- Q1: First questions, first: Why are you getting this?
- We’ve worked together professionally.
- We share a bias towards action in the pursuit of knowledge.
- Our professional reputations are staked to the independence of our research.
- Q2: How do I order and what are my choices?
- You can order through our website or through Amazon directly.
- You can order the digital version (e-book) or paperback.
- You can order individual units learning units or the full version in both digital and paperback versions.
- You can pay as much as $44.95 for the full paperback version and as little as free. *
- Q3: How is it different from other information reference or media literacy books?
- There are an abundance of digital literacy guides that provide links to trusted sources. They arrive with a familiar litany of precautions to guard oneself against blind acceptances of questionable information from dubious sources. Yawn.
- Another missed opportunity in the battle to bring critical thinking skills to searching the web and interpreting search results.
- More to the point, we’re escorted to results that answer to search engine advertisers, not to the “who, what, when, where, and why” of our investigations. If we rely on them, we’re searching in silence when we should be searching out loud.
- Q4: I’m not ready to dive in but may need some guidance on a future investigation. What’s the best way to stay in touch?
- We’ll notify you of updates via blogging on related Searching Out Loud research topics.
- We’re available for morning or full day workshops where we’ll explore the tools and practices best suited to your project aims.
- Remember, these methods and frameworks are perennial in nature. They’re intended to outlive a favored source, search engine, or habitual app. So relax. There’s no end-of-service expiration date looming.
- Also, do share how you integrate the curriculum into your own projects and research. We’re on the receiving end as much as the next Knowledge-ABLED information provider.
- Q5: I finished your book and I’m hungry for more. Where would you point me for further study and exploration?
- I honestly didn’t lean too heavily on any orthodoxies from any of the established orders. Nor is this the pedigree equivalent of PMBOK for managing research projects or a SWOT analysis for sizing up one’s marketing rivals.
- I will plead guilty to borrowing freely from any model that sheds light and clarity on the evolving nature of perspective-taking. Maintaining perspective tested by an onslaught of detail is critical to digital detective work. It’s also key to understanding our own susceptibility to blind spots and those folks who turn up in our investigations.
- This includes the work of business strategists Mary E. Boone and David Snowden, the Johari Window modeled by Barbara Flood, and numerous cognitive frameworks for understanding perception-based differences across the autism spectrum
* The comparable digital version is free with a purchase of the comparable paperback edition. The eBook version can be shared with free to friends and family within two weeks of a purchase through the Kindle Book Lending program.
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