[Yulpub] Internet Detective (a new website)

[Suzanne Lorimer]

 From yesterday's DIG_REF list:

>  Internet Detective, a free online tutorial designed to help students 
> develop the critical thinking required for their Internet research, is 
> being launched on the Web on June 13th in the RDN Virtual Training 
> Suiteat: http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/

The website's front door states
"Sure, you use the Internet all the time, but you need to wise up to the 
web when you use it for  your university or college work.
Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and 
the ugly for your online research. "
It's a joint venture of the the <http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/>Intute Virtual 
Training Suite , a national JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) 
service for UK universities and colleges offering over 60 free web-based 
tutorials teaching Internet research skills;  the 
<http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk>LearnHigher Project , a partnership of 16 
Universities forming a HEFCE-funded Centre for Excellence in Teaching and 
Learning (CETL); with additional funding from the 
<http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/>HE Academy Subject Network for Information 
and Computer Sciences .

It's also worthwhile to look at the RDN (Resource Discovery Network) 
Virtual Training Suite < http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/ >, which describes 
itself as:
"A  set of free online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and 
researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills. Work 
in your own time at your own pace - no one is monitoring you! There are 
quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the learning experience. "
-Sue

Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT  06520-8240
(phone) 203-432-8371  (fax) 203-432-8527
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