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Guest lecture for ETCV 411, examining the epistemology of crowdsourced information and the limits of traditional academic models. How do information and publishing cycles work; what are their roles in encouraging or hindering certain types of information; and how can more democratized crowdsourced models be used for education, and what are their drawbacks? Download PPT for notes included with the slides.
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INFO TROLLING AT THE IVORY TOWER
Nicole Pagowsky, MLISInstructional Services LibrarianUniversity of Arizona Libraries
pagowskyn@u.library.arizona.edu
ETCV411: Guest Lecture, Sept 20, 2012
Outline
1. History of publishing2. Curation vs aggregation3. The information cycle4. Encyclopedias, Wikipedia5. Crowdsourcing6. Teaching with these tools: Theory (Info
Lit)7. Teaching with these tools: Praxis, other
models
History of Publishing
.
Curation vs Aggregation
Information Cycle
http://harker.libguides.com/internationalissues
Traditional Encyclopedias
Wikipedia
Crowdsourcing
Information Literacy
Teaching with Crowdsourcing
Research as Conversation
New Models
PersonalLearningNetworks
Social Tagging
Remixing
Recap of Crowdsourcing
PROS CONS
Need to think critically
Greater variety of voices heard: diversity
Moves through information cycle more rapidly
Newer, contemporary ideas easier to research
Need to think critically
Quality control lacking
Who has authority? Incorrect info as
historical record Information overload Hoaxes and pranks
easier to accomplish
Nicole Pagowsky, MLISInstructional Services LibrarianUniversity of Arizona Libraries
pagowskyn@u.library.arizona.edu
References
Accardi, M. T., Drabinski, E., & Kumbier, A. (2010). Critical library instruction: Theories and methods. Duluth, Minn: Library Juice Press.
Huff, J. (2012, August 1). Thoughts on Wikipedia’s future. Rhizome. Retrieved from http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/aug/1/thoughts-wikipedias-future/
Doctorow, C. (2012, September 19). Why Philip Roth needs a secondary source. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/sep/19/why-philip-roth-needs-secondary-source
Pressley, L. (2012, September 10). A series on teaching strategies for librarians: Educational psychology. Retrieved from http://laurenpressley.com/library/2012/09/a-series-on-teaching-strategies-for-librarians-educational-psychology/
Saxelby, R. (2012, August 29). The visual artist at the centre of the post-internet explosion. Dummy Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.dummymag.com/features/2012/08/29/the-visual-artist-at-the-centre-of-the-post-internet-explosion/
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