Unit 2: Online Safety and Ethics

Lesson 3
Ethics in Conducting Online
Research

Empowerment Technologies
Senior High School Applied - Academic
What particular search
engine do you use
online?

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 How do you
know that the
information
you have
gathered is
accurate?

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 ● Understand the Internet as a
tool for research and
Learning information gathering.
Objectives ● Identify the advantages and
disadvantages of online
At the end of the research.
lesson, you should be
able to do the ● Practice appropriate online
following:
research skills.

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Have you tried using the Internet to answer your
assignment?

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What is online
research?

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 Online research is
a method that
involves the
collection of
information from
the Internet. (Accdg. to
QuestionPro)

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How can the Internet help with
research information?

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Search Engine Optimization
✓ Using SEO will give you
better results for the
information you need.

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What are the
advantages of
online
research?

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Advantages of
Online Research
✓ Easy access
to large
information
✓ Acquire
diverse
information
in different
formats
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 ✓Save more time
when
researching
online
✓Get up-to-date
and relevant
information
✓Reduce the
cost of
conducting
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What are the
disadvantages
of online
research?

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Disadvantages of
Online Research
🗷 One may
encounter
inconsistent
information
🗷 It is hard to
determine if
sources are
reliable
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 🗷 One may be
charged with
payment
🗷 One may find
it difficult to
locate
information.
🗷 One may risk
online
security and
privacy
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What are the skills needed to help
with the common challenges of
online research?

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 Kathleen Moris, she pointed out 5
research skills that helps with
common challenges faced by
researchers such as what search
terms to put into search engines,
which search results to click on,
how to determine what information
is credible, how to process,
synthesize, evaluate, and present
the information and how to cite
sources
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 5-Step Simple
Search Process
✓ Clarify
✓ Search
✓ Delve
✓ Evaluate
✓ Cite

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CLARIFY
For a research process to be more
effective and efficient, it is essential to
define the task first. Take time to
think about what information you are
actually looking for in your research.
Knowing what you want and do not
want is very helpful in getting your aim
results and avoiding unnecessary
results. This would save time in the
whole procedure.

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SEARCH
The quality of the search terms you put in the
search engines will determine the quality of
results. Using unique and specific search terms
can make a difference. Practicing suitable use of
keywords, phrases and questions will help since
some sources require exact words or correct
details to show desired information. Proper
spelling and punctuation marks may also affect the
search results.
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 If you are searching for
an exact phrase or
sequence of words,
enclosed it with a double
quotation mark ( “ ).

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  If you are looking for
a product in a
specific price range,
use ( .. ) in between
your desired price
range.
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 If you want to exclude a
word or even a page
from your result list, put
a minus sign ( - ) directly in
front of the keyword which
you do not want to search
for.

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  If you want
search results to
contain similar
words, use the
tilde ( ~ ).

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 If you want to search
within a certain website
only, use the ( site: )

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 If you are searching
with words using ‘or’, it
should be capitalized.
Using parentheses ()
can also help with the
logical OR.
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  If you are searching
not so popular
informations, use the
asterisk sign ( * ) as
a wildcard.

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  If you want to search
for documents with
specific file type, include
.pdf (Adobe), .doc
(Word), .xls
(Excel), .ppt
(PowerPoint) and .jpg
(Image).
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  If you want to
search for a
definition, add the
word ‘define’
before the word.

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Delve
Inspecting the URL,
specifically the domain and
its extension is essential to
check whether the sources
are reliable. Domains that
include .gov or .edu are
considered to be more
reliable sources.
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 EVALUATE
 Remember that you cannot believe
everything you read online. It is always
better to check multiple sources to
compare and contrast the information you
have just read. It is a good way to examine
whether the information you have read is
accurate.

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5. CITE  While paraphrasing and
summarizing is a good approach
that would avoid plagiarism, a
proper citation is still the best
way to use information legally.

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 Each individual is unique. One may
practice research skills differently
from others, but the goal is to use the
Internet as a tool for gathering
information effectively and
efficiently.
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 Wrap Up
Online research is a method of collecting information
from the Internet.
A search engine is a computer program used to search
for information online according to the researcher’s
query. Google, Yahoo, and Bing are three (3) commonly-
used search engines.
Researching online has advantages and disadvantages.
Since information can be found in a large source such
as the Internet, it is important to use it with caution.

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 Wrap Up
The 5-Step Simple Search Process according to
Kathleen Morris is: (1) clarify, (2) search, (3) delve,
(4) evaluate, and (5) cite. These are the skills
researchers need to develop for productive online
research.
Each individual is unique. One may practice research
skills differently from others, but the goal is to use the
Internet as a tool for gathering information effectively
and efficiently.

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