For the Final Paper, you will select one topic from the list below. Choose a topic that is important or interesting to you, and write a five- to seven-page paper about it.
Instructions for completing the Final Paper:
Please select from one of the following topics, which are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer Literacy:
Collaborative Technologies
Ethical Concerns in Computing
The Digital Divide
Open Source Software
The Impact of Mobile Computing
Social Networks
Protecting Copyrights and Intellectual Property
Plagiarism and Online Education
The Future of Cloud Computing
Return to the textbook, and review the pages in the chapter that pertain to your selected topic.
Log in to the Ashford University Library and conduct a search on that topic.
The INF103 tutorial will walk you through the basic steps of doing a search for scholarly sources within the Ashford University Library. A transcript of this video can be accessed through your online course.
Select two scholarly sources to use in your paper, in addition to the textbook. For each source, write down the author information, date of publication, title of the article, the publication information (journal title), and the database from which you retrieved the article. You will need this information when you create your references for the sources.
Begin the writing process. You are going to compare the points of view offered by these authors (the author of your textbook and the authors of the two scholarly sources you have selected) on your selected topic, and then offer your own point of view based upon your analysis of the readings.
The Ashford Writing Center (AWC) offers assistance with the writing process. The AWC contains many tutorials and offers online guides for how to develop an academic paper. Click on the Writing Center link under "Learning Resources" in the left navigation of this course to visit the AWC.