In this activity focused on evaluating sources, students respond to the question "What makes a source 'good'?" by collectively brainstorming a list of characteristics they should look for in evaluating a source, then using their list to evaluate different types of sources on the same topic (e.g., a scholarly article, an op-ed, and a news article). As a class, students discuss whether their source was "good" based on the class's list of characteristics and for which types of information needs or settings their source might be most appropriate.
Assignments
Posted on July 28, 2020
Author: Cathy Meals
Collaborators: Faith Rusk, Meghan Kowalski
Discipline: Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing
Information Literacy Concepts: Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2)
Posted on June 11, 2020
Author: Liz Bellamy
When writing a research paper, it can be easy to overlook the human side of scholarship – how being cited in a study (or not) can have real, material consequences, and how social structures can systematically exclude certain people from scholarship. This activity and lesson explores these ideas and gives students strategies for making their literature reviews more inclusive.
All told, this lesson takes about 50 minutes to an hour -- 20-30 minutes for the readings and pre-workshop activity, and 30 minutes of discussion.
Discipline: Communication Studies, Ethnic Studies, Library and Information Science, Multidisciplinary, Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing, Sociology, Urban Studies, Women's Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Information Has Value (Frame 3), Scholarship as Conversation (Frame 5)
Adaptations: 1
Posted on May 15, 2020
Author: Elizabeth Dobbins
Collaborators: Brooke Taxakis
How can we facilitate first-year student engagement with critical Framework concepts, especially in a one-shot class? This active learning activity is designed to teach source evaluation in a 50-minute class. The activity, which incorporates elements of problem-based learning and uses a flipped classroom approach, was added to our institution’s first-year experience course.
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Posted on May 7, 2020
Author: Melanie Hubbard
For this project you will be creating a digital resource that can be used to help teach about the Southern California Library’s mission and materials, how to work with archival materials, and, in general, how to work with and research primary sources.
Discipline: English, History, Urban Studies
Posted on May 6, 2020
Author: Elizabeth Dobbins
This assignment introduces students to United States patents and to prior art searching using two free, online databases: Espacenet and Lens.org. Instructional videos are available at: http://guides.lib.campbell.edu/patents .
Discipline: Engineering
Information Literacy Concepts: Defines Information Need (ACRL 1, SCONUL 1&2, ANZIL 1), Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5), Evaluates (ACRL 3, SCONUL 5, ANZIL 3, ANCIL 4), Uses Information (ACRL 4, SCONUL 7, ANZIL 5, ANCIL 8&9), Information Has Value (Frame 3), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on May 3, 2020
Author: Amanda Thompson
This syllabus is a sample for an online literature course. I created this sample around Victorian studies, but any literature subject is applicable. I've provided examples of online projects. The goal of a syllabus like this one is to introduce students to literature, making online objects, and utilizing open resources effectively.
Below is a link to a sample learning object:
https://ajthomp55.wixsite.com/lispractvanhelsing
Discipline: English
Information Literacy Concepts: Uses Information (ACRL 4, SCONUL 7, ANZIL 5, ANCIL 8&9), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on May 3, 2020
Author: Amanda Thompson
This syllabus is a sample for an online literature course. I created this sample around Victorian studies, but any literature subject is applicable. I've provided examples of online projects. The goal of a syllabus like this one is to introduce students to literature, making online objects, and utilizing open resources effectively.
Below is a link to a sample learning object:
https://ajthomp55.wixsite.com/lispractvanhelsing
Discipline: English
Information Literacy Concepts: Uses Information (ACRL 4, SCONUL 7, ANZIL 5, ANCIL 8&9), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on April 21, 2020
Author: Zoeanna Mayhook
Quiz your students on library terminology and concepts using this Library Jeopardy! template. This activity can be done for in-person library instruction sessions, or via Zoom/live virtual instruction sessions.
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on March 23, 2020
Author: Alexandria Chisholm
Collaborators: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
The Penn State Berks Privacy Workshop Series focuses on privacy issues for students in the past, present, and future. The Privacy Workshop spotlights privacy practices and concerns in the current moment; Digital Leadership explores future implications of past and current digital behaviors;
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Information Has Value (Frame 3)
Posted on March 23, 2020
Author: Alexandria Chisholm
Collaborators: Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Alexandrea Glenn
The Penn State Berks Privacy Workshop Series focuses on privacy issues for students in the past, present, and future. The Privacy Workshop spotlights privacy practices and concerns in the current moment; Digital Leadership explores future implications of past and current digital behaviors; Digital Shred provides tools to evaluate and
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Information Has Value (Frame 3)