by LIS101 | Mar 5, 2019 | Assignments, Lesson Plans, working with sources |
By: Sara Stigberg and Katelin Karlin Librarians, Harold Washington College Chicago, IL Background Shawn claims to have no memory of stabbing his father. His mother describes waking up to her husband screaming; his father remembers being unable to identify his...
by LIS101 | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Klein ISD administrators issued a statement Tuesday detailing how students in a digital citizenship curriculum course were tasked with creating a false story in order to show the effect “fake news” has through online media. A screenshot of one...
by LIS101 | Feb 13, 2018 | Readings, Research Skills |
Resources compiled by Nicole A. Cooke, for the Fake News Workshop presented at the iSchool at the University of Illinois – February 1, 2017. Read more!
by LIS101 | Oct 17, 2017 | Readings, Video Content and Multimedia |
This short presentation touches on historiography, narratives, tradition, memes, and culture and speculates about the impact of culture on information literacy. Culture and Information PDF Culture and...
by LIS101 | Jul 24, 2017 | Blogs, Pedagogy, Readings, Research Skills |
by Amanda Hovious of The Designer Librarian and Todd Heldt of LIS101 As a PhD student in Information Science, I have been chewing on one problem in particular: What are the missing components of information literacy instruction? What is not currently being addressed?...
by LIS101 | Feb 25, 2017 | Pedagogy, Readings |
The 21st Annual Illinois Community College Assessment Fair was excellent, and Norbert Elliot’s keynote questioning the traditional values of assessment, such as validity and reliability, and proposing more attention to fairness in design, was extremely...
by LIS101 | Jan 18, 2017 | Pedagogy, Uncategorized |
In my past life when I was an adjunct English teacher, one of my most dreaded semesterly duties was to take my class to the library for instruction. One would expect the librarians at my arts college in Chicago to be creative and interesting, exposed as they...
by LIS101 | Jun 2, 2016 | Webpages |
In a world of information overload, it is vital for students to be able to find information on the Web, as well as to determine its validity and appropriateness. NovemberLearning’s web literacy materials provide some useful tools for teaching students about...
by LIS101 | May 29, 2016 | Research Skills |
Malpractice is defined as improper, illegal, or negligent activity. In the realm of research, here are some examples of information malpractice: Plagiarism It should go without saying that copying work that is not your own and/or using sources without...
by LIS101 | May 21, 2016 | Research Skills |
This example of an article summary, as one might find in a literature review of annotated bibliography, enumerates the steps to ethically and accurately complete a typical research task. For our purposes, we will use the article Scientists Set to Prepare Strongest...
by LIS101 | May 15, 2016 | Assignments |
Introduction The location of the most useful information sometimes depends on how deeply you need to understand your subject. Different kinds of information sources are published at different intervals and have varying degrees of depth. This exercise presents basic...
by LIS101 | May 12, 2016 | Articles |
A two-year anthropological study of student research habits shows that students are in dire need of help from librarians, but are loath to ask for it. Read more at Inside Higher Ed