Teaching information literacy 50 standards-based exercises for college students

I teach lowerses, minority firsttimeincollege students and they would have been. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, each of the 50 standardsbased exercises in this book address one or more of the acrl information literacy competency standards for. Resources on information literacy cabrini university. Please use this display as a guideline and modify as needed. Overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Information literacy books information literacy tools. The influence of need for closure on learning and teaching. Each group will be given 15 minutes to discuss their issues. She has taught information literacy to both students and teachers since 1999. As information proliferates, its tempting to use the handiest tool rather than working to identify the best one.

Librarians have spent years teaching faculty, staff and students how to effectively access, search and apply information. Information literacy instruction stark state college. B747 1998 breivik, patricia senn student learning in the information age z711. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, the 50 standardsbased exercises in this. Chicagoala editions, the publishing imprint of the american library association, announces the release of the second edition of teaching information literacy. Information literacy at njcu information literacy rubrics. Effective teachers are capable of ensuring that an increasingly diverse group of students have the literacy skills to cope with the demands of life beyond school in their careers andor. Home information literacy faculty toolkit subjectcourse guides.

Andree j rathemacher covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, each of the 50 standardsbased exercises in this book address one or more of the acrl information literacy competency standards for higher. Rathemacher edition 2 publisher ala editions, 2010 isbn 083891053x, 9780838910535 length 8 pages. Creating a research question topic subtopic issue or. An evidencebased study measuring the effectiveness of blended learning on students information literacy levels. Information literacy project common sense education. Rubric for assessing the information literacy standards for teacher.

Teaching information literacy reframed semantic scholar. Nealschuman, an imprint of the american library association. Perfect for a full semester course or a single focused seminar or workshop, these 50 lessons show how to engage with electronic and print information resources alike. Need for closure in classroom, and learning strategies among chinese high school students. Lis 606 information literacy and library instruction. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, the 50 standardsbased exercises in this book. Introduction to information literacy for students wiley. The craft of teaching is becoming increasingly complex and nowhere is this more evident than in the area of literacy.

A small teaching team of librarians decided to incorporate active learning pedagogy into the largest il program at macewan university library. From high schools and colleges to technical and graduate schools, research involves making sense of information. Burkhardt reference and user services quarterly vol. Bibliographies information literacy interest group. Afterward each group will appoint one person from the. Rathemacher and the 2010 edition included exercises that were contributed by additional. Integrating library instruction into the course management system for a firstyear engineering class. Covering the basics of planning, collecting, and evaluating, each of the 50 standardsbased exercises in this book address one or more of the acrl information literacy competency standards for higher education and promote conceptual and applied skills via active learning, problembased learning, and resourcebased learning. Mary c macdonald perfect for a full semester course or a single focused seminar or workshop, these 50 lessons show how to engage with electronic and print information resources alike. We argue for the relevance of the need for closure construct for improving educators understanding of teaching and learning processes. An information literate student uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose, individually or as a member of a group. Introduction to information literacy for students presents a concise, practical guide to navigating information in the digital age. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style.

This guide contains links and bibliographic information for resources to help instructors energize library and information literacy instruction with games and activities. In 2000, the board of directors of the association of college and research libraries acrl approved the information literacy competency standards for higher. See more ideas about information literacy, literacy and teacher librarian. With vitalsource, you can save up to compared to print. Information literacy instruction in thai higher education. Technology in the classroom chicago teaching information literacy.

She is lead author of teaching information literacy. Burkhardt, author of teaching information literacy. Updated for todays everexpanding world of electronic information, teaching information literacy. Dunne assigned their freshman science classes to create a powerpoint presentation on a severe weather phenomenon. We were especially grateful for the work done by joanna m. Burkhardt draws from her bestselling book teaching information literacy. Teaching information literacy is a workbook containing exercises for teaching college students about library tools and research skills. Information literacy exercises printed ms word format the page numbers indicated on the first column in this web page refer to exercises from the book. Information literacy faculty resources libguides at. Click on the link below to read more on each of these key areas and learn how you can help your students become lifelong learners. She has given workshops, presentations, podcasts, keynote addresses, and panel discussions about information literacy. Teaching information literacy to college students news. Module 4 addresses how to effectively synthesize and present information. Follow the four examples down the columns to see how the questions develop.