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This learning object is a visual rubric that students can use to evaluate materials they have found online including news, scholarly sources, and web content. It can be used as a handout or online image. A link to the Google Drawings version is also…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Laura Costello
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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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.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Learning Object
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This handout lists different ways that information may be incorrectly or unethically presented to audiences and offers suggestions for correctly using information.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Todd Heldt
Resource Type(s): 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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Laney College Library Assessment Plan 2017-20. Instruction outcomes are aligned with ACRL Framework and checklist used on orientation request form.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Evelyn Lord
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material
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Laney College Library 2017-20 Service and Instruction Outcomes, developed May 2017. Instruction outcomes aligned with ACRL Framework.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Evelyn Lord
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List
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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.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Learning Object, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan
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First of two library sessions provided to a introductory writing course. This session focuses on conducting research.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Justina Elmore
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Krista Bowers Sharpe
Resource Type(s): Activity, Lesson Plan, Worksheet
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Genevieve Innes
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
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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…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Terry Riley
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material, Learning Outcomes List, Rubric
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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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The assignment prompt and description, Exploring Expertise, is attached. It is a writing prompt for a short assignment. The prompt can be adapted to fit different non-writing performance tasks, however, including discussion or in-…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt
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This matrix was developed as a result of conversations with the writing department faculty, FYS coordinator, and general education committee. I condensed the language of the Framework as well as the learner/dispositions, and led the workshop…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Rhonda Huisman
Resource Type(s): Activity, Conference Presentation, Curriculum Map, Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List, Professional Development Material, Rubric
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I wrote "How Information Works:ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Lay Language" for a faculty workshop we held at Ohio University called, "Reimagining the Research Assignment." Later, the Learner-Centered Teaching team took the "…
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: sherri saines
Resource Type(s): Learning Outcomes List, Rubric, Other
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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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Students will be exposed to various entry points of a sustainability topic in various formats.This lesson is to serve as an introduction to different types of sources that can be used to learn about and research topics - including multimedia sources…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity
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This is a short, engaging activity suitable for learners of all levels. In it, students evaluate web sources that are provided by an instructor using the acronym CRAAP (currency, relevance, accuracy, authority, and purpose). Students work together…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity
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Following a face-to-face library instruction session, students are assigned a short paper in which they select two [web] sources from a list and evaluate them using specific criteria (i.e. currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose). A…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Cristy Moran
Resource Type(s): Activity, Rubric
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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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In light of the proliferation of fake news and just plain erroneous news, this assignment tries to give students tools and strategies for evaluating the information that comes to them via social media and other outlets. Students identify one news…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: Shellie Jeffries
Resource Type(s): Worksheet
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This LibGuide is the result of our Reference Team's year-long project to create a new curriculum for our Instruction program, based on the Framework. Our project plan and documentation of our workflow is also available by request.…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Elizabeth Chase
Resource Type(s): Assignment Prompt, Curriculum Map, Instruction Program Material, Learning Outcomes List, Lesson Plan, Other
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in College and Undergraduate Libraries on November 18, 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10691316.2017.1246396 Abstract: Threshold concepts…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation, Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Allison Hosier
Resource Type(s): Publication
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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: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial
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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: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Cristina Colquhoun
Resource Type(s): Activity, Learning Object, Tutorial