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This Google Form can be used for you to track information about your instruction in one-shot and embedded information literacy sessions. Reflecting upon your current instruction is a critical step in becoming a more effective information literacy instructor. This form will allow you to track class information (e.g. professor, number of students, date of instruction, length of instruction), general feedback on the session (e.g. what worked well, what could have gone better), lesson planning details (e.g. which ACRL Frames were incorporated, what tools were used for assessment, when...
Posted on February 25, 2022
Contributor: Alicia G. Vaandering
Resource Type(s): Practitioner Reflection
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
These are the slides for the learning activity in the book chapter, "Teaching Undergraduates to Collate and Evaluate News Sources with Altmetrics" from the book Teaching About Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences. These slides include goals, definitions of original research, the scholarly conversation, altmetrics; and an in-class activity.
Posted on February 14, 2022
Contributor: Rachel Miles
Resource Type(s): Activity, Slide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation
The purpose of this activity is to recognize how a quote can be taken out of context in subtle (and overt) ways. The goal is to locate a quote within a news article and trace it through multiple layers of context to discover how journalists’ interpretations of quotes impact our understanding of actual events and news.
Posted on February 14, 2022
Contributor: Elizabeth Kamper
Resource Type(s): Activity
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Powerpoint to accompany social media influencer/business information literacy activity, exploring roles and responsibilities of consumers and content creators, debates regarding influencer marketing tactics and misleading advertisements, and ways to distinguish sponsored content. Created by Mia Wells and Laureen Cantwell. Accompanies chapter "Bad Influence: Disinformation and Ethical Considerations of Influencer Marketing Campaigns on Social Media Platforms," from the book Teaching About Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences (Eds.: Benjes-Small, C. M., Wittig, C...
Posted on January 3, 2022
Contributor: Laureen Cantwell
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Powerpoint to accompany science information literacy activity following a news article back to a research article. Created by Megan Carlton and Lea Leininger. Accompanies chapter How the scientific method invalidates ‘fake news.’ From the book Teaching About Fake News: Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences. Benjes-Small, C. M., Wittig, C., & Oberlies, M. K. (Eds.). (2021): https://uncg.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1262768350
Posted on December 1, 2021
Contributor: Lea Leininger
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Many students in higher education, even in graduate school, begin as outsiders when they encounter disciplines related to their courses. Their professors are the experts. They are not. The terminology, literature, and even cultures of these disciplines form barriers to participation. Disciplinary enculturation is the process by which students become active participants within disciplines rather than outsiders trying to look over disciplinary walls.Disciplines need to be seen as "communities of practice"* rather than as repositories of knowledge. As such...
Posted on November 27, 2021
Contributor: William Badke
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Scholarship as Conversation
This worksheet accompanies the science information literacy activity "A new study says..." by Megan Carlton and Lea Leininger. The worksheet was created by Megan Carlton using Canva and exported as a pdf.
Posted on November 24, 2021
Contributor: Lea Leininger
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Scholarship as Conversation
By the end of the #ForYou: Algorithms & the Attention Economy workshop, students will be able to:describe recommender system algorithms in order to examine how they shape individuals' online experiences through personalizationanalyze their online behaviors and subsequent ad profiles in order to reflect on how they influence how individuals encounter, perceive, & evaluate information, leading to echo chambers & political polarizationassess how their data is used to personalize their online experience in order to build algorithmic awareness & make informed, intentional choices...
Posted on October 4, 2021
Contributor: Alexandria Chisholm
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Research Guide, Slide Deck, Worksheet
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
In 2019, University of Minnesota Duluth librarians developed Framework-inspired essential questions to define our pedagogical agenda. Wiggins and McTighe define essential questions as “provocative questions that foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning.” These questions reveal our information literacy priorities, inform instructional design, and facilitate ongoing engagement with key ideas.
Posted on September 9, 2021
Contributor: Kim Pittman
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Slides from a lesson plan focused on developing curiosity and formulating questions. Students complete a curiosity self-assessment developed by librarians at Oregon State University, discuss what curiosity looks like in their academic and personal lives, and practice developing questions about essays they've read in class using the Question Formulation Technique. The lesson was inspired by this article: Rempel, Hannah Gascho, and Anne-Marie Deitering. "Sparking-curiosity—Librarians’ role in encouraging exploration." In the Library with the Lead Pipe (2017).
Posted on September 9, 2021
Contributor: Kim Pittman
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Slide Deck
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry