12. Evaluate
How confident are you about assessing what you need and knowing where to find it online? Do you know where to find different types of information (professional development opportunities, learning resources, etc.)?
Searching online
How confident are you at searching online? Can you use keywords and advanced search options to focus your search, or filter a large number of results? Do you know when to stop searching and consider alternative search strategies?
Scanning and skimming
How confident are you at scanning and skimming a web page to get to the relevant information quickly?
Keeping up to date
How confident are you about keeping up to date with news in subjects that interest you for work, study or personal interest? Do you understand how to use social media to do this?
Evaluating
With such a wealth of information available online, it can sometimes be difficult to know who and what to trust. Knowing how to evaluate sources and people will help you to identify good quality information and sources. It will also help you find the most appropriate tools for your needs.
We connect with a variety of people and groups online. Trust is an important issue. Being able to assess how trustworthy people are is important, especially if their views have the potential to impact on your own. Sharing opinions, yours or other people’s, on social media can affect the way you are perceived by others. Therefore, you need to be confident that what you are sharing is reliable.