Teaching Students to Evaluate E-Reference Sources with Moodle Forums

This presentation will describe the use of online forums in Moodle, a course management system, to teach students to evaluate both print and electronic reference sources.For two semesters I have created an online forum called the Fishing Hole Scouting Report for an in-class exercise. Students are given 2-3 background questions and told to find the answers using both a library-approved reference source and Wikipedia. Students then evaluate the reference source for effectiveness and ease of use, compared to Wikipedia, and post their comments in the forum to share with the class.I will highlight the educational benefits of using Moodle forums for this purpose and discuss best practices for selecting the most effective sources and questions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Van Hoeck, Michele
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2011-04
Subjects:	Education, Information Management, Moodle course management software,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22667
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