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How do you detmerine whether your research has had an impact? This lesson plan covers journal and author metrics such as Journal Impact Factors, H-index, citation counts, and altmetrics. After a mini-lecture of the definitions of these metrics and how to find them using Journal Citation Reports and Google Scholar Metrics, students create a researcher profile to position themselves as scholars. Supplies needed: Printed researcher profile handouts.This activity takes approxiately 30 minutes. Directions: Identify a university or research center you’d want to be affiliated with,...
Posted on February 24, 2023
Contributor: Tessa Withorn
Resource Type(s): Activity
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
This sex-positive privacy literacy workshop engages participants in exploring how sex tech impacts intimate privacy and intimate relationships. Workshop content is contextualized with the theoretical frameworks of artificial intimacies (Brooks) and consentful tech (The Consentful Tech Project) and the concept of intimate privacy (Citron) and presented through a privacy literacy lens. Participants will identify artificial intimacies in order to assess real-world examples and their impact upon intimate privacy; evaluate the privacy of digital bodies under conditions of data promiscuity using a...
Posted on February 14, 2023
Contributor: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Bibliography, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck, Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
ChatGPT is an generative artificial intelligence chatbot released in November 2022 by OpenAI. What are the opportunities in using this tool to teach library instruction? This document highlights various ways to engage with learners in critically analyzing ChatGPT (version GPT-3) and its responses through the ACRL Frame: Information Creation as a Process.
Posted on February 12, 2023
Contributor: Ray Pun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
This learning module will help students find and critically evaluate online sources for class discussions and assignments and form unbiased judgments and decisions. What is it?A five-part series learning module that takes 1.5 - 2 hrs. to completeA 4-step strategy for evaluating online sources with hands-on exercises and an infographic guideHow will it help students succeed?Develop critical source evaluation strategies.Learn to read laterally, to evaluate and track evidenceCultivate metacognitive skills and reflective practiceBuild confidence in navigating complex online information...
Posted on January 25, 2023
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
This infographic displays where to look for information and where to search for finding public company information.
Posted on January 23, 2023
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Beginning college students often make assumptions that scholarly sources are inherently bias-free. Students may also hold the belief that if they find a source through a library database, it is automatically a useful and neutral viewpoint on a topic. These mindsets can limit students’ motivation to apply evaluation strategies beyond establishing credibility based on the author’s credentials.This lesson plan introduces the concept of positionality statements to help students understand that scholars do not leave their identities and life experiences behind when they conduct research. Students...
Posted on January 19, 2023
Contributor: Lauren Wallis
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
The goal of this activity is to help students develop a broader understanding how authority is determined and what types of sources are considered appropriate in different contexts. It is also intended to help address some of the misconceptions that students have related to the source evaluation process.
Posted on November 10, 2022
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
This web resource provides a brief overview of the concept Authority is Constructed and Contextual. It includes a video, a concept description, and the related knowledge practices and dispositions.
Posted on November 10, 2022
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Other
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
The goal of this activity is to help students start to think critically about the evaluation strategies that they have learned and whether they support the effective evaluation of information. Students will learn about the lateral reading strategy for evaluation and compare it to their existing evaluation process.
Posted on November 9, 2022
Contributor: Jane Hammons
Resource Type(s): Activity
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
This workshop engages participants in exploring corporate data collection, personal profiling, deceptive design, and data brokerage practices. Workshop content is contextualized with the theoretical frameworks of panoptic sort (Gandy), surveillance capitalism (Zuboff), and the four regulators (Lessig) and presented through a privacy and business ethics lens. Participants will learn how companies make money from data collection practices; explore how interface design can influence our choices and behaviors; and discuss business ethics regarding privacy and big data.The workshop is designed for...
Posted on November 8, 2022
Contributor: Sarah Hartman-Caverly
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Bibliography, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value