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Instruction or classroom techniques that use activities to promote learning

Bias that is built into computer systems, such as large language models. Algorithmic bias can be a result of limitations in training data or choices made by programmers in designing computer systems

Using and evaluating artificial intelligence tools including broader artificial intelligence use, generative AI, and large language models

Evaluation methods for teaching and learning

Using and crediting sources appropriately according to professional or editorial standards; creating bibliographies, including annotated bibliographies

Collaborative efforts between people, departments or organizations to accomplish a shared goal or initiative

Skills and mindsets for understanding the social construction and political dimensions of information

The ability to analyze, evaluate, and reconstruct information, including questioning common information or assumptions

Skills and mindsets for understanding and using data

Searching in library databases and understanding the scope and coverage of databases

Skills and mindsets for using digital tools to find, evaluate, and create information, including in collaborative contexts

Teaching methods or materials that support anyone who has been historically marginalized based on factors including but not limited to race, gender identity, sexuality or disability

Foundational knowledge necessary before engaging in more in-depth research

Any type of technology used in teaching and learning

The application of moral principles or integrity

Strategies or experiences related to working with faculty members or a particular program of study within higher education

A specific course or program or broader initiatives developed for first-year students

Post-secondary students who are in their first year of study

Development and design of instuctional materials, which can include both in-person and online content

Appropriate use of ideas, creations, and projects that are legally owned

Developing goals or statements that specify what students will know, be able to do, or demonstrate at the completion of a teaching and learning session

Webpages designed for pathfinding library and other resources for researchers and sharing instruction and information related to those resources

Events, activities, or resources that help new students become familiar with the library and/or information literacy

Description and synthesis of previous research related to a particular topic or research question

Skills and mindsets for interpreting media messages (including multimedia, social media, and news content) and analyzing the effects on your thoughts, feelings, or behavior

How people understand and reflect on their own thinking

Finding, evaluating, using or creating online sources such as websites, multimedia, or graphics

Educating students on the proper use and representation of the work of others

Sources that are written for a general audience

Original materials to be analyzed, evaluated, contextualized, or synthesized in the research process

Understanding privacy, privacy risks, and protecting private information, such as personal data, in social media and other online environments

Methods for instructors to critically examine teaching practices, assess what works and what did not, and what can be improved within teaching and learning sessions

Use or development of a set (or sets) of criteria that aid in assessment of a particular type of work or assignment

Methods for building upon knowledge of new skills and concepts to support students

Sources that are written by and for scholars in a particular field or discipline to communicate their research

Methods used to retreive information from an online resource

Sources that analyze, evaluate, contextualize, or synthesize evidence

Accessing, evaluating, and creating information in collaborative social media environments

Cognitive process used to select resources appropriate for a research topic or information need

Skills and mindsets for understanding and using spatial information including mapping and GIS

Information literacy skills in STEM disciplines

Sources that provide broad overviews or summaries of information drawn from primary and secondary sources

Sources written by and for professionals in a particular field in order to keep up to date

Skills and mindsets for understanding and using visual information including images, graphs, charts, and multimedia

The process of creating text, often argument papers, including discussing the research and ideas of others through summary, paraphrase, and quoting