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These .pdfs offer students examples of three different search strategies. Students can then construct their own on the 2nd page. These exercises can be used to assess student understnading of keywords and Boolean operators.
Posted on August 23, 2018
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Assignment Prompt, Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This template gives space to outline an Information Literacy session, allowing a department to create a more cohesive program, or a single librarian to maintain an organized sense of their own sessions.This single page template gives space for teaching and learning activities, applying a frame, tools used for the session, assesment techniques used, time taken, as well as assigning it to a course and instructor.
Posted on February 9, 2018
Contributor: Hanna Primeau
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Assignment Prompt, Curriculum Map, Instruction Program Material, Lesson Plan, Other
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration, Framework as a Whole
This exercise offers students a list of curated links that they will use to complete an assigned project on green roofs. Students must evaluate, summarize, annotate, cite, and synthezize the materials in a completed document containing an ultimate recommendation for a course of action. Requires EBSCO access.
Posted on January 16, 2018
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
This exercise gives students a model for approaching a research task, beginning with general information and ending with more in-depth sources. Discussion can focus on research as inquiry, research as strategic exploration, and the context and construction of authority. Students are required to cite their sources using both MLA and APA.
Posted on June 27, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
For a performance task/ assignment, students will be expected to find evidence to investigate a pseudoscientific claim or conspiracy theory. They will be submitting a two-page paper to their Chemistry professor in which they make a case that either supports the claim or rejects it. They will be expected to use both library and credible online sources for support. The performance task will follow a full 75-minute library instruction session in which students will learn to:construct various search phrases for use in online and library search tools use certain evaluation criteria...
Posted on May 15, 2017
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This hands-on activity was piloted as part of a teach-in on fake news at Purchase College, SUNY. To convey the idea that “fake news” exists on a continuum, we did a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey activity using a blank version of Vanessa Otero’s Media Bias chart. The chart is a useful tool for showing the nuances between nonfactual, biased, and inflammatory news sources. Participants are asked to research a news media organization and decide where to place it on the chart, then compare their choices to Otero's original infographic. Two groups can also compare their choices to each other. The...
Posted on May 12, 2017
Contributor: Darcy Gervasio
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Learning Object, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry