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Engineering and Information: Research Skills for Engineers

This book, Engineering and Information: Research Skills for Engineers, is intended to expand experiential learning course offerings for undergraduate students through a series of interactive modules. The developed resource includes seven independent modul

Introduction

The internet has changed the way that students and professionals do research. There is an enormous amount of information available at our fingertips that we can access any time through our computers and phones. But, how can we make use of all this information when we are conducting research? How can we make sure that the information we are finding is appropriate and credible? This module will help you become better at finding and evaluating information online.

Modes of Learning

In this module, students will use the following modes of learning:

  • Videos and short assessments

This module will take approximately 25 minutes to complete.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to…

  • Recognize some of the types of information that you can find on the web
  • Identify and apply some advanced web searching techniques
  • Evaluate web information using the RADAR criteria

Key Terms & Concepts

  • Grey literature
  • RADAR

 

License

Engineering and Information: Research Skills for Engineers by Katie Harding, Alanna Carter, Shelir Ebrahimi, and Eva Mueller is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.