CRT LEARNING MODULE

Course Code e-Tech

Course Title Empowerment Technology

No. of Hours 80 Hours

Module Title Contextualized Online Search and Research

Skill

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HOW TO USE THIS DIGITIZED LEARNING MODULE
Welcome to the module in Empowerment Technology. This module contains
training materials and activities for you to complete this module.

Distance students will be graded on their participation based on posts after

each class to the course blog. Generally, writing a paragraph that either poses some
questions, makes a comment on the lecture or class discussion, or otherwise
demonstrates that you have thought about the material discussed is sufficient

You are required to go through a series of learning activities in order to complete

each learning outcome of the module. Each of the learning outcomes is provided with
Modules. Follow these activities on your own and answer the self-check at the end of
each learning outcome.

Talk to your online facilitator and agree on how you will both organize the Training
of this unit. Read each through the module carefully. It is divided into sections, which
cover all the skills and knowledge you need to successfully complete this module.

 Work through all the information and complete the activities in each section.
Read Modules and complete self-check. Suggested references are included to
supplement the materials provided in this module.
 Most probably your facilitator will be your supervisor or manager. Your online
facilitator will support and correct you.
 Your online facilitator will tell you about the important things you need consider
when you are completing activities and it is important that you listen and take
notes.
 You will be given plenty of opportunity to ask questions and practice on the job.
Make sure you practice new skills during regular work shifts. This way you will
improve both your speed and memory and also your confidence.
 Talk to more experienced workmates and ask for their guidance.
 Kindly the self-check questions at the LMS (EDMODO) to test your own progress.
 When you are ready, ask your online facilitator to watch you online via Zoom or
Google Meet to perform the activities outlined in this module.
 Ask your online facilitator work through the activities: ask for written feedback
on your progress. Your online facilitator keeps feedback/pre-assessment reports
for this reason. When you have successfully completed each element, ask the
facilitator to mark on the reports that you are ready for assessment.

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 When you have completed this module, and feel confident that you have
sufficient practice, your online facilitator will arrange an appointment with
registered assessor’s to assess you. The results of your assessment will be
recorded in your competency Achievement Record.

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 Empowerment Technology

Contents of this Learning Module

No. Module Title Topic Code

3 Contextualized  What is Module 3.1
Internet
Online Search Research?
and Research
Skill
 Six Online Module 3.2
Research Skills

Module 3.3
 Search Engines

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 MODULE CONTENT

MODULE TITLE : Contextualized Online Search and

Research Skill

MODULE DESCRIPTOR:
Information and communication technologies as a tool for curating, contextualizing,
collaborating, and creating content and experiences for learning in the professional tracks.

Number of Hours:
4

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of this module you MUST be able to:

1. Use the internet as a tool for credible source of research

2. Evaluate the different research skills
3. Identify the different types of search engine

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 MODULE 3

Contextualized Online Search and Research Skill

Learning Objective: After reading this MODULE, you should be

able to:
1. The student will be a better user of search engines
2. Student can be more deeply aware of search techniques that will give results
that are useful for your academic
3. Determine the different source engine

Contextualized Online Search and Research Skill

Research needs and requirements vary with each assignment, project, or paper.
Although there is no single” right” way to conduct research, certain methods and skills
can make your research efforts efficient and effective.
Research is the easiest way to use when you do your assignments it can make
your assignment done easily.

3.1 What is Internet Research?

Internet research is the practice of using Internet information, especially free

information on the World Wide Web, in research. It is: focused and purposeful, uses
internet information or internet-based resources, tends towards the immediate and
tends to access information without a purchase price. Internet research has had a
profound impact on the way ideas are formed and knowledge is created. Common
applications of Internet research include personal research on a particular subject,
students doing research for academic projects and papers, and journalists and other
writers researching stories. Research is a broad term. Here, it is used to mean
"looking something up". It includes any activity where a topic is identified, and an
effort is made to actively gather information for the purpose of furthering
understanding.

Internet Research Strength

 Are searching is faster than other medium.

For example when you searching with the book in the library it takes long time in
searching about the topic.

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  Internet researching will save user’s physical distance.
For example you need to go to library and during find the information about topics it
will make you spend your physical things.

 You can shear information with other people very quickly.

 Quality of information also better than other medium.

