Key Assignment: Citizenship LLO 1.4 (Pending) and Ethical Practice 5.2 Search the Web Critique
Organizational leaders need to know how to find and interpret information from a variety of resources. The internet is a useful source of information, but it also requires analytical and evaluation skills to assess the validity and appropriateness of information as an engaged member of the community. In order to practice these analytical and evaluation skills, participants will research and evaluate sites that reflect your experience in a community (a website related to ethics within their professional field: medical, business, social service, science, etc.). Your critique must include the identification and description of ethical issues found in the website. The grading rubric identifies the outcomes for this assignment. You must demonstrate an understanding of your ethical beliefs and the ethical beliefs of others; the ability to identify ethical conflicts; and the ability to make ethical decisions.
During the second week of the course, each participant will chose one site and email a request to the facilitator requesting approval to be the leader for that Search the Web Critique. When selecting a website consider the following (see Venn Diagram): 1) your experience in a professional or civic community, 2) relevant literature related to that community or issues addressed in Website, 3) the value of the cohort’s ability to interact with the website. 5
Requests will be received and honored on a first come, first served basis. No two participants will be permitted to critique the same site. Each Seminar will include a discussion thread for “Search the Web” with links to the websites which are discussed in that week. The facilitator will maintain an ongoing dialog within the weekly Search the Web Discussion which identifies the leader for each of the websites to be critiqued that week. Critiques should address the course material being presented to the cohort. The Search the Web Critique leader is to prepare a Word document (2-3 pages) using APA style and format as a written critique. The leader will create a message with the website’s name in the subject line, include the critique, and post a question which will stimulate additional thinking and generate dialogue based on that website and its critique. The participant leader is responsible for managing the dialogue about the material within that website. All cohort members are expected to read critiques and participate in dialogue at least once each week.
The final critique (4-5 pages) you submit should include information from the Web Discussion including how your collaborative interaction influences your thinking. Include a citation of the site according to APA format for electronic references, a description of the contents of the site, suggested uses for the information on the site, evaluation of the quality, verifiability, currency and usefulness of the site — identifying who might find it useful and ease of use. Your critique must include how this site contributes to your community identity, the possibility for collaborative activity and how your historical and global literacy provides context and meaning to evaluate the information in the website.
Critiques should include a citation of the site according to APA format for electronic references, a description of the contents of the site, suggested uses for the information on the site, evaluation of the quality, verifiability, currency and usefulness of the site — identifying who might find it useful and ease of use. Refer to The Everyday Writer: Research Section, “Evaluating sources and taking notes” for help in evaluating the validity of the website
This assignment is a 1.4 Community Involvement and 5.2 Ethical Practice LLO, The minimum acceptable score for this assignment is a 3 on that rubric. If a student does not meet the minimum LLO score, they will fail the assignment and receive no credit for the LLO. These essays must be submitted to both eLearn and Chalk and Wire to receive credit for them.
Reports and management of dialogue on the critique will also be evaluated according to the following qualities: The following rubric will be used for a numerical grade and evaluation of Program Learning Outcomes 1&2
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1-5