Information & Digital Literacy for University Success

Which of the following are some of the core values and expectations of academic culture mentioned by academics? Check 4 options.

• Academic integrity

• The contingency of knowledge

• Critical thinking

• Intellectual inquiry and communication

• Ethical contribution

Which of the following actions would need some level of digital literacy? Check 2 options.

• Knowing how to set up a personal computer.

• Writing an email to your lecturer at university.

• Creating a LinkedIn profile.

• Reading a book on an e-reader

Which of the following is an example of the contribution of information and digital literacy to the values of academic culture? Check one option.

• Beginning an assignment with one opinion, but changing your opinion as you gather and read more information sources with contrary evidence.

• Cataloging information on a library website.

• Giving a presentation

• Making a valid argument

Which of the following is NOT a criterion used to judge the credibility of sources?

• Clarity

• Scholarly purpose

• Audience

• Objectivity

Which of the following may pose a problem for objectivity? Check 2 options.

• A study conducted by an airline company on the relative safety of air travel

  compared to boat travel.

• A peer-reviewed journal article on the impact of social media on high-school behaviour

• A

  journal article on the health impacts of a particular fast-food burger that was

  sponsored by the fast-food chain which makes it.

• A

  journal article on the health impacts of a particular fast-food burger that was

  sponsored by the World Health Organisation.

“Doctors can be replaced by software – 80% of them can. I’d much rather have a good machine learning system diagnose my disease than the median or average doctor” (Vinod Khosla). Discuss the implications of artificial intelligence doing traditionally human tasks from technical, social and economic perspectives.

A student has found the information source below for example assessment question.

An interview in the ‘News’ section of National Geographic online with the writer of a book on AI and employment. The writer of the book discusses the economic benefits and drawbacks of AI to the economy. The writer of the article is a professional writer. The article was published in 2015.

What is the problem with the source’s credibility?

Check 2 options.

• The

  authority

• The

  source’s audience is not academic.

• The

  source lacks accuracy.

• The

  source is credible.

Which of the following statements best describes a personal learning network?

• An online network of people and information sources that can assist your learning.

• A network of students that help each other with university assessments.

• A

  social network that involves you in the main discussions in your field.

• A

  network of people and information sources.

What does it mean to ‘prune’ your personal learning network?

• It means to reduce the number of information sources you receive.

• It means to cut people out of personal learning network if you don’t find their contributions useful.

• It means to reduce the number of devices you use to access your personal learning network.

• It means to reduce the number of apps you use as part of personal learning network.

What is plagiarism? Check all correct answers.

• Using other people’s work and presenting it as your own

• Copying someone else’s words exactly, without referencing

• Referring to someone else’s ideas in your assignments, and citing them.

• Paraphrasing someone else’s words without referencing.

What is the difference between unintentional and intentional plagiarism?

• Unintentional

  plagiarism is when you are not aware of your plagiarism, and intentional

  plagiarism is when you deliberately copy another’s work.

• Unintentional

  plagiarism is done on your own, but intentional plagiarism involves other

  students.

• Unintentional

  plagiarism is when you plagiarise your own work, and intentional plagiarism is

  when you plagiarise other people’s work.

• Unintentional plagiarism is when some words from the original text are changed, and intentional plagiarism is when nothing from the original is changed.