Jenkins jr edu600 ip 3 digital research

Digital Research

Wilbert C. Jenkins, Jr.American

InterContinental University Online

Unit 3 IP

Digital Research

Definitions Looking something up using the internet(IR, n.d.)

Gathering information for further understanding (IR, n.d.)

Repetitive & continuous searching, filtering, & citing sources with a critical and skeptical mindset to discern useful content (Gil, 2012)

Digital Research. A 21st Century Skill

Content is digital, voluminous, & ubiquitous in this 21st Century

Success is linked to quick successful separation of useful information

Digital research skills are acquired the old fashion way—Practice use daily

Digital Research & Education! What’s the Connection?

The 4C’s-and 3R’s are involved Discerning worth and relevance of

information is at stake Surveys of 21st century learners identify:

an inability to formulate sound search queries, have poor to no strategies for poor results, have difficulty deciding value of resources

discovered

(Moran & Firth, 2011)

Research Context Sources Web sites

Pages of mixed-media content-text and media http://www.allabouthistory.org/native-american-history.htm

Blogs Single or group of authors write about an interest subject

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetorch/2012/07/23/156913101/lighting-the-torch-nprs-olympics-blog

Wiki’s Multi-author pages easily edited which allow easy publishing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Technology

(Unit 3 Activity, 2012)

Research Content Sources (cont)

Pod Casts Audio recordings posted to web to be

accessed by computer or mobile device http://

www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=9911203

Resource Data Bases Online collections of content

http://eric.ed.gov/

(Unit 3 Activity, 2012)

Digital Research Components

Data Sources Primary & Secondary

Resource Management RSS & Atom

Research Process Search Engines Strategies

Data Sources--3 Primary

Document/artifact created at time of occurrence—inside view/actual source of information

i.e. Autobiographies, Films, Clothing, Manuscripts, Raw Research Data

Secondary Interpretive/analysis of primary data—1 step removed data

i.e. Encyclopedia’s, Political Commentary, Text Books Finding Tools

Research tools leading to discover primary & secondary sources

i.e. Online Library Catalog, Specialized Data Bases(Primary Sources, 2010)

Resource Management

Really Simple Syndication RSS Service to Push change data to subscriber Web page services indicator (RSS, n.d.)

Atom—2 Standards Syndication standard=XML language for

Web feeds Protocol standard=HTTP protocol to

create and update web resources (IR, n.d.)

Research Process Search Engines:

Standard/Common Google.com, Live.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com

Meta Search Engines Dogpile.com, Metacrawler.com

Comparative Search Engines Pandia.com, Searchenginewatch.gom

CreativeCommon Search Engine Not a search engine; access point to search

engines

Research Process (cont)

Strategies for Effective Searching Boolean Search Phrase Search Homonyms, Synonyms, & Variations Search within results Domain & Site results

(Web Search, n.d.)

Research Process (cont.)

Strategies for Effective Searching (cont) Trimming a URL Title & URL Searching Advance Searching Alternative Search Engine Meta Searching

(Web Search, n.d.)

Digital Research and Learning

Digital Research Skills are essential skills to create a culture of learning to acquire and maintain the 21st century learner a competitive ability in the global economy of this digital time (Unit 3 Activity, 2012)

Conclusion Digital Research is an ability of

essential skill for the 21st Century Learners of the 21st Century need

strategies to acquire research skills A culture of learning is a cyclic

process Research skill acquisition is a

competitive edge for 21st Century learners in every regard

References Atom (Standard) (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_%28standard%29 Creative Commons Search (n.d.) Retrieved from http://

search.creativecommons.org/ Gil, P. (2012). How to properly research on the internet. Retrieved from

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/navigatingthenet/tp/How-to-Properly-Research-Online.htm

Internet research (IR) (n.d.) Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_research

Moran, M. E. & Firth, S. (2011). Sweetsearch web research tutorial. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/sweetsearch/sweetsearch-web-research-tutorial

RSS (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss Unit 3 Activity (2012). AIU Course Materials. Retrieved from

https://mycampus.aiu-online.com/Classroom/Pages/multimediacoursetext.aspx?classid=451340&tid=207&uid=329981&HeaderText=Course%20Materials:%20EDU639-1203B-01%20:%20Twenty-First%20Century%20Learning

Web Search (n.d.). Retrieved from http://student.dcu.ie/~emmetty2/websearch.htm

What is a Primary Source (2010). Retrieved from http://knowledgecenter.unr.edu/help/using/primary.aspx