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Introducing

Introducing. Information Problem-Solving. Survey of Valued Skills Fall 2001. Problem Solving Information Use Speaking Independent Work Technology Group Work Writing Reading. www.washington.edu/oea/9811.htm. Information Problem Solving: The Big6 ™ Skills. 1. Task Definition.

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Introducing

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  1. Introducing Information Problem-Solving

  2. Survey of Valued SkillsFall 2001 Problem Solving Information Use Speaking Independent Work Technology Group Work Writing Reading www.washington.edu/oea/9811.htm

  3. Information Problem Solving:The Big6™ Skills 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies 3. Location & Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

  4. Information Overload Today, a dailyNew York Times has more printed information in it than a person would come across in an entire lifetimein the 17th Century. David Lewis “Introduction to Dying for Information,” www.reuters.com/rbb/research/dfiforframe.htm, 1996

  5. Information Overload “More new information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5,000.” (Source: Large, P., The Micro Revolution, Revisited, 1984)

  6. The Solution? • Speed things up? • Pack in more and more content? • Add more technology?

  7. Information Problem: Quality

  8. Quality In a study of 500 sites used by Colorado high school students to do research, only 27% of the sites were judged to be reliable for academic research! Ebersol, Samuel, “Uses and Gratifications of the Web among Students,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(1): September 2000, www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue1/ebersole.html Colhoun, Alexander. "But - - I Found It on the Internet!" Christian Science Monitor. 25 April 2000: 16.

  9. Alternative Solution • To become discriminating users of information. • To learn to use essential information & technology skills in context. • To become a master information problem-solver

  10. Disclaimer For every realistic, complicated problem There will be a simple, understandable inexpensive solution H.L. Mencken

  11. Disclaimer For every realistic, complicated problem There will be a simple, understandable inexpensive solution that will be wrong. H.L. Mencken

  12. IPS Example Assignment

  13. Task Definition 1.1 Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information needed types of information

  14. Information Seeking Strategies 2.1 Determine all possible sources 2.2 Select the best sources brainstorm & narrow

  15. Lesson: Info Seeking Strategy Criteria

  16. Lesson: Info Seeking Strategy Criteria • easy to use • available • current • affordable • fun • on the topic (valid) • reliable/authoritative • accurate • precise • complete

  17. Location & Access 3.1 Locate sources 3.2 Find information within sources index

  18. Use of Information 4.1 Engage (read, hear, view) 4.2 Extract relevant, quality information relevance

  19. Synthesis 5.1 Organize 5.2 Present medium & message

  20. Evaluation 6.1 Judge the result 6.2 Judge the process effective & efficient

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