Subject Guides: Augustana Plan for the Integration of Information Literacy (APIIL): Information Has Value

Information Has Value

The resources below relate to the Information Has Value frame of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Learning outcomes include, but are not limited to:

Credit sources through citation in order to ensure academic integrity.
Begin to consider the value and power of information in order to recognize it as a means of social influence.
Recognize personal information roles in order to become more intentional producers and consumers of information.
Use citation management software in order to manage and organize references.

Videos and Tutorials | Instruction and Activities | Assignments

Videos and Tutorials

Intermediate

How to Choose Your News?
Describes how opinions and facts affect the news and how to tell them apart.
→ Time: 5 mins
Safiya Noble | Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression
Safiya Noble explains why we should care about commercial spaces dominating our information landscape.
→ Time: 12 mins

Instruction and Activities

Introductory

Recognizing Plagiarism
Students learn about different types of plagiarism, determining ways to avoid committing it, and the consequences and effects it can have by examining three real-world examples of plagiarism.
→ Time: 40 mins
→ Computers: Optional
Identifying Plagiarism
Students examine several scenarios using a think-pair-share format in order to determine what constitutes plagiarism.
→ Time: 30 minutes
→ Computers: Not required
Interpreting a Citation
Student learn about the necessity of citation, its components, and citation style consistency by completing an activity that involves trying to track down specific sources.
→ Time: 40 mins
→ Computers: Required
Citation Consistency
Students learn about the importance of accurate and consistent citations by completing an activity in which they work in teams to try to answer questions about a poorly composed reference list and then make improvements o the list.
→ Time: 20-30 mins
→ Computers: Not required
Citation Generators: Can You Trust Them?
Students examine auto-generated citations while researching their topic. They identify any issues with the citations and work to improve them.
→ Time: 40 mins
→ Computers: Required

Intermediate

Ethical Use of Information in Presentations
Students learn why and how to credit images in presentations, and how to find Creative Commons images online.
→ Time: 30 minutes
→ Computers: Optional
What to Do with What You Find
Students work in small groups to answer scenario questions about how to use information sources that have varying degrees of relevance and a variety of perspectives and arguments.
→ Time: 30 mins
→ Computers: Not required
Fake News? Recognizing and Checking Information
Students develop techniques to detect fake news by completing an evaluation activity and creating their own fake news quiz.
→ Time: 50 mins
→ Computers: Required
Exploring Algorithmic Bias
Students learn about algorithmic bias through Google image searches and Autocomplete suggestions.
→ Time: 30 mins
→ Computers: Required
Adding Citations to an Article
Students examine a brief article with citations removed and identify places where there should be citations or links to further information.
→ Time: 40 mins
→ Computers: Not required

Advanced

Open Access: Strategies and Tools for Life After College
Students learn about the concepts of open access, paywalls, and information privilege and learn about ways to find open access research.
→ Time: 45 mins
→ Computers: Optional

Assignments

Introductory

Cases of Plagiarism
Students are given four real-life cases of plagiarism to investigate. They search for details of the case and any consequences, in order to learn about the effects of plagiarism.
Translating a Citation
Students identify components in example citations, identify the type of source for each citation, and then find the source.

Intermediate

Historical Film Critique and Comparison
Students examine the portrayal of an historical event in a film by comparing it with scholarly sources about the event.
Examining Representations of Scholarly Research in Popular Sources
Students find a news/media article that refers to a peer-reviewed journal article. They then find the journal article and answer a series of questions in order to evaluate and compare both sources.