Information Literacy Core Curriculum Course Development
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Metacognition & Information Literacy
Incorporating intentional goal setting, planning, and reflection into the learning process helps students build strong information literacy skills. These practices encourage students to be thoughtful, reflective, and strategic in their approach to learning and using information.
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Finding information: Encourage students to set clear goals for their research. By analyzing what they need to know, students can identify the best sources and research strategies.
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Evaluating information: Ask students to reflect on the quality and relevance of the information they find. This critical evaluation is a key part of information literacy, ensuring that students use credible and accurate sources.
Reflection Assignments
Encouraging students to intentionally reflect on their information seeking behaviors and how they use information will help them build a solid information literacy mindset. Incorporating reflection exercises in conjunction with a scaffolded research assignment will strongly contribute to the three core curriculum IL learning objectives. Each reflection exercise contains several questions related to an overall theme, select one or two questions or use them as a jumping off point to create your own reflection prompt.
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Reflection Assignment: How Do I Approach Research and Inquiry?Via video or written response, students reflect on how they initially engage with information seeking.
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Reflection Assignment: How Do I Engage in Scholarly Conversations?Via video or written response, students reflect on their own role in the larger scholarly landscape.
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Reflection Assignment: How Do I Evaluate Information Creation?Via video or written response, students reflect on how they sort fact from fiction.
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Refection Assignment: How Do I Value Information?Via video or written response, students reflect on how they ethically use information.
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Reflection Assignment: How Do I Think Critically About Authority?Via video or written response, students reflect on their own concepts of authority and expertise.
These reflective exercises were inspired by the Information Literacy Reflection Tool.
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