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Information Literacy Toolkit

 

Students are creators and users of information and can understand their rights and responsibilities when participating in information dialogue. Experts understand that value may be wielded by powerful interests in ways that marginalize certain voices. However, value may also be leveraged by individuals and organizations to effect change and for civic, economic, social, or personal gains.  

 


Student Learning Outcomes: 

  • Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation
  • Demonstrate how to integrate the ideas of others through quoting and paraphrasing 
  • Articulate how and why some individuals or groups may be underrepresented or systematically marginalized within the systems that produce and disseminate information 
  • See themselves as contributors to the information marketplace rather than only consumers
  • Recognize issues related to information commodification (e.g., filter bubbles and search result personalization) 

Teaching Resources

Title 

Missing Information Has Value: Climate Change and the EPA website  

Description 

Students will compare the effect of changing power structures on information and its accessibility and practice locating archived or removed government websites. 

Resource Type 

Worksheet and Slide Presentation

Original Author 

Elisa Acosta, Loyola Marymont University 

 

Title 

Citation 101 Video 

Description 

Short video designed to give an overview of universal elements of citation.  

Resource Type 

Video (3 min.) 

Original Author 

Stevenson University Library 

 

Title 

Beware Online Filter Bubbles 

Description 

Discussion of the effect commodification of information and personal data has on everyday information seeking. 

Resource Type 

Video (9 min.) 

Original Author 

Eli Pariser, TEDed