Information Literacy Instruction

Esther GrassianIS245

8 Jul 2010

Topics BI & IL Teaching & Learning Libraries & Information-Seeking Q & A

BI & IL: What are they?

Information Literacy (IL) Ability to identify, locate, evaluate and use

information effectively and ethically or responsibly

Close to ALA Presidential Committee on IL, Final Report (1989)

ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2001)

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Go to the Learners… Podcasts Online Tutorials & Exercises

Road to Research (UCLA) Begin Research (UC Irvine)

Videos Weigle Information Commons Music Video

More… MySpace Facebook Blogs, IM & texting for reference Twitter Mobile Apps Other Social Networking Sites & Tools Second Life

Broader Scope..

IL in Accreditation Standards ETS & Certiport: ICT Literacy;

iCritical Thinking Project SAILS

Questions?

Active Learning?

Flickr: Edublogger 13 Jun 2007

Active Learning “…having learners do …, write …, say

something, play games, get up, move around, interact, … take part in learning …[&] in thinking about their own learning…”

Grassian & Kaplowitz, Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Practice (2009)

Broadening a Topic

“Chicana painters of the 1990s in L.A. used art to focus attention on political issues.”

Brainstorming Search Words Chicana painters L.A. political issues

Related words… Chican* Hispanic Latin* artist* Los Angeles California politic*

Broader Topic/Argument

“From 1990 through 2005, Chicano/a artists in California used art to focus attention on political issues.”

Narrowing a Broad Topic

“Gender issues”

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Using Topic Limiters

Broad topic: Gender issues Limiters…

Timeframe: 1995-2005 Geographic Region: California Person/Group: African-American women Event/Aspect: Higher education & state

politics

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Topic Sentence/Argument

“Over a ten-year period in California, from 1995 to 2005, African-American women with higher education degrees had an increasing impact on state politics.”

You try it! Immigration – use 1 or more limiters:

Timeframe Geographic region Person/group Event/aspect

Focused Argument or Topic Sentence

Questions… What did you like? How would you do them differently?

Flickr.com: Think Pair Share. Uploaded 8 June 2006, by NCavillones

Self-Reflection…

METACOGNITION

Exercises in Context!

ILI Planning Elements Goal(s) Expected Learning Outcome(s) Audience Type of Info Resource Learning Time Instructional Format

Questions?

What stuck? What did you find

meaningful? Want more?

Verbotomy

http://www.verbotomy.com/blog/?p=433

Remember to… Respect the past Use technology judiciously Take pleasure in empowering learners!