Online Learning Part 2

Online Learning

Part 2

More tips

 Finally, looks beyond the article for more clues.

·         Read the websites home page and the about us page. Look for a mission statement to learn more about the sites, its purpose and the organization sponsoring it.

·         If there is an author listed, look for a biography that discusses the author’s education, profession and other relevant backgrounds. If there is not bio on the site, search for one elsewhere on the web.

·         Check the date. Facts can change over time, so see if the site shows when it was last updated.

·         Presentations counts; look at everything from design to spelling. Al clean, well-organized site shows certain degree of professionalism.

·         Avoid sites that are pornographic Vulgar, inappropriate, below par, suggestive, and falsifying.

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It’s Online, but is it On Target? Part 3

It’s Online, but is it On Target?

Part 3

Dot- What?

-Look at the site’s address. What follows the dot?

·         Dot- com is not only for businesses; anyone can use it. Dot –coms include well-known and respected companies, but also private individuals.

·         Dot-org usually indicates not- for-profits organizations. Many dot-orgs present unbiased information, but others have political agendas, focus on debatable issues instead of facts, and might not present all sides of an argument.

·         Dot-Gov. indicates a government website at the federal, state or local level. The federal Government is a good course of statistics, and it sites are widely considered among the most reliable.

·         Dot-mil is used by sites that are part of the military.

·         Dot-edu usually indicates a university websites .While its published research is generally considered very trustworthy, anyone associated with the university, whether a world-renewed scholars of freshman, can be given space on its server. Professors sometimes put student’s course work up on the web, but that doesn't mean they’re vouching for the information’s accuracy.

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