Monday, December 01, 2003
Information Competency/Literacy
Assignment 10. Read through the nine tutorials on this CSU site and answer the following questions: What is Information Literacy/Competency? List the four (4) parts to Information Competency and explain them in your own words. Write at least one (1) page on the topic.
Alternatively, you can use The CD ROM : “The Path to Knowledge and Power is Information Literacy” by Joy Chase which is available loaded in the Evergreen College Library electronic research area (computer lab). Students can study the CD ROM there, in the library.
The Association for College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association), has determined the standards for Information Literacy.
Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning. An information literate individual is able to:
Determine the extent of information needed ( Defining an Information Search. The query, or choosing your topic of interest and defining it, is the first important aspect of information literacy. You must carefully select your question and create subject words and keywords around it to help you do your research.)
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently ( Do your search and research).
Evaluate information and its sources critically. These sites on Evaluation are the most important : Critically Analyzing Information Sources; a link to Cornell’s tutorials on evaluation; Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate, Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University; A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web.
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base (Use it!)
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose (write your paper, answer your questions)
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally (see assignments on the USA PATRIOT Act, Plagiarism, etc.)
Our goal in this class is for every student to become information competent!
Alternatively, you can use The CD ROM : “The Path to Knowledge and Power is Information Literacy” by Joy Chase which is available loaded in the Evergreen College Library electronic research area (computer lab). Students can study the CD ROM there, in the library.
The Association for College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association), has determined the standards for Information Literacy.
Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning. It is common to all disciplines, to all learning environments, and to all levels of education. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater control over their own learning. An information literate individual is able to:
Determine the extent of information needed ( Defining an Information Search. The query, or choosing your topic of interest and defining it, is the first important aspect of information literacy. You must carefully select your question and create subject words and keywords around it to help you do your research.)
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently ( Do your search and research).
Evaluate information and its sources critically. These sites on Evaluation are the most important : Critically Analyzing Information Sources; a link to Cornell’s tutorials on evaluation; Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate, Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University; A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web.
Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base (Use it!)
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose (write your paper, answer your questions)
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally (see assignments on the USA PATRIOT Act, Plagiarism, etc.)
Our goal in this class is for every student to become information competent!
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