After completing the course, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of social, legal, and ethical issues, create business letters, reports, and memorandums, evaluate resource credibility, construct search strategies, and research strategies
Plagiarism, copyright infringement, and fair use topics include differences between plagiarism and copyright, types of plagiarism, avoiding copyrights, and differences between copyright and fair use
Evaluating information sources involves purpose and intended audience, authority and credibility, accuracy and reliability, currency and timeliness, and objectivity or bias
Understanding different research perspectives includes research terminologies, developing research ethics and strategies, research methodologies, and research tools
Social issues related to technology include communication breakdown, defamation of character, identity theft, cyberbullying, gaming addiction, and privacy concerns
Legal issues related to the internet include copyright laws that protect original works, the Copyright Act of 1976, and the exclusive rights granted to copyright holders
Websites are an odd variation to the 'Work-Made-For-Hire' rule, where the website designer holds the copyright unless specified otherwise in the contract