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Studying music in an online setting requires that students and instructors leverage digital resources and participatory technologies with understanding and intentionality. Meta-literacy, a framework promoting critical thinking and collaboration, is an inclusive approach to understanding the complexities of information use, production, and sharing in a digital environment. This chapter explores the implications of meta-literacy for the online music classroom and identifies ways in which the librarian and music instructor can collaborate to promote student self-reflection on the use, creation,...
Posted on March 3, 2019
Contributor: Rachel Scott
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection, Publication, 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
In this exploratory study the author asks students enrolled in a credit-bearing undergraduate research methods course to rank and evaluate the troublesome, transformative, and integrative nature of the six frames currently comprising the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The results indicate that students have valid insights into threshold concept-based instruction, but may confuse the application with the theory. If practitioners are to embrace not only the frames, but also the spirit of the Framework, we must directly involve students in our teaching and research...
Posted on March 3, 2019
Contributor: Rachel Scott
Resource Type(s): Practitioner Reflection, Publication
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
A classroom activity and lesson plan for first-year students. Your students will learn to differentiate between different categories of items -- such as Popular/Scholarly, or Primary/Secondary/Tertiary -- by playing this fun and easy game.
Posted on January 10, 2019
Contributor: Peter Catlin
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This rubric was designed for use with a Freshmen-level information literacy instruction one-shot. The faculty member required that students select one empirical research article to support their research paper for the course. The information literacy session specifically went over crafting research questions, understanding emprical research, bias, study design, etc. Students were shown how to search for quantitative and qualtiative research and to recognize identifiers of empirical research using an article's abstract. Once the assignment was completed the course instructor shared the...
Posted on November 29, 2018
Contributor: Claudia McGivney
Resource Type(s): Rubric
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This rubric was created to evaluate student resource choice for their research papers after a library session. The rubric keeps the scope of ACRL's Framework in mind, while focusing on evalautive criteria students' would be taught to implement in their research inquiries during an information literacy session. The rubric consists of four categories: begining, emerging, developing and proficient, which allow for clear delineations of students' sophistication in conducting research.
Posted on November 29, 2018
Contributor: Claudia McGivney
Resource Type(s): Rubric
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
This lesson plan prepares students to gather data using American FactFinder and can be adapted for use with Business and Social Science courses.
Posted on October 25, 2018
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Updated Version, please download this one! This infographic helps students figure out more information about peer-reviewed articles, including types of secondary articles like meta-analysis and meta-synethesis. This map gives more information and helps to point them in the right direction, especially those doing literature reviews in the sciences.
Posted on October 18, 2018
Contributor: Samantha Kennedy
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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 infographic helps students figure out more information about peer-reviewed articles, including types of secondary articles like meta-analysis and meta-synethesis. This map gives more information and helps to point them in the right direction, especially those doing literature reviews in the sciences.
Posted on September 24, 2018
Contributor: Samantha Kennedy
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Similar to my general "research snake" this one is specficially for history student searching for history resources, primary and secondary. This is a visual resource you can use to show students how to start research and the steps they should follow along the way. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at samkennedy@gmail.com
Posted on September 24, 2018
Contributor: Samantha Kennedy
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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 resource discusses alt right propaganda, gives examples, and posts links to further readings.
Posted on September 12, 2018
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object, Research Guide
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration