Lesson 2 - Ranking System for Evaluating Articles (Activity 3)

Articulate a clear set of criteria that you would use to rank the quality of educational .resources.
At the end, identify the top 2 and the bottom 2 types of resources based on the list below.

Then find someone who has a different perspective than you, and try to convince them that your approach is better.

• Book (e.g., Tapscott – Grown Up Digital)
• Chapter (e.g., Classroom Response Systems)
• Journal Article (e.g., Laptop Effectiveness)
• Conference Paper (e.g. MOOCs)
• Report (e.g. MOOC Report)
• Web-based article (e.g., To Mooc or Not to Mooc)
• Blog Entry (e.g., When Helping Hurts)
• Magazine/Newspaper Article (e.g. New York Times – MOOC)

Lesson 2 (Project) What is the focus of your project? (Activity 2)

Search and consider

• Review Project - Overview
• Search the Library here for topics you wish to pursue 
• Has a current review on this topic already been done?
• Are there enough papers to review?

Post

• A  clear, well-reasoned explanation about why this topic is important
• Give feedback to at least 2 other students focussing on how they might improve their rationale for pursuing their project topic  

Lesson 2 (Thesis) Post your  research questions (Activity 2)

Search and consider

• Review Research Questions Videos 

Post

• Post your carefully written research questions, based on your understanding of the videos above
• Give meaningful feedback to at least 2 other students about their thesis title - You want to help them improve the title based on your knowledge of title creation

Lesson 2 (Thesis) Post your Title (Activity 1)

Search and consider

• Review Creating a Thesis Title (3:46)

Post

• A potential title for your thesis
• Give meaningful feedback to at least 2 other students about their thesis title - You want to help them improve the title based on your knowledge of title creation

Lesson 2 (Project) Post your Title (Activity 1)

Search and consider

• Review Titles for a Literature Review (3:32)

Post

• A potential title for your project
• Give meaningful feedback to at least 2 other students about their project title - You want to help them improve the title based on your knowledge of title creation