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An essential part of online research is the ability to critically evaluate information. This includes the ability to read and evaluate its level of accuracy, reliability and bias. When we recently as Via Elizabeth E Charles 
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I wanted students to be able to funnel their interests into a more authentic academic experience so that they could learn about what they want to learn about and become empowered as researchers, both casually and formally. Via Robin Good, Guillaume Decugis
Alfredo Corell's curator insight,
October 3, 2013 5:48 PM
An excellent story for lecturers or teachers thinking in content curation as a tool in their aulas. 
Fiona Harvey's curator insight,
October 8, 2013 2:22 AM
Useful for educators - key digital literacy skill 
johanna krijnsen's curator insight,
December 4, 2013 2:00 PM
content curation and critical thinking skills |
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"Critical thought is a cognitive process that proposes the systematic analysis of information, opinion and statements that we accept in our daily life as valid or true. It is a basic skill for a competent, free and responsible citizen." Via Beth Dichter
María Dolores Díaz Noguera's curator insight,
March 18, 2014 8:35 AM
Critical Thinking: Educating Competent Citizens 
Susan Walker-Meere's curator insight,
November 9, 2014 12:49 PM
I would add: Trans-disciplinary thinking; systems thinking for sustainability. Most people can not see the forest through the trees so miss the larger connections of the impacts that action, goods & services have on both environmental systems and human systems. 
Willem Kuypers's curator insight,
November 16, 2014 3:48 PM
La pensée critique, une competence clé du 21ème siècle avec tant d'information qui nous arrive.
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Great leaders think strategically. They can understand and appreciate the current state as well as see possibilities.
- Critical thinking is the mental process of objectively analyzing a situation by gathering information from all possible sources, and then evaluating both the tangible and intangible aspects, as well as the implications of any course of action.
Read more, a MUST: http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/03/27/how-to-develop-5-critical-thinking-types/
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Gust MEES's comment,
August 9, 2012 6:50 PM
Hi rosemary,
I made a Typo, sorry. I forgot the "a" in "Red more", please add it, thx in advance. greetings, Gust |
The practical steps described here could be adapted into a very useful language lesson for advanced language learners preparing to enter university.
Evaluating information is a critical life skill. Without sufficient practice, our students will not internalize this skill, and will not remember it from lesson to lesson. Talk to you librarian today about integrating the process of evaluating information into your research projects and lesson plans today!
Something m ost librarians already do; but good to remind us about it!