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Slides from a webinar I gave on how to use a modified Backward Design process to incorporate the frames in curriculum design.
Posted on November 7, 2016
Contributor: Sheila Stoeckel
Resource Type(s): Curriculum Map, Slide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
This two-sided handout provides a brief introduction to the Framework and outlines the content and how it can be used. The expanded definition of information literacy from the Framework document is included, along with the text for all six frames. Examples of essential questions that can be derived from the frames are also provided. This handout can be used by librarians for conversations with faculty and for professional development with librarians.
Posted on November 6, 2016
Contributor: Sharon Mader
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
This list of locally developed, class-level learning outcomes are part of an ongoing project to develop shared resources among the MVCC librarians to encourage the integration of the Framework into our practice. This resource identifies a Frame and Knowledge Practice, the related local learning outcome, and in many cases, a lesson plan, idea, or activity. We are in the process of adding assessment ideas to this list, and we will continue to develop and add learning outcomes related to each of the Frames.
Posted on November 4, 2016
Contributor: Tish Hayes
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Students in a political science course had to identify a local issue and find information to determine how the problem could be resolved. They were asked to identify local groups to work with, find federal, state, and local laws related to the issue, and use the information to develop their plan of action to resolve the problem.
Posted on October 31, 2016
Contributor: Diane Fulkerson
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
These are materials from a presentation I gave called Flexible Frames for Pedagogical Practice: Using the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education on May 28, 2015, at the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association's 2015 Spring Conference. Materials include a blog post from my personal-professional blog, Information Constellation, that provides my slides, notes, reflection, and bibliography; a link to the slides on SlideShare; and the the slides themselves as downloadable files; note that the .pptx file is both editable and includes my...
Posted on October 28, 2016
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Bibliography, Blog Post, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Slide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
This is a chart that maps The University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library's program-level information literacy student learning outcomes to the six frames in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, last updated February 9, 2019. Please use the updated files (filenames: WML IL PLOs-Framework Map 2019 02 07) shared below. Materials are licensed CC-BY-NC.
Posted on October 28, 2016
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
After a brief overview of library resources in the context of Communication Studies (with an emphasis on different kinds of sources: blogs, books, multimedia), this document can be used to 1. Understand different database features 2. Finding specific kind of resources: scholarly, secondary, trade publications 3. Become comfortable translating selected resources into APA citations
Posted on October 27, 2016
Contributor: Ray Pun
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration