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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
This handout lists different ways that information may be incorrectly or unethically presented to audiences and offers suggestions for correctly using information.
Posted on June 28, 2017
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
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
Laney College Library Assessment Plan 2017-20. Instruction outcomes are aligned with ACRL Framework and checklist used on orientation request form.
Posted on June 20, 2017
Contributor: Evelyn Lord
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Laney College Library 2017-20 Service and Instruction Outcomes, developed May 2017. Instruction outcomes aligned with ACRL Framework.
Posted on June 20, 2017
Contributor: Evelyn Lord
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
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
This lesson is intended as a single session within a major’s research methods course. Rather than using a shorter “scholarly vs. non-scholarly” comparison worksheet, this activity asks students to work in groups to systematically examine a scholarly article in depth, identify and evaluate its various components visually and in writing, and then compare it to a non-scholarly article on the same topic. Groups then report back to the entire class. Discussion is guided so as to touch on the processes by which sources are created, what these methods say about their authority, and to consider...
Posted on June 19, 2017
Contributor: Krista Bowers Sharpe
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Frame: Scholarship as Conversation Context: Lesson presented in the context of a one-shot, 50-minute library instruction session, with course libguide containing the multimedia presentations used for the lesson, organized in either boxes or tabs. Appropriate supplementary instructional content can be added to the libguide as needed.Lesson:Librarian overview of the frame of “Scholarship as Conversation” and why it is relevant to the students and their academic work. Focus on regarding scholarship as not a static “truth” frozen in time, but a process whereby researchers are in a continuum...
Posted on June 13, 2017
Contributor: Jenny Innes
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
The three rubrics here were designed for an introductory course for English majors, but the ways in which the ACRL Framework is used could be replicated for any discipline and could be extended to program assessment. Each rubric addresses one ARCL Frame. The ACRL "dispositions" are treated as desired learning outcomes; the ACRL "knowledge practices" play the role of descriptors. The rubric is intended to be used not simply on a student-produced project or activity, but on a project and a structured student reflection taken together.
Posted on June 12, 2017
Contributor: Terry Riley
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Learning Outcomes List, Rubric
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration