Incorporating Information Literacy Skills into Your Syllabus

Abstract

As undergraduate students enter political science classrooms in this post-Covid, politically charged social climate, teaching information literacy skills has become ever more challenging and vital. Incorporating such critical skills into existing lessons and course content can be tricky and requires thoughtful planning. This workshop will explore practical approaches and active learning strategies for scaffolding these research competencies within your own syllabi using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

Content

Supplementary material

Incorporating Information Literacy Skills in your Syllabus Workshop Worksheet
This worksheet is for participants in the Incorporating Information Literacy Skills in your Syllabus Workshop to take notes and design a learning activity.

Supplementary weblinks

Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Politics, Policy and International Relations
This guide, prepared by political science liaison librarians, explains discipline-specific approaches to each of the six Frames of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, along with examples of how each frame might manifest in the real world ("Evidence of Frame in Action"), along with sample student learning goals.

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