Searching for credible evidence – Exercise

1. Digital citizenship

• URL: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-citizenship-need-to-know-vicki-davis
• Search terms: Digital Citizenship blog
• Found it on: Google
• Written by: Vicki Davis
• Published on: October 24, 2014
• Kind of publication: blog
• There are 10 comments for the blog, so it has average credibility.

 

• URL: https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LgJw8U9Z0w0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=Digital+Citizenship&ots=DWVwBRbBVo&sig=JYz5wZ2tbuOdHqkEbFYXYNuu7Vw#v=onepage&q=Digital%20Citizenship&f=false

• Search terms: Digital Citizenship
• Found it on: Google Scholar
• Written by: Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, Ramona S. McNeal
• Published on: 12/10/2007
• Kind of publication: Book
• It appears credible since it is a pdf file from Illinois.edu and cited by 588

 

• URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkTmZ0bF5Q
• Search terms: Digital Citizenship
• Found it on: You tube
• Made by: Cyber wise 1
• Published on: June 26, 2011
• Kind of publication: Presentation
• There are 88,972 views with 93 likes and 28 dis likes, so it has average credibility.

 

2. Database design

• URL: https://quickleft.com/blog/introduction-to-database-design-on-rails/
• Search terms: Database Design blog
• Found it on: Google
• Written by: David Aragon
• Published on: 02/06/2012
• Kind of publication: blog
• There are 11 comments for the blog, so it has average credibility.

 

• URL: http://tocs.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/2107187X.pdf
• Search terms: Database Design
• Found it on: Google Scholar
• Written by: C Batini,S Ceri, S Navathe
• Published on: 1989
• Kind of publication: Book
• The credibility is high since it uploaded by educational institute and cited by 1576.

 

• URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Pr1VgPK4w&list=PL_c9BZzLwBRK0Pc28IdvPQizD2mJlgoID
• Search terms: Database Design
• Found it on: You tube
• Presented by: Caleb
• Published on: Jun 14, 2014
• Kind of publication: Video clip
• There are 27,847 views with 378 likes and 6 dis likes, so it has average credibility.

 

3. Oculus rift

• URL: http://oculusrift-blog.com/
• Search terms: Oculus rift
• Found it on: Google
• Written by: No name
• Published on: 2015
• Kind of publication: blog
• No name of a author and no exact date of publication, therefore it has a low credibility.

 

• URL: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1408/1408.1173.pdf
• Search terms: Oculus rift
• Found it on: Google Scholar
• Written by: Parth Rajesh Desai,Pooja Nikhil Desai, Komal Deepak Ajmera, Khushbu Mehta
• Published on: 6 Aug 2014
• Kind of publication: paper publication
• It is in Cornell University library therefore it has high credibility, though it cited by only 8.

 

• URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC2VIE0hkko
• Search terms: Oculus rift
• Found it on: You tube
• Presented by: Jeremy Williams, Norman Chan
• Published on: Apr 1, 2016
• Kind of publication: Video clip
• There are 173,102 views with 2,530 likes and 174 dis likes, so it has average credibility.