Developing Information Literacy in Higher Education
Comments(0) Presenter: Lisa Larson, UW-Superior
Blogger: Karen Franker, UW Colleges/UW-Extension
Ethics as a starting point for 21st century information literacy. Example of music sharing habits.
92% of high school students are satisfied with their own ethics
Almost 40% of college students admitted to engaging in “cut and paste” plagiarism
Student tutorial developed by Lisa last fall to help students search for, select, and cite multimedia for papers and presentations.
Have students critically analyzing sample cases to determine harm (ex: Firestone case)
Used in ENG 102 and other first-year courses (46 students)
Students access the “surface web” fairly well; however, “frequency of contact with the Internet does not translate to good ICT literacy skills.” (Macklin)
Interactive activities to build search engine skills for effective searching
ACRL Standards for Higher Education
Give students 45 seconds to judge video search results for relevance, credibility, and objectivity
Then they rate themselves on how they did in the quick review versus a longer one; sometimes knee-jerk reactions aren’t the best answer
Do students view PBS as more credible than YouTube?
Students at UW-Superior report more difficulty finding good online videos for research purposes.
Faculty report problems teaching students to properly cite videos and wiki entries found on the Internet.
Difficulty for students to know who to credit when original source is not always listed.