Week 2

3.2 Understand the factors of reliability and validity to be applied to

legitimise the use of sources of knowledge

• Industry-certified accreditation (for example, Cisco certified network

associate (CCNA1), Microsoft technology associate (MTA), network

fundamentals).

• Appropriateness.

• Evidence-based:

o citations.

• Relevant context.

• Credibility of author:

o affiliated to specific bodies (for example, government,

industry regulators)

o reputation

o experience (for example relevant qualification in subject).

• Target audience – produced with specific audience requirements

taken into consideration (for example use of technical/non-technical

terminology).

• Publication:

o version (for example use of the current version)

o date of publication (for example if the content is outdated).

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