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Information Fallout is a narrative-based learning tool designed to introduce information literacy skills to students. It is based around attaining and using six “Info Tactics” that align to the six Framework concepts. Information Fallout is meant to…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Matt Lee
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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The Search Strategies lesson is mapped to the Searching as Strategic Exploration Frame and introduces the concept of strategic searching in order to use search tools more effectively. By understanding strategic searching techniques, students will be…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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The Question Authority lesson is mapped to the Authority is Constructed and Contextual Frame. The lesson introduces the concept of authority in the research process, that it is constructed and contextual, and that the authority sought changes…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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The Types of Information lesson is mapped to the Information Creation as a Process Frame and introduces various types of information in relation to typical research questions. Characteristics of information are discussed including what criteria can…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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The Scholarly Conversations lesson is mapped to the Scholarship as Conversation Frame and introduces the concept of scholarly conversations developing over time, and how to follow a scholarly conversation.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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The Access Matters lesson is mapped to the Information has Value Frame and introduces the concept of information access barriers and their consequences using the themes of Government, Research, and Well-Being.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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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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The Value of Information lesson is mapped to the Information has Value Frame and introduces the concept of information, including personal information, as a commodity which carries value and has a cost. This lesson introduces new ways of assessing…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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The Choosing Information paths lesson is mapped to the Information as Creation Process Frame and helps students learn to recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged. In this lesson, students…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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This lesson plan template incorporates the ACRL Framework into the lesson planning workflow. Librarians identify which frame(s) the class will be covering prior to the creation of learning outcomes and activities. Assessment and reflection pieces…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Karleigh Knorr
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan
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Evaluating a political news story presented in social media.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process, Information Has Value
Contributor: Spencer Brayton
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Assignment Prompt, Lesson Plan
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An interdisciplinary group of faculty at Phoenix College revised the CSU-Chico CRAAP Test to include elements of the Framework. While some of the changes are subtle, there is now an additional "P" for Process.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Creation as Process
Contributor: Ann Roselle
Resource Type(s): Learning Object
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"Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, shares her views about the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Lisa Hinchliffe
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material, Publication
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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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Students often feel like outsiders in their courses. Their professors speak a different "language" and have different values. If scholarship is a "Conversation," students need to grasp what forces and cultures drive scholars within a…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: William Badke
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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A Prezi presentation that details the threshold concepts of the Framework as a description of how scholars (and developing scholars) do research.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: William Badke
Resource Type(s): Slide Deck
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Discovery of resources related to a topic, or the beginning stages of determining a research question. Students can use this organizer to answer critical questions about searching for resources as well as share with peers in this process, seeking…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Rhonda Huisman
Resource Type(s): Activity, Worksheet
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Research Services librarians at Bucknell University collaborated on a project to make the research concepts the Framework represents more accessible to students. This is an open educational resource in the form of digital and physical…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Nancy Frazier
Resource Type(s): Learning Object, Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Research Guide
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This is a guest post at ACRLog.org, published on January 27, 2015, in which I reflect on the relationship between the Framework and assessment of student learning in and through our information literacy programs, as well as how this relates to the…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Blog Post, Practitioner Reflection
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Designed for an upper-division petroleum engineering seminar, this lesson attempts to use the frame "Information has value" to illuminate the process of discovering and retrieving scholarly information. The lesson was more successful when…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: Lia Vella
Resource Type(s): Activity, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object, Worksheet
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Drawing on the frames "Scholarship as conversation" and "Information creation as a process," this lesson was created for students in a university-wide freshman success seminar. An instruction librarian and writing faculty…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: Lia Vella
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assignment Prompt, Instruction Program Material, Learning Object
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PDF of PPT Slides from Presentation at LOEX Fall Focus 2015. The Framework issues an invitation to exploration and location adaptation that is worthy of attention. This presentation accepts that invitation and provides cases studies in developing…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Lisa Hinchliffe
Resource Type(s): Professional Development Material, Other
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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
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This workshet is a set of reflective questions based on the six frames which are designed for librarians or disciplinary experts to intentionally reflect on their information literacy practices.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Sara D. Miller
Resource Type(s): Practitioner Reflection, Professional Development Material, Worksheet