Activity 1 - Blog Reflections
Using your favourite metaphor, describe the most important lesson that you had learnt in your EIR journey.
The most important lesson that I have learnt in my EIR journey is to never give up. Even if I cannot find the information that I want through search engines, there are still other alternatives apart from search engines, like invisible web database. It also takes a lot of patience to look for the correct information.
To me, researching is just like painting a picture. It is going to take a lot of time, effort and patience to finish painting a nice piece of picture. Same goes for researching, it is not going to be as easy as just searching a few words on Google. It is more than just that. A good research should not just rely on Google search engine, but with meta search engine and invisible web database too.
In conclusion, I had lots of fun through this EIR journey and made many new friends too. I am also glad to have Mdm Farida as my awesome tutor. :)
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
EIR Practical 8 & 9 - Evaluation of Internet Resources 2&3
Activity 3 - Blog Reflections
Update your blog with magical pictures from the multimedia website and Second Life screen captures of your Dream Holiday destinations
My Dream Holiday destination is...PARIS (http://www.paris.com)
Which evaluation criteria did you use to evaluate the multimedia websites for your “Dream Holiday”? Why?
I used Coverage and Currency to evaluate my website. Coverage because I need to know many things in order to go to my dream holiday, like hotel, attractions, tours and stuff. The website has more than enough information for one to know in order to go to the place. Currency is also needed because things change over time, and if the website is not updated, it will be a disappointment to expect something from the website that does not exist in real life anymore.
Why did you choose to go to your Dream Holiday destination?
I guess it is partly because of my mum's job as a draughts woman that made me like looking at buildings and appreciate them. Paris has this eiffel tower which intrigues me, the entire structure of it. It seems like it is built solely with metal rods. I always wanted to visit european countries too, I believe it will be a new experience for me.
Compare your virtual Second Life experience with that of evaluating the multimedia websites for your Dream Holiday
For my Second Life experience, although my avatar get to go to the "real" virtual place and get really up close to the eiffel tower, but it still feels like it's virtual and unreal. Unless I get to experience it for myself and not what my avatar experiences. While evaluating multimedia websites for my dream holiday, although I get more texts than pictures, but I feel really excited about going there one day, with all the Paris landmarks and attractions!!!
Update your blog with magical pictures from the multimedia website and Second Life screen captures of your Dream Holiday destinations
My Dream Holiday destination is...PARIS (http://www.paris.com)
I used Coverage and Currency to evaluate my website. Coverage because I need to know many things in order to go to my dream holiday, like hotel, attractions, tours and stuff. The website has more than enough information for one to know in order to go to the place. Currency is also needed because things change over time, and if the website is not updated, it will be a disappointment to expect something from the website that does not exist in real life anymore.
Why did you choose to go to your Dream Holiday destination?
I guess it is partly because of my mum's job as a draughts woman that made me like looking at buildings and appreciate them. Paris has this eiffel tower which intrigues me, the entire structure of it. It seems like it is built solely with metal rods. I always wanted to visit european countries too, I believe it will be a new experience for me.
Compare your virtual Second Life experience with that of evaluating the multimedia websites for your Dream Holiday
For my Second Life experience, although my avatar get to go to the "real" virtual place and get really up close to the eiffel tower, but it still feels like it's virtual and unreal. Unless I get to experience it for myself and not what my avatar experiences. While evaluating multimedia websites for my dream holiday, although I get more texts than pictures, but I feel really excited about going there one day, with all the Paris landmarks and attractions!!!
Friday, January 6, 2012
EIR Practical 6 - Introduction to Internet Resources: Internet Search Facilities 2
Activity 3 - Blog Reflections
Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?
I think that using search engines will be more effective than using invisible web databases. This is because search engines like Google.com are convenient and very popular among everybody. Although invisible web databases returns useful and reliable results that are published by professional authors, but it only searches a specific database, while search engines search for almost everything possible.
Name ONE database which you will use for your research topic. Why?
I will use EBSCOHOST database for my research topic. This is because the returned results are relevant and up-to-date. The articles are all rounded as it covers all areas of my research topic because they are published by professional authors, thus making the articles reliable.
Name ONE more database which you will use for your course. How will you use this database for your course?
For my course, Interactive Media Informatics, I will use the IEEE Computer Society Pick5 Package database. IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading membership organization for computing professional. Since my course is IT-related, hence by using IEEE, it will allow me to find relevant articles. There are several publications that will be useful to me, such as IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE MultiMedia. I will use this database when I cannot find the results that I want from Google.
Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?
I think that using search engines will be more effective than using invisible web databases. This is because search engines like Google.com are convenient and very popular among everybody. Although invisible web databases returns useful and reliable results that are published by professional authors, but it only searches a specific database, while search engines search for almost everything possible.
Name ONE database which you will use for your research topic. Why?
I will use EBSCOHOST database for my research topic. This is because the returned results are relevant and up-to-date. The articles are all rounded as it covers all areas of my research topic because they are published by professional authors, thus making the articles reliable.
Name ONE more database which you will use for your course. How will you use this database for your course?
For my course, Interactive Media Informatics, I will use the IEEE Computer Society Pick5 Package database. IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading membership organization for computing professional. Since my course is IT-related, hence by using IEEE, it will allow me to find relevant articles. There are several publications that will be useful to me, such as IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE MultiMedia. I will use this database when I cannot find the results that I want from Google.
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