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News, trends, and best practices in the realm of Academic Information Literacy practices. Some sites like Pinterest have to be browsed and filtered to find relevant information, but most are specifically tailored to the subject.

Handouts, Worksheets, & Activities for Information Literacy | Indiana University Libraries. Teaching & Learning Department I Services Handouts: Information on key concepts & skills Worksheets: Exercises for students Activities: In-class activities to be facilitated by an instructor Additional Resources More about information literacy. Handouts Inquiry: Top 10 Research Tips for IU Students: Introduces key library resources and services From Topic to Research Question: Steps in developing a topic and research questions Narrowing a Topic: Steps in exploring and refining a research topic Identifying Keywords: Tips on keyword searching in databases Basic Search Tips: Search strategies and ways to narrow/broaden a search Introduction to OneSearch@IU database: Tips for using this interdisciplinary database Evaluation: Evaluating Sources Rhetorically: Page 1: Questions for evaluating sources rhetorically; Page 2: Illustration of Bizup's BEAM model for rhetorical source use.

Worksheets Activities Additional Resources. Information Literacy Resource Definitions. Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation. Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Student Objectives Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Extensions Student Assessment/Reflections Students will Use research-based comprehension strategies to read and evaluate websitesPractice analysis by comparing hoax and real websites and identifying false or misleading informationApply what they have learned about hoaxes by creating an outline of their own hoax website and evaluating the outlines of their peers back to top Session 1 Session 2 Project Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus onto a screen. Session 3 Session 4 For more practice with identifying credible websites, have your students take the tutorial at Vaughan Memorial Library: Credible Sources Count!

Have students evaluate how well they are now able to read websites using the new comprehension strategies on the What I Learned self-evaluation sheet.Collect both sets of student Is This a Hoax? How to teach your students about fake news | Lesson Plan | PBS NewsHour Extra. Fake news is making news, and it’s a problem. Not only did a BuzzFeed data analysis find that viral stories falsely claiming that the Pope endorsed Donald Trump and that Hillary Clinton sold weapons to terrorists receive more Facebook attention than the most popular news stories from established news outlets, but a false story about child trafficking in a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant inspired a North Carolina man to drive 5 hours with a shotgun and other weapons to investigate. This lesson gives students media literacy skills they need to navigate the media, including how to spot fake news.

Subjects Social studies, U.S. government, civics, journalism Estimated Time One 50-minute class Grade Level Introduction A recent study by Stanford University found an overwhelming majority of students were not able to tell the difference between so-called fake news and real news. Procedure Essential question What media literacy skills do students need to evaluate the reliability of a news source? Popular Videos - Information literacy.

Information Literacy | The Credo Blog. Pinterest. Project Information Literacy - Home. Information Literacy - Academic Skills - LibGuides at Edith Cowan University. The American Library Association defines "information literacy" as "a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. " (Association of College and Research Libraries: Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education). Information Literacy and Higher Education: As stated in the CAUL Information literacy standards: "Developing lifelong learners is central to the mission of higher and other educational institutions, and is increasingly reflected in descriptions of graduate qualities.

Information literacy extends learning beyond formal classroom settings and supports individuals in self directed learning in all arenas of life. " Secondary Education: W.A. Students demonstrate information literacy skills when they: References: American Library Association, Association of College & Research Libraries. (2000). Bundy, A. Western Australia. Higher Education. Where does information literacy fit within Higher Education? The term “information literacy” is widely accepted in Higher Education (HE). Initially the term “information skills” was used, however, this was felt to be too mechanistic and tended to only represent the ‘behaviours’ associated with information literacy, such as knowing how to use various tools, rather than attitudes and ways of thinking. In HE the primary purpose of information literacy interventions is to enable students to independently seek information and use it appropriately and conform to academic information norms.

One could call this ‘academic information literacy’. Diverse customers One of the challenges of developing information literacy in the HE environment is the diverse audience. In addition to subject diversity there is also level. Approaches to teaching information literacy It has been challenging for librarians to introduce IL training into the HE environment. IL interventions take many forms. Information Literacy Weblog. Home - Information Literacy - LibGuides at ACRL.