Information Literacy

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Introducing information literacy skills with a post-apocalyptic game

So goes the premise of Information Fallout, a game to introduce key information literacy concepts.

Teaching at the Intersections: Aligning Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy in the One-Shot Library Instruction Session

From ACRL

Thursday, 4/7/2016 - 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (Central)

Two concrete activities to teach theoretical info lit concepts

A recent conversation on the [acrlframe] discussion list revolved around ways to teach first-year college students the difference between types of information sources.

Websites That Smell?!

You’ve likely heard of various mnemonic acronyms designed to help students remember the checklist for evaluating information and websites.

Lifelong Learning Practices of Recent Grads

If you’re not already familiar with Project Information Literacy (PIL), in short, it's a “large-scale, national study about early adults and their research habits, conducted in partnership with the University of Washington's iSchool.”&

Try These Formative Assessment Ideas!

Formative Assessment has been defined as 

"the frequent, interactive checking of student progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately."

ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Opportunities

If you're headed to ALA Midwinter and want to learn more about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, be sure to consider adding this session to your schedule.

From the ACRL Update

How to Save the World with ACRL Framework Skills

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education lays out a number of key information literacy concepts. These concepts are challenging and, once attained, will inform students’ information use throughout their lives.

Interested in Game-based or Narrative Instruction? Would You Help with a Thing?

We’re developing a narrative-based instructional game to introduce the threshold concepts of the ACRL Information Literacy Framework to students.

Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

If you missed the Georgia Library Association’s Carterette Series Webinar, Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, you may want to catch the