How do You Choose Good Online Sources?
Digital Compass. ISS Learning Commons. 6 suggestions for teaching information literacy. Most college students have been exposed to more technology than students of previous generations. This does not make them technology experts. Students do a lot of searching online for information. This does not make them expert, or even good, searchers. Thanks to Google, students can always find information on any topic. This does not mean that they have found true, accurate, useful information and does not make them expert finders of information. The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (the Association of College and Research Libraries' new "guide" to Information Literacy) is meant to explain the theory behind information literacy and the threshold concepts that students must incorporate into their thinking to become information literate.
The Framework document says: How to teach students information literacy 1. Everyone I know uses Google on a regular basis. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Buy the book. Primary Science.