Information Literacy

1. Grading Plan

1.1. Discussions Boards: 30%

1.2. Written Assignments: 40%

1.3. Final Exam: 30%

2. Course Topics

2.1. Information Literacy Standard 1 and 2

2.2. Information Literacy Standard 3

2.3. Information Literacy Standard 4

2.4. Information Literacy Standard 5

3. Required texts and supplies

3.1. Lanning, Scott. Concise Guide to Information Literacy, 2012

3.2. Badke, William. Research Strategies: finding your way through the information fog, 2017

4. Course Analysis

4.1. In terms of understanding and utilizing information literacy, students’ confidence radically mismatches librarians’ assessments of their skills. Without a strong mastering of these skills, many aspects of the information and research process - which is utilized in many aspects of academia and society - will proceed to be misrepresented and/or ill-created. The creation of an online course to provide information literacy instruction through an enlarged understanding of threshold concepts will benefit learners who are seeking to hone and refine their research skills. Librarian looking to utilize the ACRL’s provided framework for information literacy instruction can also utilize and adapt by allowing them to instruct specific threshold concepts through a modular approach.

5. Course Work

5.1. Readings

5.2. Discussion Boards

5.3. Written Assignments

5.4. Final Exam