INFORMATION LITERACY AND LEARNING OUTLINE

I.     Pre-Test in Asynchronous Mode

A.        Pre-test required but not graded. To be used as a self assessment.

1.            On Survey  Monkey  at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZHWMXJZ

B.   What is information Literacy?

1.            Association of College and Research Libraries defines 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."

II.    Association of College and Research Libraries  Five Factors:

A.      KNOW : Determine the extent of information needed

1.           What does that mean and how do we determine this?

B.      ACCESS : Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 

1.           How do we identify the information, retrieve and access  it? What services, if any are required to do this?

C.      EVALUATE:   Evaluate information and its sources critically  

1.         What type and format is this source? Is it an encyclopedia, scholarly journal, or other authoritative material?  

2.         Is the information biased, current, accurate, and provide differing opinions?  

D.     USE:  Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base

1.         How does this relate to what I already know? Does it make sense? Is  it relevant? 

          Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose 

1.         Does this information answer your question?

E.     LEGAL/ETHICAL : Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2011).

1.       Is the information cited appropriately?  Is the work your work and not plagiarized? 

III.   Read article and Reflect in Information Literacy and Learning Forum

A.      Unraveling the “Mystery” of the Library: A “Big Games” Approach to Library Orientation. Alison S. Gregory and Mary J. Snyder Broussard.

1.  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/papers/unraveling_the_myste.pdf

B.      Post your Reflections in the Information Literacy and Learning  

Synchronous

IV.    Advancing our understanding of  Information Literacy and Learning

A.     ACRL Standards and Outcomes Mapped

1.        Do the tutorial  courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/services/tutorials/Tutorial--Final%20Version.swf

Think about the tutorial.  Chat/Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the tutorial.

a)        What would you use and expand on in your teaching, learning and research? Why?

b)        How would you  improve the tutorial and why?

c)         What other components might you add or remove? Why?

2.        Review the ACRL Standards and Outcomes Mapped in the document

http://slisblendedlearning.pbworks.com/f/informationliteracystandardsoutcomes.pdf

Asynchronous 

B.    Write a blog post about what you have learned, how it applies to library and information science, education, and information literacy:

                                http://wp.me/pyORp-4