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Over 20 student teams from national and international universities, including UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan, presented their global health technologies at the Rice competition. In this video, it share the story of 2 team of HKUST students. SIGHT was the first team from HKUST to participate in the Rice competition and they won.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Research Technological innovations Medical records -- Data processing Pharmacy management
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- Video
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In this video, you will learn about strategies to critically evaluate search results, including (1) Choose good & varied search tools, (2) Ask yourself what you want or need, (3) Use the sorting & filtering functions, (4) Look for your keywords the important parts of the results, (5) Pay issuing organization or publisher, (6) Ask yourself the information whether is credible, suitable, technical information appropriate to your information needs.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Research -- Methodology Engineering -- Research Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students are working on their engineering innovation project. They used various search tools to find various information. However, they have difficulties to decide what to look at first, and how to choose in a strategic and clever way.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Research
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- Video
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In this slide, you will learn more about citation counts, h-index, eigenfactor score, and impact factor.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Periodicals Bibliometrics Scholarly periodicals -- Ratings rankings
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- Others
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In this exercise, you will learn various engineering content types. For example, journal articles & conference papers, e-books, patents, standards, thesis & dissertations.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Engineering -- Research Information literacy
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- Others
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In this video, you’ll learn what databases are, and some tips for searching them effectively.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Engineering -- Research Database searching
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- Video
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While many journal articles and conference papers are written by scholars working at universities or research institutions, professional engineering associations also play a major role in disseminating research findings and practices by: Publishing peer-reviewed research journals Publishing practical “trade” journals Holding conferences & publishing proceedings In this video, it explains what professional associations do and why it matters.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Professional associations Professional education Periodicals
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- Video
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There's lots of Engineering information on the Web. Some ask you to pay money; your library probably already subscribes to many good sources. As you develop into a professional engineer, you will learn to go beyond general web pages or web docs & become a more sophisticated engineering information user and creator. In this video, it introduces different engineering information (characteristics & purposes).
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Information resources Engineering -- Research
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In this video, you’ll continue to learn how to evaluate and identify different types of sources.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Information resources Engineering -- Research
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Many fresh graduates are unaware that the jobs postings in newspapers or employment websites are only the tip of the iceberg when compared to all the actual career opportunities available on the market. Oftentimes, the advertised jobs attract dozens or even hundreds of interested candidates. Tracking down a position that is unadvertised or doesn’t yet exist is therefore worthwhile because one will face a lot less competition. In this video, a team of students are discovering the golden opportunity of their lives. Does their story inspire you to find your own future dream job?
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- College graduates -- Employment New business enterprises
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- Video
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In this video, a student, Jacob comes up with a brilliant idea to compile over hundreds of highly relevant citations for his reference list in just under an hour. Without this shortcut, Jacob might have spent a week tidying up his references before submitting his paper. Do you want to learn how Jacob so painlessly created the reference list? Watch the video below and see what Jacob ends up doing after he meets with Prof. Ian, his co-supervisor of the research project.
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- Bibliographical citations Report writing
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Most successful people are able to perceive the world around them differently, looking creatively at organisations and systems. They uncover hidden patterns and possibilities that allow them to discover new insights and new ways of doing things. In this video, most of the teammates regard its completion as the end of a journey, there is one student who spots an opportunity to do more.
- Keywords:
- Business planning Business -- Research -- Methodology Proposal writing in business
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In this video, Dr Robert Wright, a multi-award winning teacher and researcher at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shares his views on the various aspects of information seeking: Inspiration -- Where does he get inspiration for research? Selecting info -- How does he select appropriate information for his research projects? Evaluating info -- What criteria help him evaluate the quality of a research article? Top tips -- What tips does he have for his students to help them read and understand an academic journal article?
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- Business -- Research -- Methodology Management -- Research -- Methodology
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In this video, Dr Charles Lam shares his views on how to deals with information at various stages of the investment deal. In his sharing, he covers 4 stages of the investment deal. In completing a deal -- What are the major steps involved in completing a real estate investment deal? In making decisions about real estate -- Which business information will inform his decision-making? In validating information -- What mechanism does he use to validate the information sources and data? In spotting bad information -- How does he spot out biased or even fraudulent information?
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- Investments Real estate investment Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
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In this video, Ms Huang, industry analyst from Bloomberg Intelligence, shares her views on how to deals with information at various stages of research namely: At the start -- What information does Margaret seek to kick-start research into an industry theme? During the search -- How does she determine the reliability of her data sources? During the search -- What major challenges does she face when dealing with business information? At the end -- What makes her industry research valuable to investors?
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- Investments Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
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In this video, a member of the team discovers a piece of surprising investment advice that she shares with her teammates. Watch the video to see the competition results and learn about the investment advice. What goes wrong?
