Thursday, February 26, 2009

Module 4 - Evaluating the Web

The reliability and authority of the site / source / article
No individual is named however the site says it is authorised by: Director, Centre for English Teaching. As this site is a reference/ informational site I would say that the content information is accurate and up to date (last update was on 20-Oct-2008)


The main ideas or subjects discussed in the article
* Who they are (about, mission)
* Programs they offer
* Dates for the programs
* Who their institution is associated with (Agents)
* The National ELICOS Associations they are involved with
* Enrolment procedures of taking an English test before enrolment

The purpose for which the site was written (this might include any apparent external interest, intellectual motivation or contextual information)
The purpose for the website was to increase their product awareness in the ELICOS industry, promote that they are a quality college and to increase their enrolments.
in terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to?
As life can be quite chaotic I would prefer to look back on my annotation as it is a quick summary about the website. I don’t have to click on different pages to find the same information I had wrote in one or more paragraphs- less time consuming which is very important to me however as I obtained the information from the website it is still accurate.


In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them?
I would use this link which takes the viewer straight to the English College products which is their courses and programs. The viewer will then be able to quickly decide if the site is what they are looking for.

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