Principles for Evaluating Websites

I wrote this article a few years ago to give people looking at online sources some assistance in assessment and evaluation. It is consistent with my Fallacies guide, though much briefer and more applied. Readers of this course should notice the effort to balance the decline in the role of the authority with the increase in the role of reason and critical thinking on the part off non-authorities.

Sometimes it feels as though people think that non-authoritarian learning means students can advance whatever point of view they want, as though every view were equal. But not so. As Tom Whyte says, "providing students with training on verifying knowledge and sources is very important." True - but not just because it saves time (though it does) but so they have some mechanism for selecting with of their ideas to offer as candidates for belief. Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, November 4, 2008. [Link] [Tags: none] [Previous][Next]

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