English

Assignment

Wikipedia vs. Encyclopedia

This assignment asks students to compare and contrast a Wikipedia article and an article from a subject specific Encyclopedia owned by the library. It asks the students to evaluate each resource by assessing its Relevance, Authority, Date, Accuracy and Rationale. Evaluation using these five criteria is known as the RADAR framework. Although the wikipedia article in this assignment is from biology, it can be switched out for any discipline.

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DQP Assignment Library

This resource is funded by The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA).

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Writing Commons

Writing Commons  is an open education resource that helps students improve their writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. Founded in 2008 by Joseph M.

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Merlot

MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.

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Jorum

Jorum is the UK’s largest repository for discovering and sharing Open Educational Resources for higher and further education and the Skills sector.

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