make it possible for you to be productive, capable, and also innovative and creative.

Keywords:: Study skills Learning Information literacy
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Further personal competencies and skills

Apart from subject domain knowledge, there are some personal competencies and skills that learner may want to develop in university. The personal competencies and skills include, critical thinking, evaluating definitions, evaluating arguments, evaluating news & media, evaluating scientific studies, evaluating disagreement, and evaluating statistics & graphs.

Keywords:: Critical thinking Media literacy Journalism -- Social aspects Information literacy Press criticism
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12 types of biases

In this slide, there could be as many as 12 types of biases that information user could fall victim when dealing with information.

Keywords:: Fallacies (Logic) Cognition Selectivity (Psychology)
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Check the essentials using AAOCC

In this slide, it introduces AAOCC, a way to identify bad information that helps people carrying out to filter information.

Keywords:: Web sites -- Evaluation Information literacy
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What are the six frame of informed learning

In this slide, it introduces the six frames for informed learning, suggested by Prof. Christine Bruce, would help learners brainstorm about the research topic in all-rounded, comprehensive way. The six aspects of your research topic that you should brainstorm for are: (1) Content frame, (2) Competency frame, (3) Learning to learn frame, (4) Personal relevance frame, (5) Social impact frame, and (6) Relational frame.

Keywords:: Learning Information literacy
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The role information and information literacy play in 4 steps methods for creating refutations

In this slide, it explains the 4-steps-method outlined by the University of Pittsburg and it illustrate the role information and information literacy play in each step to help learners to see the bigger picture.

Keywords:: Information retrieval Study skills Information literacy
Resource Type:: Others

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How would it change my U-learning if I'm knowledgeable in creating new ideas and knowledge?

How would knowledge about evaluating & select information benefits my learning?

The advantages of being information literate

Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

Be a life-long learner

Further personal competencies and skills

12 types of biases

Check the essentials using AAOCC

What are the six frame of informed learning

The role information and information literacy play in 4 steps methods for creating refutations

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