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Library specialists are available to teach sessions covering a variety of topics that fall withing the categories of information literacy, data literacy, media literacy, and maker literacy. We would love to collaborate with you to create a customized session for your students. Please use the form below to get started scheduling a session.
*select "library instruction request" from the dropdown menu
The ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy provides an extended definition of information literacy:
"Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning."
The libraries play an integral role in cultivating a culture of effective and influential research through our literacy initiatives. Illuminate's transformational education and research and scholarship initiatives directly relate to the work that the libraries are doing; not just to provide access to a wealth of resources but to promote critical thinking and engagement with those resources.
Our literacy initiatives are driven by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy. The Framework is based on a cluster of interconnected core concepts, with flexible options for implementation. The Framework is organized into six frames, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions. Knowledge practices are demonstrations of ways in which learners can increase their understanding of these information literacy concepts. Dispositions describe ways in which to address the affective, attitudinal, or valuing dimension of learning.
This information comes from ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy.
The six concepts that anchor the frames are:
"In addition, this Framework draws significantly upon the concept of metaliteracy, which offers a renewed vision of information literacy as an overarching set of abilities in which students are consumers and creators of information who can participate successfully in collaborative spaces. Metaliteracy demands behavioral, affective, cognitive, and metacognitive engagement with the information ecosystem. This Framework depends on these core ideas of metaliteracy, with special focus on metacognition, or critical self-reflection, as crucial to becoming more self-directed in that rapidly changing ecosystem."
-Association of College and Research Libraries (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
If you're looking to get your students basic, introductory information literacy instruction, our microcourses are a great place to start! Begin with the microcourse on information literacy and students will be introduced to the Baylor Libraries, the types of resources that are available to them through the Libraries, and they will get an introduction on how to use the library's website.
Videos:
Some of the videos listed are included in the microcourse described above, but can be shared separately using the links below.
On-demand Modules:
The items below are part of our first and second tiers in our information literacy instruction approach (library basics and research basics). They can be used and shared with students as needed!
Some of these modules are also available on the Canvas Commons (just search "library") and can be embedded as modules directly into your Canvas course. Otherwise, you are free to share the links above with your students as you see fit.
To learn more, try our new tutorials about ChatGPT. They contain short videos (3 min or less), and quiz questions for self-review of what you learned. To complete all four should take 30-40 minutes maximum. To access the tutorials, you will need to self-enroll in the AI Literacy (self-paced, asynchronous) course on Canvas. Topics include:
SELF-ENROLL HERE: https://baylor.instructure.com/enroll/APM47F
ChatGPT can be a useful tool when it comes to deciding what your topic should be for a research paper. We've created this guide for use with students.
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