Online learning

Part 1

Read Between the Lines

Make a judgment about the site’s reliability based on your own analysis of the site and the information it contains. Here are some ways to do this:

·         Look for facts you know or can check with a trusted source. If the site gets those facts right, it’s more likely that the other facts on the site are also accurate.

·         Study the language used. It’s it angry, satiric or overly impassioned? This may indicate that the site is biased.

·         Consider whether the arguments are logical and backed up by evidence and whether the site presents only one point of view.

·         Check the links to the source that the author acknowledges. Scholarly writing, whether in print or online, should be include a bibliography. 

CHOOSE THE RIGHT