General Education Program Learning Outcome II - Information Literacy

Standard Three: The information literate student evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system.

1. Provide students with a list of 3-5 sources from different perspectives that shape the conversation surrounding a topic of interest.

      Sample sources: a news article, a tweet from a reputable source, a scholarly article & a literature review.

Ask:

• What perspectives are presented?
• Who has the strongest voice in this conversation? Why?
• How would you involve yourself in this conversation?

2. Ask students to conduct an investigation of a particular topic from its treatment in the popular media, and then trace its origin in conversations among scholars and researchers. How have perspectives changed and why?

       Sample sources: news articles, tweets from reputable sources, magazine articles, blog entries, bestselling novels.

Recommend Tutorials: Information Literacy

• Module 2: Sources 
• Module 6: How do I Cite Sources?

A single scholarly source does which of the following?

• Represents the view of all scholars in a field
• Represents an opinion
• Represents the view/research of the author
• Represents the correct ideas

When conducting scholarly research students must:

• Read all articles relevant to their topic
• Read only the articles that support their opinion
• Read only the articles that were published in the last year
• Read some articles that provide context for the research related to their topic

Students can contribute to the scholarly conversation.

• True
• False

Source: University of Cincinnati Libraries