Margaret A. Johnson
Richard J. Daley College

Course

Social Studies 102

Description

This module poses questions or issues for analysis and anticipates that students will use the Internet as a primary information source in preparing their responses. Such assignments have been used for many years, with students expected to use library books, periodicals, or other "tangible" materials in their research. The Internet makes easily available a range of materials that would be difficult to duplicate in even the best of libraries, but it requires new skills which many students, particularly in community colleges, may not have sufficiently developed. The assignments, therefore, include suggested Internet sites for each question, to get the student started. In line with the emphasis on technology skills, it is strongly suggested that students be required to prepare their responses electronically and submit them via e-mail or to an instructor's website (say, using Blackboard software if available).

Transferability

This approach can be used in virtually any course, as the Internet includes useful material in all areas.