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- Investments Investment analysis Stocks -- Prices
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- Video
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In this slide, it explains 3 questions: (1) What are the top 20 journals in the subject discipline of business and international management, (2) How can I find the most highly cited articles on a specific strategy, and (3) How can I find the articles from practitioner magazines and newspapers.
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In this video, a team of students now planning a marketing strategy for their business, and require theoretical frameworks and concepts found in the academic literature, that is, academic journal articles. They have so many questions, such as which articles are most influential and should be read first, which are the top journals in the field, and who are the prolific authors on the topic?
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- Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation Bibliometrics
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- Video
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With power searching, you can quickly identify the many freely available, top-quality reports produced by professional bodies such as top investment banks, accounting firms, and management consultancies. In this video, a student, Christina demonstrates three advanced search tips on Google.
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- Google (Firm) Web search engines Internet searching
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- Video
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In this slide, it explains 3 questions: (1) How do I gather the forecast of key economic indicators in Hong Kong, (2) How can I find the market data and analytics for mobile phones in China, and (3) How can I create a customized table to compare P/F ratios of all constituent stocks in Hang Seng Index.
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- China -- Hong Kong Economic conditions -- Statistics Business -- Databases
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- Others
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For most of us, research starts with a search engine like Google. Is a search engine always the best tool for getting business information? Have you experienced the frustration of not being able to find what you need online? In this video, the students on the team are about to face some challenges as they begin their information search.
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- Business planning Corporations -- Finance Proposal writing in business
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students are working together to create a business plan--a formal document that describes the business goals of a start-up company, and provides a strategic map to show how it will attain those goals. What kinds of information do they need to write a business plan? Which information sources will provide them with the critical evidence
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- Business planning Proposal writing in business
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- Video
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In this video, Prof Klaus Tochtermann, the Director of Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW) and Professor of Media Informatics of University of Kiel in German shares his view on the importance of becoming information literate.
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- Information literacy
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- Video
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how to make a creative video.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Creative ability History -- Research Humanities -- Research
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students are suggested to digitize the works of the exhibition.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Intellectual property Humanities -- Research Copyright
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- Video
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In this video, it is about the intellectual property. It elaborates the four type of intellectual propery, trademark, copyright, design rights, and patent.
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- Law and Legislation and Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Intellectual property Design protection Industrial property
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students have been collecting the various type of information that needed for the exhibition. One of them suggested to show some videos during the exhibition to the public and you found the TV programmes about the cinema development of Hong Kong that was broadcasted in television channels found are extremely useful for the exhibition.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Exhibitions -- Planning Intellectual property YouTube (Electronic resource) Humanities -- Research Copyright
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- Video
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on why we need to care about other historians' ideas? Why don't we just finding facts.
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- Communication in the humanities Humanities -- Research History -- Research
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- Video
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton shares his view on how do historians select relevant information.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- History -- Research -- Methodology Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research History -- Research
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students arrive the university library and meet the Reference Librarian at a discussion room. The Reference Librarian firstly recaps the concepts of the AAOCC. Then, she mentions the additional criteria for evaluating the primary and secondary sources!
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Information resources -- Evaluation Information literacy
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students meet again with the Prof. Brown after finding various kinds of primary and secondary resources for the exhibition. Prof. Brown had taken a look at the resources that they have collected and commented that some of the primary resources. He reminded them to use a list of criteria to evaluate the resources the plan to use for the exhibition. Let's check out what are the criteria he suggested to use!
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research -- Methodology Humanities -- Research
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- Video
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In this video, a team of students are now discussing where is the best place to find primary sources and search more efficiently.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Information retrieval Humanities -- Research
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- Video
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In the exercise, learner need to determine where is the best place to find these primary information.
- Subjects:
- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Humanities -- Research Information literacy
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- Others
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how do professional historians look for information.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- History -- Research -- Methodology History -- Archival resources Humanities -- Research History -- Research
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- Video
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In this exercise, learners are require to order the tasks in a way that reflect the research usual practice.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Humanities -- Research -- Methodology Humanities -- Research
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- Others
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When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for.
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- Critical thinking Media literacy Information visualization Charts diagrams etc.
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- Video
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Every day, we are bombarded by attention grabbing headlines that promise miracle cures to all of our ailments -- often backed up by a "scientific study." But what are these studies, and how do we know if they are reliable? David H. Schwartz dissects two types of studies that scientists use, illuminating why you should always approach the claims with a critical eye.
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- Clinical trials Epidemiology -- Research Research
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- Video
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In this video, you will learn how to use make use of citation chaining to search related literature on similar topic
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- Research -- Methodology Google (Firm) Online bibliographic searching
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- Video
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In this video, it illustrates the life span of a Google query. The life span of a Google query is less then 1/2 second, and involves quite a few steps before you see the most relevant results.
