This is an activity to get students to think critically about the sources and information presented in a Wikipedia article.
Assignments
Posted on November 26, 2019
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Posted on November 20, 2019
This lesson on the nature and cost of scholarly publishing could be taught by
itself, or as part of a series on scholarly communication, or as a small part of a larger lesson on
information privilege.
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Posted on November 8, 2019
Author: Pascal Martinolli
An open access MOOC in French to bonify the information literacy skills of university students (with Moodle).
Discipline: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Business, Classics, Communication Studies, Economics, Education, English, Ethnic Studies, Film and TV, History, Information Management, Law, Liberal Studies, Library and Information Science, Linguistics, Multidisciplinary, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing, Social Work, Sociology, Theater Arts, Theology, Women's Studies
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), Ethics (ACRL 5, SCONUL 6, ANZIL 6, ANCIL 7), Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Information Creation as Process (Frame 2), Information Has Value (Frame 3), Research as Inquiry (Frame 4), Scholarship as Conversation (Frame 5), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on November 6, 2019
In post-session feedback, first-year students frequently express anxiety over how to physically navigate the library to find a book on the shelf. This is a simple, pre-session activity to help students try this out before class, so that they can discuss with their librarian any challenges they faced in attempting to complete the task. With the help of the course instructor, students are asked to find a book on their research topic (or course topic) and bring it to class.
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Finds Information (ACRL 2, SCONUL 3&4, ANZIL 2&4, ANCIL 5), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on November 5, 2019
Author: Jeffrey Dowdy
Through the course of researching a topic, students will learn about differences in types of information and how to use research to gather relevant terms to narrow a topic.
Discipline: English, Liberal Studies
Information Literacy Concepts: Authority is Constructed / Contextual (Frame 1), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on October 25, 2019
Author: Emilia Marcyk
This class outline is based on the Four Moves and a Habit from Mike Caufield's Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers.
It was designed for a first year writing class for students in an interdisciplinary STEM major. For their main class assignment, they were investigating a "fact" within their chosen scientific field, and tracing it to its origin. In addition to our in-class work they were also assigned to read:
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Information Literacy Concepts: Research as Inquiry (Frame 4), Searching as Strategic Exploration (Frame 6)
Posted on October 23, 2019
This is an activity that helps students develop an interdisciplinary search strategy in stages. Students define their topic, brainstorm questions related to their topic area, and connect these questions to the disciplines and experts where they might find more research and information. Students learn how to identify search tools & information sources based on their questions using the library’s website.
Discipline: Multidisciplinary
Posted on October 17, 2019
Author: Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet
This essay assignment asks students to reflect on their research process, evaluate on their sources, and reflect on social justice implications in reference to Catholic social teaching.
Discipline: Liberal Studies, Theology
Posted on October 9, 2019
Author: Janelle Bitter
This think-pair-share activity in which students compare a popular and scholarly source will help them progress from answering observable questions (type of language and format) to analytical questions (intended audience). As a class, students will discuss their answers and talk about whether the popular source accurately represented the scholarly source.
Discipline: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Geology, Health, Multidisciplinary, Physics
Posted on September 12, 2019
Author: Rachel Wen-Paloutzian
Collaborators: Laura Poladian
Many academic and public libraries display their unique archives and special collections materials in exhibition spaces. With an array of primary sources and visuals, special collections exhibitions offer a wonderful venue for experiential learning of constructed narratives and perspectives. This Exhibition Explorer Card Deck is designed to guide students to experience close viewing of special collections materials through explicit steps for thinking rhetorically and critically in an exhibit space.
Discipline: Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing