Here we are, coming a long way from the day we started the course till now, when we have learnt a whole lot more than we used to know about the Internet. I'm glad I took this course, its definitely given a whole new insight into the insides of the Internet. & I think that personally, I've been practicing what I've learnt throughout this block 8. The stuff is sure useful. & as the course intends to instill in us the skills to utilise the WWW more effectively, I am sure that I am now able to do research & look for information in a more systematic & organised approach.
Lets take a look at what we've generally covered:
- Search techniques in Internet research
- Internet search facilities
- Evaluating of websites
Search techniques
- specifying search query
- Boolean operators
- stems & wildcards
- brackets
Internet search facilities
- search engine
- meta search engine
- subject directories
- databases
Evaluating websites
Criteria:
- Purpose
- Coverage
- Authority
- Accuracy
- Currency
- Accessibilty
- Presentation & Arrangement
- Usabilty
- Overall quality
Thus now I feel that I am more equiped with the necessary skills to utilise the Internet to the best of my advantage & in my opinion I think that I would recommend this course to my peers as it really gives the essentials for us to do work effectively online. In turn that would give us a boost in doing great projects throughout the diploma course we are currently in.
A special Thank You to our educators, as well as peers, for making this course a successful one. Personally, I enjoyed myself throughout. =)
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