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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
EDU 100 / 300: Contexts of Education is a required course in the undergraduate Education program at the University of Alberta; EDU 300 is for after degree students. Students submit a research paper (library assignment) related to a current educational issue in Canada. For this assignment they need to locate at least four different sources: two sources must be articles from peer-reviewed academic journals, the remaining two sources may include additional peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, professional education-related journals (trade journals), newspaper articles, videos, etc...
Posted on October 31, 2017
Contributor: Kim Frail
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
This document lists the outcomes, performance indicators, and dispositions developed for the Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL). This test has four modules inspired by the six frames of the Framework: Evaluating Process & Authority; Strategic Searching; Research & Scholarship; and The Value of Information.
Posted on September 26, 2017
Contributor: Carolyn Radcliff
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
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
A guide to helping student know how to use (or not to use!) the different kinds of information they may find.
Posted on September 20, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt, Blog Post, Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
This resource introduces students to rubrics for evaluating information, including SCARAB, CRAAP, and Reuters Source Guide. Furthermore, it provides a framework of questions to ask about a piece of information under consideration.
Posted on July 27, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object, Rubric
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
This example of an article summary, as one might find in a literature review of annotated bibliography, enumerates the steps to ethically and accurately complete a typical research task.
Posted on July 13, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Because most research tasks are complex, they require more than one search strategy. Additionally, such tasks require students to organize and synthesize the results of those searchers into one cohesive document. This handout intends to introduce students to that process.
Posted on July 6, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This reading provides a broad overview of the topic of "fake news" and discusses the inherent difficulty of "fixing" the problem.
Posted on June 28, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Second of two library sessions provided to a introductory writing course. This is a scaffolded session focuses on visual literacy skills through the analysis of infographics and comics.
Posted on June 20, 2017
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
First of two library sessions provided to a introductory writing course. This session focuses on conducting research.
Posted on June 20, 2017
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation