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| 1. Attend lectures |
- Transfer notes into word-processed documents three times a semester
- Create a concept map of the main lecture ideas using computer programs
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Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
If you currently require
students to: |
Consider requiring them to: |
You'll reinforce the following information literacy skills: |
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| 2. Read a textbook, journal article, or other course reading |
- Use Concordia's (electronic) class reserves
- Use netLibrary, our database of ebooks
- Email a summary of the readings to the instructor or a classmate
- Use WebCT or a class blog to post a summary of the readings, using appropriate citation methods
- Follow current literature in a particular field
- Find other forms of information about a topic (e.g. primary resources)
- Question sources
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Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
If you currently require
students to: |
Consider requiring them to: |
You'll reinforce the following information literacy skills: |
Don't forget these support services: |
| 3. Participate in class discussions |
- Use a class electronic list
- Post a response to a class website/blog
- Locate and cite an outside source as evidence in their response
- Use WebCT
- Use an eFolio
- Respond to a theorist or critic in the field
- Build a template for evaluating websites
- Develop solutions to an organization's real-life/hypothetical dilemma using the studied theory/criticism
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Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
If you currently require
students to: |
Consider requiring them to: |
You'll reinforce the following information literacy skills: |
Don't forget these support services: |
| 4. Take quizzes or exams |
- Use email, WebCT, or a blog for small group study
- Use an online tutorial or class website for studying
- Answer quiz questions that require information research
- Take a test online
- Compare/contrast viewpoints/treatments of a particular subject
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Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
If you currently require
students to: |
Consider requiring them to: |
You'll reinforce the following information literacy skills: |
Don't forget these support services: |
| 5. Write response or research papers |
- Use the University of Minnesota's Assignment Calculator
- Submit a working thesis and bibliography early in the process
- Include a variety of sources as evidence of research
- Conduct case studies
- Compare/contrast aspects of the field (e.g. business strategies, art over time, art geographically, etc.)
- Conduct interviews with local people working in the field
- Include source evaluation in the paper's text
- Use eFolios to display work
- Submit first and final drafts of papers in the following ways: email attachments, in print (on paper) with an abstract emailed, on CD, or as part of an eFolio
- Analyze annual reports or portfolios
- Define the variables involved in a search strategy
- Compare personal experience with studied method/style/theory
- Find examples of a studied topic in contemporary culture
- Analyze trends
- Research practical application of a theory
- Find examples of ethical/copyright concerns in coverage of current events
- Create an annotated bibliography of sources using proper citation style
- Categorize sources and rank by credibility
- Develop a timeline and discuss relationships between events
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Library handouts/web pages:
-Criteria for evaluation of sources
-Citation and documentation
Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
If you currently require
students to: |
Consider requiring them to: |
You'll reinforce the following information literacy skills: |
Don't forget these support services: |
| 6. Give a presentation |
- Locate and evaluate information sources for a presentation
- Provide background reading for the intended audience a week before the presentation
- Illustrate presentations with digital images
- Create web pages as a method of presentation
- Use presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint
- Model a situation relevant to the discipline being studied
- Visit an organization related to a particular topic
- Develop a creative way to help the class learn about citation methods
- Critique for the class an example of the topic being studied according to recognized parameters
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Library: Reference services
-Research guides by subject, developed by a librarian upon request
-Research guides for classes, developed by a librarian upon request
Reference librarian assistance (in locating resources and providing tutorials)
Information Literacy Classes:
-Assignment-specific classes, subject-specific classes, other classes
I.T. Department/Help Desk |
