Deliverables - First Assignment RWSL - deadline: 02-11-2013 1800 hrs

DELIVERABLES

The deliverable required is a blog created using Blogger.com:

1. Your blog should be named:

·         DITRWSL<student #>.blogspot.com e.g. DITRWSLD11111111.blogspot.com

2. Your blog can include as many or as few blog postings as you like however you must include a final summary post which outlines:

·         A refined topic you are interested in finding out more about

·         Your resource set:

o    Journals (at least 5)

o    Conferences (at least 5)

o    Databases (at least 3)

o    Additional resources (at your discretion)

o    For each of the above include:

§  Justification for your choice including the criteria that influenced your decision making

§  The key word list(s) you have developed which has achieved the best success for you

·         Your checksheet for reviewing material

3. You should use the features of Blogger or Wordpress to organise your blog efficiently.

You should submit the name of your blog via the assessment within Webcourses.

This is just a copy paste from what Deirdre has posted in web courses. Well just for the ease of access. Here is the assessment rubric on the basis of which the assignment will be marked.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_A_s2KJT02nRkp1c0xKS2ZvcGs/edit?usp=sharing

Literature review

Hi,

I have decided to go with cloud computing as a topic for my RWSL assignment. I need to dig deep into particular topics before i can make a decision on what particular stream i would be following. Ideally, it would be a mix of cloud technologies & big data. Who knows it might change as i study these topics in details.

As far as the finding the content and literature review is concerned. I have observed that it's easier to follow people than to follow journals especially when you are new and don't know which journals actually matter. So the easier way, in my opinion, is to look up the thought leaders, gurus and pundits in your particular area of research. Almost, all the renowned researchers have their own website or blog in which there whole history can be found. It is a good source of authentic papers and journals that may be of help to you. Once you get a list of journals and papers than you can compare them on JCR to verify their authenticity to date. Some good researchers also tend to highlight the current areas of research and future research questions which can be of paramount importance to newbies like me.

Anyway, i will come back with more info once i have implemented these techniques to find out relevant resources.

BR,
Sarfraz.