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- Google (Firm) Web search engines Internet searching
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- Video
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains the seven things you should pay attention to when you plan the information needs of your research. (1) Use information and communication technology to be really up to date with what's happening. (2) Encounter different types of sources and knowing when it's important to use them. Not only academic literature but also people, social media, the environment, visual information, sound, anything that might inform you. (3) Create your processes to tackle problems or make decisions. (4) Connect information of all kinds that you encounter with specific projects, problems, or areas of interest. (5) Build your knowledge base about your fields of study. (6) Use your creativity and intuition to do something new. (7) Seventhly using information wisely for the benefit of others.
- Keywords:
- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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- Video
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In this video, a team of four students are now discussing how to kick-start the exhibition and what information sources in needed
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- Statistics and Research Methods
- Keywords:
- Exhibitions -- Planning Humanities -- Research
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- Video
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In this slide, it explains the reason why the information came from authoritative sources but still not trustworthy. The possible reason could be (1) the way information is produced, (2)carelessness or loaded with secret intentions, (3) in favour of their hidden goal, (4)not spending enough time, (5) limited topic vocabulary, (6) limited by technical barriers, (7)information that fits with your knowledge & beliefs, and (8) from a source that you think is trustworthy.
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- Research -- Methodology Information resources -- Evaluation
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- Others
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In this slide, it introduces different type of resource was created with a particular kind of purpose: to transmit facts, to interpret the findings, to put forward a viewpoint, to let fellow workers know some important idea, and so on.
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- Information resources Research -- Methodology
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- Others
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When preparing for research tasks (e.g. articles, essay, projects, reports, thesis,...), you have to go through a series of small tasks. In this slide, it elaborates and expands the research topic before carrying out the actual search.
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- Research -- Methodology
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- Others
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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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- Others
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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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- Others
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In this video, you’ll learn more about synthesizing information. The video includes information on: (1) The importance of synthesis (2) Tips for improving your thought process (3) Resources
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- Information resources Research -- Methodology Thought thinking
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- Video
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The way you put ideas together reflect your level of understanding about the issue you have inquired in your research, which, is what your professor looks for when she/he assess your work. In this slide, it introduces 5 level of research output and note the differences between different sentences, and the depth of idea you could get.
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- Research -- Methodology Report writing Academic writing
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- Others
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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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- Others
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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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- Video
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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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- Others
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In this slide, there could be as many as 12 types of biases that information user could fall victim when dealing with information.
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- Fallacies (Logic) Cognition Selectivity (Psychology)
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- Others
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In this video, it is about the explanation of 12 cognitive biases and presenting them in a format that learners can easily understand to help them make better decision in your life. Cognitive biases are flaws in logical thinking that clear the path to bad decisions, so learning about these ideas can reduce errors in the thought process, leading to a more successful life. These biases are very closely related to logical fallacies, which may help learners win an argument or present information better.
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- Selectivity (Psychology) Cognition Fallacies (Logic)
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- Video
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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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- Others
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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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- Video
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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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- Video
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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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- Video
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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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- Video
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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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- Video
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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!
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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- Video
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce shares her view on "Why InfoLit is vital?" through the search & research they do every day.
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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- Video
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國立故宮博物院為提升政府資料開放品質、促進故宮資料在教學、個人賞析及營利使用之傳播,特別自106年起更新下載專區之「文物圖像下載」及「精選圖像下載」,所有圖像民眾無需申請,不限用途,不用付費,可直接下載使用,相關規範均依「政府資料開放授權條款1.0版」辦理,歡迎各界多加利用。
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- Taiwan Art objects Chinese Art Chinese
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- Others
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Euclid’s Elements was a collection of 13 books about geometry originally written circa 300 BC. Shortly after the advent of the printing press, many editions and translations have been created over the centuries. Byrne’s 1847 edition of the first six books stands out for its unique use of colorful illustrations to demonstrate proofs rather than using letters to label angles, edges, and shapes. His edition was one of the first books to be published with such detailed use of colors and combined with its detailed diagrams makes it an impressive feat of publishing for the times and it stands out even today as a work of art. This site is a reproduction of Byrne’s Euclid by Oliver Byrne from 1847 that pays tribute to the beautiful original design and includes enhancements such as interactive diagrams, cross references, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux.
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Euclid's Elements Elements (Euclid) Geometry
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- Others
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The "Staying F.O.C.U.S.E.D." philosophy is a strategic thinking framework designed to help prepare the next generation of thought-leaders for a complicated world. By using this framework, you will learn BETTER, learn FASTER and learn MORE than you are used to.
