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OER in Information Literacy
- Collaboration in Designing a Pedagogical Approach in Information Literacy This book aims to summarize all the main elements that need to be available when information literacy is taught. It will be ideal as literature for courses about information seeking/searching, evaluation of information and the management of it, and also for courses with a wider aim, e.g. information behaviour.
- Doing Research A modules-based approach to learning research skills that emphasizes the reflective nature of information discovery, the contextual basis for evaluating that information, and a recognition that information has value.
- Information Literacy 1 During your studies you will frequently be asked to write a paper. For such a paper you will need information, but how do you get it? What exactly do you need? Where can you find it? How do you go about it? Almost anyone can use Google, of course, but more is expected of a TU Delft student! We challenge you to go beyond using the popular search engines. This instruction will help you discover what there is to learn about information skills.
- Information Literacy 2 This instruction follows on from the online instruction Information Literacy 1, in which you learned how to find, evaluate and use information. Today’s instruction is intended for advanced users.
- Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the second decade of the 21st century.
- Information Literacy for Master’s and PhD students Welcome to this information literacy course for Master’s and PhD students. You probably already have some knowledge of information literacy, but if some of it has slipped your mind or if terms sound unfamiliar, this course includes links to information from the instructions for Bachelor’s students. Writing your Master’s thesis involves a number of different phases. You cannot simply start writing! You will first need extensive knowledge of the general field of research, in order to see where your subject fits in.
- Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.
- Making Ripples: A Guidebook to Challenge Status Quo in OER Creation a short resource designed to expand your understanding of inequities in the educational systems through breaking down the work into smaller pieces with opportunities for you to reflect, identify strategies for action, and locate resources and community members to connect with. The purpose of this guide is to explore strategies for you as OER creators to incorporate equitable practices into your workflows.
- PARADOXES OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY; The Crisis of Information Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis.
- Power, Profit, and Privilege: Problematizing Scholarly Publishing. This open course introduces students to the scholarly communications system — with particular emphasis on the scholarly journal publishing mechanism — wherein new information is created, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved.
- Research as Inquiry: A Discipline Specific Approach to Information Literacy This open textbook with a discpline-focused approach to teaching information literacy was developed as part of a Round 18 Continuous Improvement Grant.
- Strategies for Conducting Literary Research, 2e This textbook walks students through the process of conducting literary research while helping to refine their library skills.