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Most academics look down on the open source encyclopedia, but does it really hinder students' studies?
When doing homework, many students turn to the same websites as they do when they're surfing the web under other circumstances. Four of the top ten most-cited websites on Easybib, a site used to create more than 500 million citations, are user-generated sites like Wikipedia and YouTube.
"...Much like physical obesity, information obesity presents a complex set of causes and solutions, rather than embracing the computational linearity of overload. This humanized way of thinking about the topic of information consumptionallows for a different approach in finding sustainable solutions to the problem at hand, of which information overload is only one factor..."
Mishka Fielding, Learning Resources Manager with the help of Anthony Beal, e-Learning Adviser, RSC Northwest, created a one-hour interactive session to promote Learning Resources and Information Literacy to staff and students within the College. These sessions successfully promoted the department, increasing their stock circulation by 50% and their usage of e-books, putting them 1st out of 200 in the ‘Jisc Collections Project’.
Part of the ACRL conference 2013 (10-13 April) was THATcamp , an unconference day. One session that caught my eye was Let’s Make a MOOC! Crowdsourcing an Information Literacy MOOC. Proposed by Kate Ganski and Kristin Woodward, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee...
LILAC 2013 - Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference - hosted by The University of Manchester Library, 25th-27th March 2013.
The controversy over writer Nate Thayer’s failure to credit his sources, which some alleged amounted to plagiarism, is just part of an ongoing debate over how we use — and give credit for — information in a digital age.
There are growing numbers of library and information sector posts which have the term “information literacy” in the job title, or which have information literacy development as a key responsibility.
The IFLA Information Literacy Section has set up a project which aims to develop profiles for Information Literacy Professionals (ILPs), with input from library and information professionals in different sectors and in different countries...
This year we are focusing on delivering information literacy and going back to the classroom:
- experience different types of delivery
- hear about new methods of engagement
- learn how to measure impact
- take away some fresh ideas to reinvigorate your own sessions.
Our previous post included observations about how using data from the Summon service canimprove information literacy. This is a telling point. As we conclude our series of posts on this topic, we ask, are we really ready to move beyond our current systems that make searching difficult for students, and embrace web-scale discovery because of the improvement it brings? At their universities at least, our presenters thought so.
Created by Esther Grassian
Turnitin has released Source Educational Evaluation Rubric, an evaluation tool designed to help writing students determine the academic quality of the Internet sources cited in their research papers.
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PILOT by Imperial College London, modified by Marion Kelt, Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
There is a nice zine-type publication called Teaching Info Lit With Zines, from Kelly McElroy. It has an introduction explaining why this is useful, and three ideas for lessons...
A case study of an international online community. University of Birmingham
Kovalik, Cindy; Yutzey, Susan; and Piazza, Laura. Information Literacy and High School Seniors: Perceptions of the Research Process. School Library Research Vol. 16 (2013).
Survey developed by librarians and sponsored by Credo finds students lack basic skills critical to lifelong success (8 April 2013, Boston, Oxford) Credo today announced that the results of an information literacy survey of over 1,500 students from more than 400 institutions worldwide are now freely available. Anyone may register for a free copy, along with a paper authored by Dr. Allen McKiel, Dean of Library Services at Western Oregon University
This case study is part of the Power to the Librarian series, which profiled exceptional library professionals in a variety of roles from information literacy to showcasing the quality and impact of the academic research enterprise.
Main Library, University of Manchester M13 9PP
Tuesday, 30 April, 2013 - 09:30 - 16:30
As librarians, I think we have all made the observation that the most successful students are those who use the library regularly. And not only that, they are the students who have no problem asking for help. Believe it or not, help-seeking is considered a self-regulated learning strategy. Makes sense, right?
The next online online blog-comment information literacy Journal Club meeting takes place at 8-9 pm UK time on Wednesday 13th March 2013
Turnitin worked with educators to develop The Source Educational Evaluation Rubric (SEER), an interactive rubric to analyze and grade the academic quality of Internet sources used by students in their writing. Instructors and students who use SEER can quickly evaluate a website and arrive at a single score based on five criteria scaled to credibility: Authority, Educational Value, Intent, Originality, and Quality.
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