QUESTION 2 : POE
Recently, there has been an ongoing buzz about the latest
findings of homo Naledi remains in the Dinaledi cave).
Information fluency is a set of
skills that allow a user to surf the Internet and increase their knowledge base
through these search skills. Information fluency consists of five (5) A’s:
·
Ask (putting together a list of questions),
·
Acquire (the collection of information from
the available sources),
·
Analyse (is the information a user collected
based on the facts, not fiction),
·
Apply (use the knowledge attained).
·
Assess (revising everything).
Information fluency can be further explained
by using an example, let's take the findings of Homo Nailed by Professor Lee
Berger.
How did he use information fluency to discover
this incredible historic origin? Let's start with Ask – Lee Berger, in his interview with the Daily Maverick tells us
how he asked himself questions (egg. These fossils were not deposited there by
water).
Acquire
– after he removed all natural causes, what was found was an intentional body
degradation site.
Analyse
– after analysing the skull’s brain cavity for Homo Naledi to a human’s brain
cavity. Apply – through further
knowledge of the Homo species they were able to identify the fact that the
skull was not one of a human.
Asses – there is controversy amongst other scientist who argue on the age of
Homo Naledi. Is she Homo Sapien or is she Homo erectus. What is so important
about this finding of Homo Naledi, is that it brings all of humankind closer to
discovering their origins and where in history the creation of human kind had
begun, which thereafter the evolution of man had followed. From this piece
above we can see that fluency skills can help break down a subject and include
the important parts of that subject that are needed. These fluency skills can
be used in the field of the workplace, home or an institute. Further
information about Professor Lee Berger’s discoveries can be see here: www.profleeberger.com
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