Monday, May 3, 2010

ETL401 Topic 4: The Information Search Process

Today I learned that there are a myriad of outlines existing to provide teachers, TLs and students with a structured process to follow when information is needed for something. Another student suggested in the forum that the best approach would be to look at various existing outlines and formulate your own, suited to your school as a whole, or individual classes and students. I agree with this in theory, but in practice I think that it would not always be necessary - some existing processes might suit the school or students perfectly without adjustment - why spend time and effort creating a new one if there is an appropriate one already, and probably presented in an easy to follow way?

Perhaps this idea could be adjusted - maybe rather than creating a new process no matter what, students and staff can be asked to look at the processes and decide which one suits them, and adjust it if they think that is necessary. Then a focus on assessing its effectiveness after using it would be appropriate.

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