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

    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.

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    Information retrieval Study skills Information literacy
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    Further personal competencies and skills

    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.

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    Critical thinking Media literacy Journalism -- Social aspects Information literacy Press criticism
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    How false news can spread - Noah Tavlin

    How false news can spread - Noah Tavlin

    Dive into the phenomenon known as circular reporting and how it contributes to the spread of false news and misinformation. In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions for something called circular reporting. Noah Tavlin sheds light on this phenomenon.

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    Media literacy Fake news Information literacy
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    Check the essentials using AAOCC

    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.

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    Web sites -- Evaluation Information literacy
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    Want to test your knowledge on Primary and Secondary Sources?

    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.

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    Information resources Research -- Methodology Information literacy
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    Be a life-long learner

    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.

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    Study skills Learning Information literacy
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    How to check plagiarism

    How to check plagiarism

    In this video, the librarian from the University Librarian of the University of Hong Kong talk about Turnitin. Turnitin is an online text matching software. It offers originality checking on student papers for proper citation or potential plagiarism.

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    Intellectual property Plagiarism Information literacy Academic writing
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    What is plagiarism

    What is plagiarism

    In this video, Mr Peter Sidorko, the University Librarian of the University of Hong Kong explain the importance of academic integrity. Students are expected to conduct themselves honesty and with integrity. One of the key responsibilities is to assure to credit the materials used to develop the ideas and academic work properly and avoid plagiarism.

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    Intellectual property Plagiarism Information literacy Academic writing
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    How would it change my U-learning if I'm knowledgeable in creating new ideas and knowledge?

    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.

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    Study skills Learning Information literacy
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    The advantages of being information literate

    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.

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    Study skills Learning Information literacy
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