We operationalized this framework through the aid of seven (7) dice to give a “touch-and-feel” of the philosophy. The statements / prompts / questions appearing on each of the seven dice have been statistically determined. The “Staying F.O.C.U.S.E.D.” framework has proven so useful that real organizations are using it to help their senior management and board of directors open up the ALTERNATIVES to better deal with their UNSOLVED problems, issues and challenges."
The F.O.C.U.S.E.D dice are designed based on an extensive survey carried out with 400+ business students at our Faculty of Business and feedback from practitioners on what our students need to do to help take their learning to the next level. The key findings culminated in the importance of the “Staying F.O.C.U.S.E.D.” philosophy where each letter represents a critical competency much sought-after in the real world today:
"F" - Bring Fresh Perspective
"O" - Think, feel and act like an Owner/ Manager
"C" - Show Connected-thinking
"U" - Have a Sense of Urgency
"S" - Show Team SPIRIT
"E" - Always Engage
"D" - Exercise Deliberate Practice
To learn more about the idea of the “ecosystem” that we built around the FOCUSED philosophy and its accompanying 7 colourful dice framework, please visit the FOCUSED homepage or click "View Resource".
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- Problem solving Dice games
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- Others
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Learn to write literature reviews in 5 steps.
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- Academic writing Research Dissertations Academic
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- Video
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「戲曲學」是指以「戲曲」為研究對象的一門學問。所謂「戲曲」,現在的共識是指中國的傳統戲劇,包括宋元南曲戲文、金元北曲雜劇、明清傳奇、明清南雜劇、清代亂彈京劇,以及近代地方戲。
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- Chinese Studies
- Keywords:
- Qu (Chinese literature)
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- Courseware
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Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind surveys the central themes in philosophy of mind and places them in a historical and contemporary context intended to engage first-time readers in the field. It focuses on debates about the status and character of the mind and its seemingly subjective nature in an apparently more objective world.
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- Philosophy
- Keywords:
- Philosophy of mind
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- e-book
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In this course we introduce the concept of environmental ethics, a philosophy that extends the ethical concepts we traditionally apply to human behavior to the natural world. We will study the history of environmental ethics, the concept of environmental justice, and explore how our views about the natural world have changed over time. Philosophers have debated the concept of environmental ethics since the 1800s, although many consider it to be a relatively new discipline. In this course we identify key pioneers and events that have helped shape the global effort to help preserve our planet for future generations and species. We explore the notion of environmental justice and witness how a disregard for the environment can negatively impact entire communities. Finally, we explore political efforts that have promoted environmental sustainability in the United States and Europe. We see how our ethical beliefs and moral worldview can help shape the laws and regulations we create, in terms of our sense of ethical responsibility, social justice, and environmental sustainability.
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- Sociology
- Keywords:
- Environmental ethics
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- Courseware
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This course provides an introduction to critical thinking, informal logic, and a small amount of formal logic. Its purpose is to provide you with the basic tools of analytical reasoning, which will give you a distinctive edge in a wide variety of careers and courses of study. While many university courses focus on the presentation of content knowledge, the emphasis here is on learning how to think effectively. Although the techniques and concepts covered here are classified as philosophical, they are essential to the practice of nearly every major discipline, from the physical sciences and medicine to politics, law, and the humanities. The course touches upon a wide range of reasoning skills, from verbal argument analysis to formal logic, visual and statistical reasoning, scientific methodology, and creative thinking. Mastering these skills will help you become a more perceptive reader and listener, a more persuasive writer and presenter, and a more effective researcher and scientist. The first unit introduces the terrain of critical thinking and covers the basics of meaning analysis, while the second unit provides a primer in analyzing arguments. All of the material in these first units will be built upon in subsequent units, which cover informal and formal logic, Venn diagrams, scientific reasoning, as well as strategic and creative thinking.
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- Philosophy
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- Logic Critical thinking
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- Courseware
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This course introduces the basic concepts and methods of moral and political philosophy. We focus on the development of moral reasoning and how to apply these ideas to contemporary social and political issues. Although the course is organized around the concept of justice, we will discuss a wide range of philosophical topics and perspectives. We explore the value of human life, the moral standing of the free market, the notion of fundamental human rights, equality of opportunity, and the conditions for a moral community. We make extensive use of Michael Sandel's lecture series on justice, which was delivered at Harvard University in 2009. In addition to these lectures, we study several moral and political philosophers, such as Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and John Rawls. We also examine the contemporary thinkers Alasdair MacIntyre, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, news articles, and primary source texts on important legal decisions. By the end of the course, you will have a better understanding of the philosophical issues involved in many contemporary debates in the public sphere, and a refined sense of your own moral and political positions and intuitions.
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- Political Science and Philosophy
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- Political science -- Philosophy Reasoning (Psychology) Political ethics
- Resource Type:
- Courseware