Communication Studies

MOOC BoniCI

An open access MOOC in French to bonify the information literacy skills of university students (with Moodle).
Posted on November 8, 2019
Contributor: Pascal Martinolli
Resource Type(s): ActivityAssessment MaterialLearning ObjectTutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and ContextualInformation Creation as ProcessInformation Has ValueResearch as InquiryScholarship as ConversationSearching as Strategic ExplorationFramework as a Whole
Tags: MOOC
Discipline(s): AnthropologyArchaeologyArtBusinessClassicsCommunication StudiesCriminal JusticeDanceEconomicsEducationEnglishEthnic StudiesFilm and TVHistoryHuman ResourcesInformation ManagementInterdisciplinaryJournalismLawLiberal StudiesLibrary and Information ScienceLinguisticsMultidisciplinaryMusicPhilosophyPolitical SciencePsychologyRhetoric, Composition, and WritingSocial WorkSociologyTheater ArtsTheology and Religious StudiesWomen's StudiesWorld Languages
Type of Institution: CollegeUniversity
Scope: Classroom-levelCourse-levelProgram-levelCollege-levelInstitution-levelProfessional development
License Assigned: CC Attribution License CC-BY

Critical Information Literacy Lesson Plan

The Critical Information Literacy Lesson Plan includes a lesson plan with a bibliography of assigned readings and discussion questions for students as well as presentation slides with main points from the lesson: definition of critical information literacy, evaluating information is a process, authority is constructed and contextual, how to evaluate information, and check the facts.
Posted on May 2, 2019
Contributor: Latia Ward
Resource Type(s): Assignment PromptBibliographyLesson PlanSlide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Tags: critical information literacy
Discipline(s): Communication StudiesLawLibrary and Information Science
Type of Institution: University
Scope: Classroom-level
License Assigned: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License CC-BY-NC-SA

Cast Your Students as Scholars

This is a participatory, variable lesson frame ready for you to modify to suit your instruction needs. This lesson and it's variations focuses on encouraging students to see themselves as information creators and part of the scholarly conversation and can also variously include conversations about about the scholarly information cycle and/or authority depending on instruction constraints and configuration.Start with StudentScholarLessonPlan.pdf below.
Posted on March 19, 2019
Contributor: Anaya Jones
Resource Type(s): ActivityLesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and ContextualScholarship as ConversationSearching as Strategic Exploration
Tags: ACRL Frameworkfirst-year students
Discipline(s): AnthropologyCommunication StudiesEducationEnglishHistoryInterdisciplinaryLiberal StudiesNot Discipline Specific
Type of Institution: Community or Junior CollegeCollegeUniversity
Scope: Classroom-levelCourse-level
License Assigned: CC Attribution-NonCommercial License CC-BY-NC

Thinking about digital privacy, including the Rewards and Risks of Convenience

This is designed as a 75 minute lesson plan. It isn’t tied to specific course content, but can be tailored to a particular course and scaled to shorter or longer class sessions. It is designed as more of a theoretical, reflective introduction to concepts of privacy and security than as a nuts-and-bolts or tech heavy workshop, and it includes a debate activity entitled "The Rewards and Risks of Convenience." It could also be used as part 1 in a two-part workshop series in which the second focuses more on specific strategies/methods/software.
Posted on March 18, 2019
Contributor: Claire Lobdell
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Tags: digital privacydigital citizenshipsocial justice
Discipline(s): Communication StudiesInformation ManagementMultidisciplinaryPolitical ScienceNot Discipline Specific
Type of Institution: Community or Junior CollegeCollegeUniversity
Scope: Classroom-level
License Assigned: CC Attribution License CC-BY

Visual Literacy

This assignment has students analyzing data presented in graphs, charts and infographics that are pre-selected by librarian and instructor based on how poorly the information is being presented through various outlets.
Posted on February 13, 2017
Contributor: Spencer Brayton
Resource Type(s): Activity
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and ContextualInformation Creation as ProcessInformation Has ValueScholarship as Conversation
Discipline(s): Communication StudiesCriminal JusticeMultidisciplinaryPolitical ScienceSociology
Type of Institution: Community or Junior CollegeCollegeUniversity
Scope: Classroom-level
License Assigned: All Rights Reserved

News and Social Media

Evaluating a political news story presented in social media.
Posted on February 6, 2017
Contributor: Spencer Brayton
Resource Type(s): ActivityAssessment MaterialAssignment PromptLesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and ContextualInformation Creation as ProcessInformation Has Value
Discipline(s): Communication StudiesCriminal JusticeEducationEnglishEnvironmental StudiesHistoryInterdisciplinaryLiberal StudiesLibrary and Information ScienceMultidisciplinaryPolitical ScienceSociology
Type of Institution: Community or Junior CollegeCollegeUniversity
Scope: Classroom-level
License Assigned: All Rights Reserved

General First year Communication Studies Library Research Assignment

After a brief overview of library resources in the context of Communication Studies (with an emphasis on different kinds of sources: blogs, books, multimedia), this document can be used to 1. Understand different database features 2. Finding specific kind of resources: scholarly, secondary, trade publications 3. Become comfortable translating selected resources into APA citations
Posted on October 27, 2016
Contributor: Ray Pun
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Tags: communicationsworksheet
Discipline(s): Communication Studies
Type of Institution: University
Scope: Classroom-level
License Assigned: All Rights Reserved