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Listen to the morning edition on CBC. s apostrophe. I thought so. So i'm not quite sure why date doesn't work. On this page but. Here we are today. did everything. Well Okay, I guess, I didn't. it's not there. I did do some things. I must not have saved the file that I thought I saved. As I. pushed it all to the web. Okay, so. You can come down front, if you want. Anyway, so just going to mention you. So we've gone through. send us and hunter have gone through the project proposals and. Yes, there are a few issues that were found. So i'm going to post. The comments to you this morning. And you'll have a chance to resubmit. If you want to, if you would like a better mark and to address some of the concerns that have been identified okay. So, can you hear me okay.
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Yes, sir.
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Okay.
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project proposal. that's not straight. We said. Before. yesterday. Okay, so that's one thing.
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hi professor, we can see the full whiteboard can you adjust the camera a little can see what's written on the right side.
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sure.
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yeah that's better thanks.
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you're welcome.it's.
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So. Much. For those of you here is that enough light to keep the help keep you awake. yeah Okay, and for those of you on zoom takes care of the glare a little bit. On the whiteboard. I was visibility there.
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that's good.
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Okay.
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i'm not sure. Anyway, sorry. So part of the things I promised last day. i've addressed them here. So. This is the same sentence that was here. So instead of identify multiple. i've suggested four to eight. To give you some guidance. I don't want you to feel like you have to do that many but. kind of. A ballpark for. Another thing I have to add tonight, thank you very much. Okay. So for people in zoom. i've added a number of. Sources here. Just to give you a bit more. structure mean if you have three. So it's all of a sudden multiple so that means at least you should have at least two but I encourage you to have three or four. And you can have well. That was a question on Thursday is that. give you enough detail. Anyway, it's. yeah. So the other thing. So this other sentence, so I added. This information. And then, it was rough what was there previously said references are to be included as hyperlinks in the post close to the text, and next reference, they should also be clearly included in playing. They should also be clearly included in plain text at the end of your work. Also Okay, so that was there now i've added this part. Also at the end of your work. answer the following questions about each source. So this is. to codify our discussion from before the break. So who is the author who's the publisher. What is the purpose or perspective. And I spelled that wrong. I said prescribed scripted. perspective. Which is not. Not a word as far as I can. Anyway, i'll fix that. But the purpose or perspective of the content. Is information provided by the source, timely and relevant. And then, how does a source compared to others so. He can address those five things. and the rest of this is the same. And then just. i've added a bit of detail here critical evaluation of online sources. So all questions answered thoroughly. or questions answered questions answered somewhat thoroughly few questions answer. So it gives you a bit of a guide for those four marks.
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And this is still do tomorrow right.
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Well okay. So I said. Okay i'm gonna raise this. I said that you could still submit it on Friday, with only a 10% penalty. And I kind of thinking. To myself. Maybe i'll just will make the due date on the 11th. So I was thinking about this in relation to the project proposal and. Just I did. I wanted, I wanted to have some time to discuss this and make sure that. Things were clear for you and finalizing your assignment. That same okay. So then. we'll do in two weeks 25th is the critique. And then the other two dates for the. The group assignment. And the project will be the same. well. If you have more than eight I would say that I would welcome you to. comment on each of them. If you decide that. Maybe there's a source that isn't. isn't isn't contributing to your argument, then maybe if you have. A lot maybe you could say well. These are the. Most important ones. That makes it, I mean. If you've written this now, and you have say 12. And you think well. I don't wanna I don't feel like I want to go back and redo things and Edit that down. So i'm trying to be respectful of that so i'm not saying you have to. Change the work you've done. Like just like he did. For the references you do include. answer those questions or make a comment with your answers to those questions for the sources. Okay yeah you're welcome.
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So it just goes into effect in comments about the sources so do we have like to write an essay or small paragraph or what do we have to write like for. For the sources and what do we have to submit them because, like there is no, you have not mentioned like when is it due date to submit the paragraph for. Content sources.
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So. I would just like you, that so. This is. This is the new part that i've added here. So in the instructions their resolve is yours. They meaning your references should also be clearly included in plain text at the end of your work. So following. your reference to. A source. are calling your plain text. Following your plain text. Reference list at the after at the end of your blog entry. Then make comments about each source. that's taking of those questions. Yes. Sorry. So what did. I think. You just answered the question truthfully that you say it's an unknown author unknown publisher. But if it's. If it's difficult to identify the author of the publisher what does that say about. The reliability of the source. yeah it's a little bit. it's maybe a red flag. Maybe not bright red but. that's a bit of evidence that says. Maybe. Maybe this isn't the most reliable thing. So instead of. what's a good example, maybe, say, well, the New York Times or the Washington Post. Maybe it's spelled. Maybe it's. i'm trying to make up some. This isn't this will be fairly clear. Maybe you know, so the web, the URL. it's made up look like it's so agenda publication, but maybe the URL isn't. So so clear. or it's. There are some other ways that we might see that. Or maybe. w post.
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A certain like in general, when we designed our blog we actually gave all the references, towards the end of the. End of the blog written as like say, for example, the work cited page or something so we also had hyperlinks to each of the. Each of the links, so I just wanted to know that do you want us to write our explanation or the answer to these questions on turn need those links.
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So. The links are in the body of your your blog entry. So, at the end i'm asking for plain text. listed list of your sources so they don't have to be clickable. But at the end and the end of your blog entry. You can list the sources you've used and then make comments about them there. So. Does that make sense.
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yeah, but if we if we are following the email a format for the work cited page we actually like add all the name of the author, the publisher the date of publication like stuff like that, so do you want us to use MLA and then also state those again in the in the small paragraph.
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So. it's not about. citation so much as So if you say. here's an article written by Darrell happening. And then, in your comments you said it's an article written by Darrell happening. that's not necessarily adding. A lot of information so. You might say. they're all happening who's the Department of computer science at the University of Regina. let's see alright.
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Are we supposed to put the whole link in the body of blog posts.
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So you don't need to make a clickable you can put the URL. So the purpose of putting the plain text at the bottom is just to make clear the URLs we are click the what you're clicking what you're linking in inside the blog post and blog entry within the text you've written.
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i'm asking him about the body of the block engine.
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Okay, so in the body. You can just include. You can. Here, let me do an example here. Do it in. Service channel cooperate today. Okay. have to add more dates for this. Oh, we didn't do a tendency there should do that now. yeah so called the format i'm not. Making you sick to a particular format. I just would like you to make things clear. And do it consistently if you're going to do it one way. If you're comfortable with a certain format. use that. consistently in your writing. Much like today, I apologize. So some days I do better this keyboard you know subtle differences and keyboards. So. Inside the body, the text body of the entry and we can make a URL. Or can associate the URL with the text. I think I spelled that right. anyway. i'm not. Okay, so maybe you can see, this isn't going to be. The most reliable source like continue down this path, but this is the kind of things that. i'm not trying to make light of that i'm just this is my exam example of how I do it. Without finding a particular article. anyway. Maybe it's better to find a. I fear that my. peculiar sense of humor is undermining you're undermining the clarity with which i'm. Which i'm striving.
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saucer on the second bullet point the link that you have is that the link to the newspaper directly like and not the article.
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So that's what I put in here. So that's the same URL that I put there.
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Also, is that the same link you added on both places like on the.
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So it's this it's the same link. hey. This is where i'm linking. So that's the same. Okay, so let me. So if you when you're adding them in the editor if you click on. open a new window then maybe that's just a little bit easier for people reading it. So they can have your. of your text in one tab and then the sources appear in other towns. that's what. Those of you who are more familiar with html syntax that's when you put the target. target equals blank. create a new tab for the link. Yes, sir. You can do that to. Like put a. Like a key. To the reference list and.
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say.
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yeah. Well, you don't have to hyperlink all the texts that relates to the source.
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hey.
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You put a link the source. close to where it's. Okay, that makes sense.
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If someone has like actually use the hyperlinks in the works cited section should they remove it, or can I just leave it like that, and and read the explanation underneath.
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yeah. If you've got it set up as a hyperlink. Already that's. I don't want you to. feel like you have to make changes. To what you've gotten already it's just that a bit more information, so you consider. So you consider. The quality of the source. That you've been created. That makes sense.
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Yes, Sir answer about that one thing you asked how does the source, compared to others like what are you mostly looking for in that section.
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So is it representative, for example, is it representative of other sources, does it have similar information or is it, notably different than every. The one source that says yes, when the other say no, for example. You might think that this is the most reliable source. of several that. provide the same essentially the same information.
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i'm gonna take up my.
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sense of humor.
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And sure approximately how many words should be like right for each of the sources.
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I don't want to count words. Just answer the question. You don't have to write an essay about each source, but just indicate. indicate you've thought about the questions. Okay.
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Yes, sir.
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Like i'm missing my trackpad i'm. With my left hand i'm pressing of the trackpad on the. Other top. Okay. So. Any other administration kinds of questions.
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Now, will you also be able to post like an example for the critique blog as well, and when you do, what do you mentioned something on march 25.
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yeah so change the date for that to march 25.
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Okay, and will you be able like was like an example for the critique park or something like that.
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Yes, I will. Okay.
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yeah answer about the sources like. I know you said, like it has to be up like topic that's being discussed, currently, but like what if we find something in general that's applicable for the current situation as well from two three years back, is would it be like okay if we included an article or two like that as well.
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yeah, so I think. Doing using it for background is appropriate. or context. So when I said timely irrelevant, so that would be under the relevant category. Okay i'm going to try and let's do a little discussion here. We find an rf I don't have the link to the article. I will, I will take a time during that. little bit. use that phrase you are some risks and rewards. Okay, so i'm going to put that in the chat for the Rainbow room though started this now. So i'll kind of spread truth, instead of misinformation online what are some risks and rewards of getting information online. Any ideas what how to mitigate risks and increase your awards. That seem like a reasonable. topic to. discuss in your groups. Okay, in zoom does that seem okay. just give me a thumbs up on your.
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seems good.
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Okay.
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Alright, so i'll start breakout rooms, so what we found out a lot last time in class was. So I know some people had laptops with earphones and so people in class join the zoom group. let's this. Or that component. well. Okay, so. Her groups on if you're in zoom go to your room with the with the class work group and if you're in class, you can either. If you have technology to let you join your zoom your classroom group on zoom you can do that. Or you can get together and form a couple groups here, so we give people in class the option of doing that those give those two options to people in class. Okay, so i'll set up the breakout rooms and we'll go from there. So do 10 minutes and then we'll have five minutes for.
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Right.happy.Sunday.
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Okay. discussion. Good. Any. Any ways to. Spread truth, instead of lies online yeah. yeah okay so. Something to do to find fake news common highlighted. Okay. Any other comments from class from them from the room. How about online in zoom any comments. Now i'm not talking to you soon. And nobody's responding that's okay.
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So something like using blockchain technology, I guess, for spreading. giving you access. So the reliable or only the trustworthy sources spread the information post information which cannot be tampered with also sources.
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So that still requires the. The original information to be. accurate and true.
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Who decides what is true so. I think is the most important part on that one.
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yeah. So just a small question here at the. end.
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what's objective truth.
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And how do we know it. that's not a very big issue is that. yeah I think so, too, I was, I was just gonna say that that was me with my particular sense of humor again. So I don't want to. Leave. unsure about that so. I think we're out of time for today 945 yeah. Okay, so any any questions before we break for today. So was the example in the discussions. helpful to clarifying things for you. and seeing how. Our evaluation of sources that we use for information is an important part of being a citizen today, not just writing blog assignments, for acting and see us to add. Okay i'll take that as a yes and they Thank you very much for today, I will see you Thursday. need to get Ahold of me, you know where to find me online. thanks again. Thanks soon we'll see you next meeting. Yes. Your proposal, and particularly. My name, so no. So i'm going to post the marks when I get back to my office now. And then you'll have a chance to resubmit them. If you don't like your mark. Okay, thank you.
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meeting password?
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Yes, that;s good
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meeting password?
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Project proposal will be returned today and you will be given a chance to resubmit
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The new deadline will be March 14
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Did not recieve the grade for my project proposal!
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Same here
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It’s good
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same her
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here*
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As a reminder, please check the assignment descriptions on Dr. Hepting’s website to make sure that you have included everything asked of you: http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/teaching/CS-280/202210/
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Blog entry is now due Friday, March 11th at 11:59pm
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that sure will help a lot, thank you
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Is there still a 10% penalty for the blog submission on Friday?
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For your blog entry, if you have more than 8 sources, you should answer the questions for each of them.
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The references are part of your blog post
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If the author or publisher is unknown, it is probably not a reliable source and you should not include it
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Attendance?
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If you still wish to include it, then be truthful while answering the questions and say that the author and publisher is unknown
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i think mla or apa format doesn't matter cuz it's a blog not an essay
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Student password
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For the ‘how does this source compare to others’ question, think ‘is it similar to other sources, or is it notably different from what other sources are saying on the topic?’
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Breakout room: How can we spread truth instead of misinformation online? What are some risks and rewards of getting information online? Any ideas about how to mitigate risks and increase rewards?
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Yes
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Just to double check the4 blog is due fri with no penalty?
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People will believe what they want to believe
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professor, it shows my blog entry is submitted and it shows I can not submit it again, so if I make changes in my individual student blog, do I have to submit it again?
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Thank you
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Thank you!
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Thank you
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Yes the blog is due Friday with no oenalty
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*penalty
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will you post the meeting response for todays class?
Responses
The most important thing that I encountered:
- the most important thing that I learned is to spread truth instead of misinformation there should be a law enforcement body to check the authenticity of the information and should not be limited only to variety of computing concepts like information on website or articles but also to live news feed
- Today we discussed about the blog entry. The most important thing that we discusss today is the format and refernce that to be given in the blog entry. It was very helpful in making my blog.
- The verfication of sources and how to spot sources that could be unreliable. one examlpe is a source that has no author or publishing details avaible, therefore prevents them from responsiblity.
- The blog post was extended
- Professor discussed about the blog which helped me a lot and gave an idea about the blog
- The most important thing that I learned in today's lecture is that the blog due date is no Fri Mar. 11 @ 11:59pm and that we are supposed to answer some questions about the sources we used to write our blog.
- New detail and due date of blog.
- Today I developed a better understanding of expectations for the assignment. We learned about hyperlinking correctly, how to critique our works cited page, and that the deadline had been extended in order to increase the life expectancy of students (reduce unnecessary stress).
- The risk of getting information online is that the information might be incomplete or wrong, that will lead to misunderstanding. The benefit of getting information online is fast and convenient.
- The most important thing I learned today was more information on the Blog Entry. It is very useful to know what we are expected of when it comes to citations and references.
- today we talked and changed the due date of the blog again, and now it is due on Friday.
- Misinformation online will always be an issue as there will most likely be no solution to correct the information. Once misinformation spreads, there is no way to get rid of it.
- Today we had a brief discussion about the risks and rewards of getting information online and checking if the sources we picked are valid and reliable or not. The discussion helped students to think twice if the references they selected for their blog entries were reliable or not. It was an excellent way to make us accountable and more careful about the resources we chose for our blogs.
- ceasing misinformation from the internet is almost not possible. The only thing we as an individual can do is take these informations as opinions instead of facts
- Today, in class professor told a lot about the blog entry. Information about how we are supposed to cite the sources was given. Details about how the sources that we will be giving should be reliable and should avoid sources from unknown writers.
- I talked to my friends about how to determine whether the information that comes online is true or fake and how to accurately distinguish information. I think the best way is to find and compare a lot of data.
- That some risks of getting information online is that anyone can put something online whether it is true or not. This then allows people to wonder if the information they are receiving is in fact correct. An idea to mitigate this is to have a score rating on its legitimacy. This, however, can create more issues though (governments giving out low scores to sources that go against them). On the other hand, getting information online is more accessible at any time you wish.
- I learnt that one can attain a more accurate picture of the truth by diversifying one's sources. A person has to work harder and put in more effort to listen to different sources and ideas if they want to actually get closer to an objective truth. I know that time is very limited, so we design algorithms and filters in order to sort through what's most "relevant". But are we willing to sacrifice truth for the sake of productivity? How can we get closer to the truth if we are stuck inside our own bubbles?
- Most important thing was learning the way we should discuss and include our sources in our upcoming blog post
- It is essential to provide all the valuable information about the sources to ensure that the research is reliable and performed extensively. I learned how to properly select and cite the sources that I will be using to write the blog. I also learned about some of the ways/ideas that can be used to spread truth instead of misinformation online.
- Blog entry submission date was changed and we had a breakout discussion about the importance of technology.
- Today I have learnt about how to avoid spreading misinformation through online, we can fact check before we share anything on internet. Always look for author and the official pages and verify them and always check for links to other resources to backup the claim. We can also check the objective like how it is presented, is it personal opinion or is it professional, we can also check the time when it was published and is all the information up-to-date. By doing all these we can try to stop the spread of mi
- This is a crucial time in history where we might see a big change in how we see that world. Blockchain have introduced a new way to look at tech companies and other things. I personally think web 3 will be the future and it can be seen in every aspect of life. Like for example rental agreement would be hosted on blockchain. Decentralization would bring power back in the hands of people.
- how to mitigate risk and increase reward when getting information online
- In today's meeting, professor explain about the blog entry submission and how to submit references to it as well. and also had discussion in a breakout session.
- Thank you for extending dues and the conversation about blockchain was just awesome.thanks
- What contributes as misinformation? How do we know that something is false? People believe what they want to believe at the end of the day. Preventing the spread of misinformation is a bit difficult due to the first two questions. Perspective plays an important role in evaluating the objective truth. And people do not have the time to fact check every little thing either.
- Getting information online is fast, but risky if you don't know how to spot the fake information. It's even more complicated with the rise of social media. Anyone can post and share their thought, some people abuse the freedom of speech to spread harmful words, toxicity,. ..
- We discussed spreading truth rather than misinformation online today. What are the risks and rewards of getting information online. Ideas for what can reduce the risks and increase the rewards
- the discussion on breakout room about rewards and risk of getting information online
- In this class of CS280 professor discussed about the deadline tomorrow and then we went to the breakout room and gave out our opinion on the topic that was discussed.
- Today lecture was quite awesome as we learned more about our blog and professor also told us about our submission that how to convert it in html.
- Today the most important thing I learned is that the web blog entry description has changed and that I can finally complete the assignment once I finish these new changes.
- you can do fact checking before spreading information
- First we discussed about the blog entry assignment and then we discussed about how we can spread truth instead of misinformation online.
- Mitigating the risks we take when trying to find information online is a very difficult, but important thing to do. With the proliferation of misinformation it is vital that everyone is vigilant when seeking out knowledge online or else we risk repeating the same wrong information ourselves and making the problem worse.
- We can stop the spread of false information by creating some technical and human systems that can weed out and minimize the ways in which bots and other schemes spread lies and misinformation or to create a fact checker asking for resources when a publisher posts any information online. Some risks of getting information online can be that the information is false and there is no truth based on the information posted. The rewards can be that there are so many reliable researches that we can use them as a ref
- the extend of the blog and how to submit the blog.
The most difficult thing for me to understand:
- How could block chain be used to mitigate risks and increase rewards?
- Well, regarding today's discussion, I would have to say that we cannot stop others from posting about their opinions or factual content (true or not). So, it is kind of hard to decipher a globalized world to only spread the truth, because people will believe what they want to believe. Obviously, the risks are gaining misinterpretation of different topics due to an opinion based comment or just factually incorrect. Fact checking or using block chaining will solve our problem, but who is in charge of that?
- As professor told in today's lecture, he will marked our assignment with some comments so we have chance to edit our assignment one. Still we didn't get any comments then how do we supposed to change or edit our assignment-1?
The thing about which I would most like to know more:
- I would like to know more about the health field and data protection on it.
- How can we find trust worthy information online
- In today's class it was about mitigate risks and increase rewards in breakout room and I want to know more about this topic.
- In today's lecture prof told all of us about project proposal as some of the project proposal was not up to mark so he extended the due date by 14. The class was very impressive.
- Business runs on information. The faster it’s received and the more accurate it is, the better. Blockchain is ideal for delivering that information because it provides immediate, shared and completely transparent information stored on an immutable ledger that can be accessed only by permissioned network members. A blockchain network can track orders, payments, accounts, production and much more.
- how misinformation triggers violence
- I would like to know more about what people define as spreading true information. Lots of what gets posted on social media is opinion based but this can also come across as spreading false information. With that I would like to know how other people categorize as spreading misinformation or truth.
- The idea of using a blockchain of information. We discussed it in the breakout room I was in. It sounds like an interesting concept for sure, but I'm not entirely sure how it would work and I'd enjoy learning more about it and hearing about it.
- How does one spread the truth through the internet and get people to actually listen
- The confidentiality of your info.
- The proper morals to have as a member of society, as a youth and as a human being because all of this affects the code of conduct one holds and carries out as a person in the computer science field. Learning and gaining certain knowledge puts one in a position with the access to a wide area of information which sometimes leads to the misuse of those information which is an example of poor conduct. With great power comes great responsibility. I hope i can gain a few of those good morals in this class.
- I would like to know more about the block chain and how it came to be and what limitations it might have
- In todays lecture i learned The rise of “fake news” and the proliferation of doctored narratives that are spread by humans and bots online are challenging publishers and platforms. Those trying to stop the spread of false information are working to design technical and human systems that can weed it out and minimize the ways in which bots and other schemes spread lies and misinformation...
- In todays class we discussed about the blog entry and what we have to write in it. Professor informed that the blog should have at least 4-8 citations and also stated that the citations should be from some reliable source. Then we had a group discussion on 'How can we spread truth instead of misinformation online? What are some risks and rewards of getting information online? Any ideas about how to minimize risks and increase rewards'. I would like to more about the group discussion.
- What can we do to make our information socoety plateform more secure and user friendly instead of being owner and profit friendly?
- I really enjoy the knowledge that i am getting from this course it has really helped me out on my searching process and its getting more and more interesting considering the topics we consider in class and i am very thankful for professor knowledge.
- I would like to learn more about the methods used by current fact checking algorithms. It seem's to me that fact checking specific websites, articles and more is a near impossible task. Who determines what is factual/how do we define what is factual information? As mentioned in class about covid-19, the fact's for Vaccine information has continually changed, and facts known today were not necessarily facts. How do we navigate situations like this?
- Why don't we ever actually learn something in class instead of just going over the assignments again and again?
- The thing i would most like to know more how to spread to truth than misinformation and the responsibility of Platform to reduce it ? spreading misinformation it too fast what complication can be seen by platform?
- I would like to know more about how can we stop the spread of misleading informations online.
- I would like to know more about the block chain as such topics really excites me.
- In today's class, professor explained us about blog. If possible can you please post the blog outline? The blog due date has been extended to march 11.
- After today's meeting, something that I would like to discuss/cover further would be the discussion on blockchain. With issues being brough up in energy consumption, high costs, and even scalability, I think that it would be interesting to dive further into this topic as it's something that's very much important, but the cons can be quite costly to many users
- One of the drawbacks of major social media platforms is that it is often difficult for users to determine where the messages coming into their streams are coming from.
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