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Beware Online “Filter Bubbles”

As Web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: we get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy.

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Biology 101 library assignment

This interactive tutorial will help students learn about key library resources, develop an understanding of the definition and purpose of peer review, and find and cite peer reviewed articles themselves using the Library's article search and ProQuest Biological Sciences Database. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.

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Cephalonian Cards

Cards with pre-printed questions are passed to several students. Students read the questions aloud; the instructor answers them (with or without slides). Quick intro to factual material, and sets up a question-and-answer dynamic that often leads to students asking their own questions.

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Chicago Manual of Style Citation Samples

Samples of the citation style from the Chicago Manual of Style.

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Choose an interesting book to read for your class

This interactive tutorial will help students figure out what types of books they might like to read, find a good book that interests them, and access it for free through PCC or their local public library. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.