Evaluating Information from Digital Sources

<p>One of five interactive learning objects (LOs) created in 2022 for <a href="https://library.smu.edu.sg/news/new-interactive-resource-digital-literacy-what-you-need-know" target="_blank"><em>Digital Literacy: What you need to know</em></a> to help students transition to digital learning in universities. <a href="https://library.smu.edu.sg/sites/library.smu.edu.sg/files/elearn/DigitalLiteracy/L03/story.html" target="_blank">View the tutorial</a>.</p> <p>Audience:</p> <ul> <li>University Students</li> </ul> <p>Duration:</p> <ul> <li>Approximately 20 mins</li> </ul> <p>Learning Outcomes:</p> <ul> <li>Explain the SIFT method to evaluate information from digital sources.</li> </ul> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <ul> <li>SIFT (Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace) and S.U.R.E (Source, Understand, Research, Evaluate)concepts to evaluate digital information</li> <li>Open web content and peer-reviewed content</li> </ul> <p>Software Used:</p> <ul> <li>Articulate Storyline 360</li> </ul> <p>Included in the zipped folder for download:</p> <ul> <li>fonts - Poppins & Roboto</li> <li>Storyline output files</li> <li>Storyline source file</li> <li>storyboard in .pptx format</li> <li>voice over mp3 files</li> <li>graphics Illustrator files</li> <li>animations mp4 and .fla source files</li> <li>video mp4 files and scripts</li> <li>PDF files</li> </ul> <p>Librarians from the following universities contributed to the development of the content:</p> <ul> <li>Nanyang Technological University (NTU)</li> <li>National Institute of Education (NIE)</li> <li>National University of Singapore (NUS)</li> <li>Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)</li> <li>Singapore Management University (SMU)</li> <li>Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)</li> <li>Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)</li> </ul>