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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…
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
Contributor: Carolyn Radcliff
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
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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.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object, Rubric
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt
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This handout provides a crosswalk between the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Librarians using this handout are prompted to describe their past…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Ava Brillat
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material
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For a performance task/ assignment, students will be expected to find evidence to investigate a pseudoscientific claim or conspiracy theory. They will be submitting a two-page paper to their Chemistry professor in which they make a case that either…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt
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This hands-on activity was piloted as part of a teach-in on fake news at Purchase College, SUNY. To convey the idea that “fake news” exists on a continuum, we did a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey activity using a blank version of Vanessa Otero’s Media…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Darcy Gervasio
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Learning Object, Lesson Plan
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The Inform Your Thinking video series introduces students to the frames of the ACRL Framework in an easy-to-understand manner by using conversational tone, approachable peer hosts, relatable comparisons, and eye-catching graphics. This video…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
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This lesson plan from Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts, edited by Patricia Bravender, Hazel McClure, and Gayle Schaub and contributed by Robert Farrell, provides students with a practical analogy for scholarly inquiry using…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jacalyn Bryan and Elana Karshmer, describes a three-part orientation activity designed to introduce new students to library resources…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
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Short Tutorial: An interactive map detailing the common structure of a scholarly article
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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Short Video: When you pick your topic, it's not set in stone. Picking and adjusting your topic is an integral part of the research process!
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Jesse Lopez
Resource Type(s): Tutorial
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Lesson plan using framework concepts for graduate art education classes.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Sarah Gilchrist
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Practitioner Reflection
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand economic information landscape. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order (…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
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Graphic research handout that will help student understand business information landscape. Print this handout into bookmark size: when printing PDF, choose page sizing & handling Multiple, page per sheet (Custom 2 by 1), page order (…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry
Contributor: Grace Liu
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
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The Ask the Right Questions lesson is mapped to the Research as Inquiry and Searching as Strategic Exploration Frames and helps students learn how to determine the scope of their investigations by creating an appropriate research question. This…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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Covering necessary information literacy topics in a traditional "one shot" session can be difficult. To address this challenge, a suite of interactive online modules were developed to provide active learning lessons on various information literacy…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Research as Inquiry, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Eric Kowalik
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object
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The Hip Hop LibGuide is a scholarly comprehensive online resource about Hip Hop Information Literacy and the artform in general. The libguide has been developed to engage novice, intermediate, and skilled learners that are interested in…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Research as Inquiry, Scholarship as Conversation, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: kYmberly Keeton
Resource Type(s): Research Guide
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This resource can be used individually or as a workshop to help librarians begin to create an assessment plan for their information literacy sessions related to the Framework.
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
Contributor: Susan Miller
Resource Type(s): Instruction Program Material