Evaluating the Web
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"Choose your best 'source' or site from the three you used in the last task, then evaluate it according to the tutorial. In your own words, write an annotation for the source which could communicate to a reader both your 'judgement' of the site according to what you have learnt from the tutorial, and also the following information:the reliability and authority of the site / source / article the main ideas or subjects discussed in the article the purpose for which the site was written (this might include any apparent external interest, intellectual motivation or contextual information) " (Allen, M n.d)
"In the era of the ‘attention economy’, readers and users of Internet information must be carefully craft, in their own minds, the kind of metadata which will – almost instinctively – ‘fit’ with the metadata of the information sources they want, so that – in the few brief moments of initial exchange, when a seeker of information encounters information being sought, rapid, effective judgements are made that ‘pay off’ in terms of further reading, accessing and saving". (Allen, n.d)
The site I chose was Medical University of South Carolina
The Medical University of South Carolina was established 1824, their website offers extensive health related information from patient/visitor information to specific medical information, the purpose of this site is primarily Reference/Informational. The detailed information regarding Eczema includes what is eczema, the symptoms, the diagnosis, Eczema treatment and Eczema management. The site lists their sources and references as coming from a third party custom health care communications company and reviewed and edited by "MUSC expert faculty and staff". The site and it's authors, Medical University of South Carolina, offer credible information, written for the MUSC, and it's Hospital. The Medical University of South Carolina have taken responsibility for the site and their coverage looks great, the information pertaining to Eczema is the same. A link to the Newsroom shows that the site was last update on 23 July, 2009 with a press release for a federal grant for tissue research. Google shows an extensive list of linking sites showing that Medical University of South Carolina is indeed recognised.
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http://www.muschealth.com/gs/HealthTopic.aspx?action=showpage&pageid=P00008
http://www.muschealth.com/health_info/sourceref.htm
Compare your final analysis and annotation with the material you saved for the last task, and think about these questions :
In terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?
I think I would definitely refer back to my analytical, annotated version. It includes so much more information, I could easily gague from it if the site was likely to contain the type/style of information I was after.
Allen, M n.d, "Module Four: Using the infosphere: taking & organising", Retrieved on July 24, 2009 from http://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_18825_1%26url%3d
"In the era of the ‘attention economy’, readers and users of Internet information must be carefully craft, in their own minds, the kind of metadata which will – almost instinctively – ‘fit’ with the metadata of the information sources they want, so that – in the few brief moments of initial exchange, when a seeker of information encounters information being sought, rapid, effective judgements are made that ‘pay off’ in terms of further reading, accessing and saving". (Allen, n.d)
The site I chose was Medical University of South Carolina
The Medical University of South Carolina was established 1824, their website offers extensive health related information from patient/visitor information to specific medical information, the purpose of this site is primarily Reference/Informational. The detailed information regarding Eczema includes what is eczema, the symptoms, the diagnosis, Eczema treatment and Eczema management. The site lists their sources and references as coming from a third party custom health care communications company and reviewed and edited by "MUSC expert faculty and staff". The site and it's authors, Medical University of South Carolina, offer credible information, written for the MUSC, and it's Hospital. The Medical University of South Carolina have taken responsibility for the site and their coverage looks great, the information pertaining to Eczema is the same. A link to the Newsroom shows that the site was last update on 23 July, 2009 with a press release for a federal grant for tissue research. Google shows an extensive list of linking sites showing that Medical University of South Carolina is indeed recognised.
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http://www.muschealth.com/gs/HealthTopic.aspx?action=showpage&pageid=P00008
http://www.muschealth.com/health_info/sourceref.htm
Compare your final analysis and annotation with the material you saved for the last task, and think about these questions :
In terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?
I think I would definitely refer back to my analytical, annotated version. It includes so much more information, I could easily gague from it if the site was likely to contain the type/style of information I was after.
Allen, M n.d, "Module Four: Using the infosphere: taking & organising", Retrieved on July 24, 2009 from http://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_18825_1%26url%3d
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