 Strength includes speed, immediacy, and a complete disregard for physical

distance.

Internet Research Weaknesses

 Possibility of leak someone's personal information and it can make negative effect in
your life.
 There is so many incorrect information that we trying to find
 You can get many harmful objects such as advertising.
 Weaknesses include unrecognized bias difficulties in verifying a writer’s
credentials (and therefore the accuracy or pertinence of the information obtained).

3.2 Six Online Research Skills

1. Check your Sources

Evaluating Web Resources

1) Authority
The person has the power or right to control, judge, or prohibit the actions of
others, a position that commands such a power or right.

 Is it clear who is responsible for the contents of the page?

 Is there a way of verifying the legitimacy of the organization, group,
company or individual?
 Is there any indication of the author's qualifications for writing on a
particular topic?
 Is the information from sources known to be reliable?

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 2) Accuracy
The ability to do something in an exact way without making a mistake, Faithful
measurement or representation of the truth; correctness; precision.

 Are the sources for factual information clearly listed so they can be
verified in another source?
 Is the information free of grammatical, spelling, and other typographical
errors?

3) Objectivity
The state or quality of being objective, He fact of being based on fact and not
influenced by personal belief or feelings.

 Does the content appear to contain any evidence of bias?

 Is there a link to a page describing the goals or purpose of the sponsoring
organization or company?
 If there is any advertising on the page, is it clearly differentiated from the
informational content?

4) Currency
The state of being commonly known or accepted, or of being used in
many places.
 Are there dates on the page to indicate when the page was written, when
the page was first placed on the Web, or when the page was last revised?

5) Coverage
A group or number of persons served or reached by a newspaper, radio or
television station, advertising campaign, business.

 Are these topics successfully addressed, with clearly presented arguments

and adequate support to substantiate them?
 Does the work update other sources, substantiate other materials you
have read, or add new information?
 Is the target audience identified and appropriate for your needs?
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 6) Appearance
The act or an instance of appearing, as to the eye, before the public,

 Does the site look well organized?

 Do the links work?
 Does the site appear well maintained?
2. Ask Good Question

The answers you get in the literature depend on the questions you pose.

3. Go beyond the surface

Persistence by continuing to pursue information to gain a broad perspective.

4. Be patient

Displaying emotional resilience by persisting in information searching despite

challenges.

5. Respect ownership

Respecting intellectual property rights of creator and producers.

6. Use your Networks

Using social media networks and information tools to gather and share
information.

3.3 Search Engines

A computer program that search documents especially on the World Wide Web
for specified words and provides a list of documents in which they are found. A
computer program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond
to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular
sites on the World Wide Web.

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Top 10 Most Search Engine

1) Google
 Top 1 search engine
 Has a difference of 43% from second place Bing

2) Bing
 Top 2 search engine
 Created by Microsoft
 www.bing.com

3) Yahoo Search
 Top 3 search engine
 Since October 2011 yahoo search is powered by bing
 www.yahoo.com

4) Ask
 Top 4 search engine
 Formerly known as Ask Jeeves
 ASK is based on a question/answer
 Most questions are answered by other users or are in the form of polls.
 It also has the general search functionality but the result returned lack
quality compared to google or even bing and yahoo
 www.ask.com

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5) Aol Search
 Top 5 search engine
 Formerly known as American Online
 One of the early pioneer of the internet
 Providing dial-up service
 www.aol.com

6) Baidu
 Top 6 search engine
 Baidu has founded in 2000 and it is the most popular search engine in
China
 www.baidu.com

7) Wolframalpha
 Top 7 search engine
 It has a computational knowledge engine which can give you facts data
for a number of topics
 www.wolframalpha

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8) DuckDuckGo
 Top 8 search engine
 It has a clean interface
 It does not track users
 It is not fully loaded with ads
 www.duckgo.com

9) Internet Archive
 Top 9 search engine
 www.Internetarchive.org

10) ChaCha
 Top 10 search engine
 Similar to ask.com where users can ask or answer a particular question.
 Human-guided search engine
 www.ChaCha.com

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Self-check

Answer the following Question.

Give at least 5 disadvantages of Online Research.

1. ______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________

Give at least 5 positive effects of online research.

1. ______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________________________

5. _____________________________________________________________

Are digital media a big part of your life? (Yes or no) explain why?

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