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Information in any format is produced to convey a message and is shared via a selected delivery method. The iterative processes of researching, creating, revising, and disseminating information vary, and the resulting product reflects these differences
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1. Ask students to use the following table to describe source types:
Type/Format |
How it is created? |
Who is able to create it? |
Is there a review process? Should there be? |
What is the best use of the information from this format? |
How can I locate information in this format? |
(example: blog) |
2. Assign students to identify the format of the sources they find for a given research project and articulate why the chosen formats are appropriate for the information need.
3. Ask students to transform information they have created in one format to another format, and to write a reflection on what they needed to consider as they went through the process.
Assignments for the frame Information Creation as Process from the Community of Online Research Assignments (CORA).