Information Literacy Activities and Worksheets provide active learning opportunities for students to practice the application of research concepts to their research assignment/project.
How To Use:
Canvas: incorporate into course and use asynchronously
Students identify keywords related to their research topic as a starting point to finding sources for their research assignment/project.
Learning Outcome: Use keywords and applicable limiters when searching for information.
Instructions:
*video includes pause points to work on worksheet*
Students identify keywords related to their research question as a starting point to finding sources for their research assignment/project.
Learning Outcome: Use keywords and applicable limiters when searching for information.
Instructions:
Provides practice opportunity to identify keywords, set up search, and find a source using an example research topic/question.
Learning Outcomes:
Instructions (small groups or individual):
Discussion Questions:
Learning Outcome: Recognize the value of different types of information sources within the context of the research topic.
Instructions:
Note: modules from the Canvas Commons can't be nested within a course module. If using a module-based format for course, each individual page of the Information Timeline module can be moved, as needed.
Opportunity for students to practice evaluating a source to determine credibility.
Learning Outcome: Evaluate a source's credibility by considering authority, type of source, creation process, purpose, and/or point of view.
Instructions (small groups or individual):
Discussion Questions:
Provides opportunity to take a close look at a scholarly journal article and analyze the content.
Learning Outcomes:
Instructions (small groups or individuals):
Discussion Questions:
These can be used as a stand alone activity or as part of larger discussion on scholarship as a conversation.
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