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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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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 Has Value
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: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
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: Scholarship as Conversation
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 Debbie Morrow, concentrates on the value of information and the need to acknowledge…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
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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 Ika Datig, addresses the search strategies and discovery tools students need to employ…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
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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 Toni M. Carter and Todd Aldridge, engages students with content in a way…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Lesson Plan, Publication
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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 Nancy Fawley, provides beginning students with a checklist to get them thinking…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
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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
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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 Andrea Baer, introduces students to the idea that scholarship is a conversation.
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Scholarship as Conversation
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 Amanda Foster, details a class that asks students to explore the advanced search capabilities of Google and introduces…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Jenny Yap and Sonia Robles, helps introduce first-year English and ESL composition students to the differences between…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Authority is Constructed and Contextual, Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Kyrille Goldbeck DeBose, is a set of lesson plans originally designed for a First-Year Experience (FYE) course taught…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Nick Ferreira and Mackenzie Salisbury, is an exercise for students who understand the basic concepts of…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, Publication
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This recipe from The First-Year Experience Cookbook, edited by Raymond Pun and Meggan Houlihan and written by Joy Oehlers, demonstrates a fun group activity that uses a familiar tool for ESOL students to make sense of their…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Creation as Process, Searching as Strategic Exploration
Contributor: ACRL Association of College & Research Libraries
Resource Type(s): Activity, 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
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A rubric which may be used to assess literacies based on the concepts in the ACRL Framework
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Shehaamah Mohamed
Resource Type(s): Assessment Material
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The Citations lesson is mapped to Information has Value and Scholarship as Conversation Frames. It discusses why citations are a foundation of scholarly communication and the basic components of a citation. Through infographics and videos, students…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Information Has Value, Scholarship as Conversation
Contributor: New Literacies Alliance
Resource Type(s): Activity, Assessment Material, Learning Object, Tutorial
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College & Research Libraries News article about using the Framework to make sense of local curricula as they relate to information literacy goals and outcomes. Also discusses the Framework in light of "developmental outcomes," i.e., outcomes…
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed: Framework as a Whole
Contributor: Donna Witek
Resource Type(s): Curriculum Map, Learning Outcomes List, Practitioner Reflection, Publication
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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
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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
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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
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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