Information Literacy Education LBS 707

Identify 5 formats of sources for research topic and convert to 3 different formats. 1.Peer reviewed article -  Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa., & Institute for  Democracy in South Africa. (1987). Democracy in action: Journal of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa . Cape Town: Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa. 2.  Peer reviewed article Walsh, D. M. (November 01, 2012). Does the Quality of Democracy Matter for Women's Rights? Just Debate and Democratic Transition in Chile and South Africa. Comparative Political Studies, 45, 11, 1323-1350. This article has been converted into a Blog. I have created this blog myself using the information from the article. 3. Video Recording Matabane, K., Edkins, D., Day Zero Film & Video (Firm), National Film Board of Canada., South African Broadcasting Corporation., & First Run/Icarus Films. (2004). Story of a beautiful country . Brooklyn, NY: Firs...

This is a commercial published peer reviewed article that you can find online. The article is published on the  Comparative Political Studies 45(11) 1323–1350 © The Author(s) 2012. This article offers a new explanation that targets the quality of democracy in the leading institutions in the public sphere. The author argues that open and inclusive debate conditions, or women’s access, voice, and capacity for contestation in the legislature, civil society, and the media, enable them to shape debate content and pressure the state to respond with legislative reform. The author tests this claim through a structured, focused comparison of Chile and South Africa during the period prior to the transition to democracy, when the public sphere expanded and debate conditions were dynamic.  The author finds that different levels of openness and inclusiveness coincide with different outcomes in women’s rights. This suggests that the quality of democracy in the public sphere shap...

Impact of Internet in our daily lives? In this homework we were requested to identify 5 images, 5 Media resources and 5 Open Education Resources on the research topic we have chosen and check the type of  Creative Commons licence each image/media/OER carries. Image 1   CC0 License ✓ Free for personal and commercial use ✓ No attribution required All photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license . This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose . The pictures are free for personal and even for commercial use . You can modify, copy and distribute the photos. All without asking for permission or setting a link to the source. So, attribution is not required . Image 2  This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1,...

Show how each activity relates to the Knowledge Practice or Learning Outcome  Questions 1. How does someone become part of the scholarly conversation? 2. Why is it important to find more than one perspective about a topic? 3. How do authority structures limit the ability to enter into the scholarly conversation? MATERIAL NEEDED 1.Laptops/Computers/Mobile Devices 2. Intenet Connectivity 3. White Board and a marker ACTIVITIES 1. Provide reference page from an article 2. Ask students to find one of the articles listed using the citations provided and divide students into groups 3. Ask them to search for different types of information and peer teach how to search LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Citing sources in the creation of information 2. Become a contributor at the appropriate level 3. Identify the contribution of scholarly materials to disciplinary knowledge