I
am writing this entry during a mid semester holiday. Despite having the whole week as a holiday, I
am so busy with academic work. I am not going
to class but I have several assignments that I have to submit by 25th of this
month.
I
am doing a research essay on the credibility of information transmitted via the
social media as compared to information transmitted via conventional sources of
information. during periods of crises. So far, my findings are that during
periods of crises, people do rely on both, information transmitted via
conventional sources of information and social media. Though conventional
sources are seen as more reliable, there is a degree of interdependence between
the two categories of information sources. I have noted that during periods of crises,
social media transmit information which could be regarded as either reliable or
unreliable depending on who posts that information.
You may wish to know dear readers that I have had the first opportunity this
week to submit my assignment to turnitin and I am amazed to see how magical
this software is. I had heard about it but I never knew that it would reveal
all the information that I copied on the Internet. I would say I am so
impressed with this turnitin because it is there not to frustrate me but to
improve my writing skills as a postgraduate scholar in this prestigious department
of Library and Information Science.
Despite
being on holiday, I am not having a chance to chat with friends because of how busy I
am with the assignments.
Finally, I wound like to state that it has been a holiday well made use of.
Finally, I wound like to state that it has been a holiday well made use of.
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| Many ofices have such sign posts this week at University of the Western Cape. |
This holiday gave us a breather, but not actual breather as remember we were putting last touches to two assignments. Thank God, we are done with those and only remaining with a few others.Turn-it-in really gave everyone a scare which I now was just unnecessary. It is a good technology worth embracing in our Institutions.
ReplyDeleteI learned about Turnitin for the first time when Dr Zinn mentioned it in one of the lecture. It is a wonderful tool and I appreciate that it is helping us to review our assignments. I concur with you it is indeed helping us to improve our writing skills.
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