1 ED-680 Faculty Training Workshop: CCT Seminars CT and Information Literacy Instructor: Professor Isabelle Matzkin Presenter: Martin Schmidt
2 Question: Where do you look for information when you have to solve a problem in your discipline?
3 Question: Where do think your students will look for information when they have to solve a problem in their discipline when no specific resources are required?
4 Full-text Articles Downloads EBSCO and Lexis NexisCCTS CCTS CCTS CCTS
5 First Definition of Information Literacy by Paul G. Zurowski (1974):An information literate person is anyone who has learned to use a wide range of information sources in order to solve problems at work and in his or her daily life.
6 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy:Behaviorist Approach Constructivist Approach Relational Approach Based on Excerpt from Monica Vezzosi, Critical thinking and reflective practice: The role of information literacy, pp (available at MUM CCT online resources)
7 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 1The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 1. Behaviorist Behaviorist Approach (in many US learning programs, adopted by ACRL, MUM) Students should exhibit certain characteristics and demonstrate certain abilities. Emphasis more on skills than process Limited to “how to” instructions Critique: Fragmentation, surface learning
8 Topics for Information Literacy PaperExample for Behaviorist Approach: Research Steps: The Five Information Literacy Standards* (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2009) John Collin’s Sustainable Living CCTS Class: KNOW: Determine the extent of information needed. Pick your topic, preliminary search, timing, info sources. Topics for Information Literacy Paper Is the polar bear doomed? Evaluate the biotechnology industry’s claim that ‘Genetically modified foods will feed the world’s starving millions.’ Will most of the world’s coastal cities be flooded by the end of the 21st century? Assess the environmental impact of fracking in the USA. “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!” Thomas Edison. Present your argument in support of Edison’s conviction.
9 Research Steps: The Five Information Literacy StandardsResearch Steps: The Five Information Literacy Standards* (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2009) ACCESS: Access the appropriate information effectively and efficiently. Do the actual search. Look for books, search the web, look up recommended websites, and use our library databases At least one academic paper, including a quote from the paper At least book including a quote At least one internet source with comments on its quality as a source EVALUATE: Evaluate information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into your knowledge base. Evaluate reliability, find main points, underline, write down source.
10 Research Steps: The Five Information Literacy StandardsResearch Steps: The Five Information Literacy Standards* (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2009) USE: Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose. Write the paper Requirements of the paper Thesis driven 1000 to 1500 words Must include a. Opening introduction and thesis b. Three supporting, referenced arguments c. At least one, referenced counter argument d. Conclusion including re-assertion of thesis ETHICAL/LEGAL: Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally. Use APA style to cite properly. APA style required for the paper. *http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm
11 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 2The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 2. Constructivist Constructivist approach Reflective approach Students learn through issues that do not have prescribed responses or pre-set solutions. Student is actively involved building a new understanding on the basis what is known. They develop their own reality. Six step process by Kuhlthau: 1. Introduction, 2. Selection, 3. Exploration, 4. Formulation, 5. Collection, 6. Presentation
12 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 2The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 2. Constructivist Constructivist approach continued Librarian acts as a coach Librarian helps with the feeling of uncertainty at the beginning of the search process. Develops and implements learning situations for the students. Librarian helps to guide students to reflect on their actions during the information search process. This is closely related to Critical Thinking.
13 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 3. RelationalRelational approach (Christin Bruce) It is a phenomenographic approach (investigates the qualitatively different ways in which people experience something or think about something) Student broaden their perception and try to understand the world also through other people’s perception. A phenomenon is the combination of different ways in which an aspect of the world is conceived or experienced Interprets learning as a process
14 The Three Educational Approaches to Information Literacy: 3. RelationalRelational approach (Christin Bruce) continued Interprets learning as a process which brings individuals to understand the world differently. Not a means to retain information about a object of study. Competence is equal to experiencing thinking and learning not mastering a skill or knowledge like in the behaviorist approach. .
15 Which Approach Do you like best?Behaviorist Approach Constructivist Approach Relational Approach
16 TM Research Spreadsheet available for 700 studies with bibliographic information, abstracts. Can be searched by keyword. Has also broad subject categories. All research studies in PDF format available through / Martin Schmidt Collected Papers in hard copy available (David OJ) Students like newer studies Develop reading guide for TM research? (Bean p.174, in Chapter 9, Helping Students Read Difficult Texts, pp )
17 APA Style Require APA references already in first draft.Professor can also request APA style presentation. Time about 30 to 45 minutes. APA style handouts, Google, Websites. Son of citation machine APA style included with EBSCO, Lexis Nexis.
18 On and Off Campus PasswordUser name: mumiowa global101 Password: Please keep it confidential:
19 www.mum.edu/library For EBSCOhost click here. Academic ArticlesSearch for books Encyclopedia Britannica Google Web Search For NetAdvantage click here. Companies, Industries FirstSearch WorldCat for ILL For Lexis Nexis click here. News, Legal Elsevier for Life Sciences Journal Articles Google Scholar Most comprehensive research but mostly only summary of articles Natural Standard/Natural Medicines for Alternative Medicine
20 Some Observations About Academic DatabasesStudents will only use the library databases when the professor requires journal articles The databases are user friendly but there is a learning curve especially for the more advanced searches Students only pay attention when they feel that the instruction will help them with their specific task
21 UC Berkeley – Teaching Internet Workshops (p. 47)Title URL of Page: Personal page or site What type of domain? Appropriate? Com org/net edu gov/mil/us non-US___ other: Published by entity that makes sense? Who wrote the page? Credentials on this subject? Date? Current enough? Sources documented with links or notes. Can you verify text not altered? Links to more resources? Do they work? Evidence or bias? Why was the page put on the web? Inform Persuade Sell Satire or parody Other
22 Possible additions to the UC Berkeley Checklist:When was the website created? Go to Is the information primary or secondary? Can you verify the information on the website through other sources? Who is linking to this website? Search in Google: link:www.domain name.
23 Question: What is the benefit to allow resources other than academic journal articles?
24 Recency of Literature ReferencesYears old Current
25 Reference Databases Library Catalog, WorldCat,Advanced Google Book Search, LexisNexis, EBSCOHost, , Google Scholar Advanced Google Book Search EBSCOHost, Science Direct, LexisNexis, Google Scholar Proquest Dissertations (University of Iowa), WorldCat Dissertations,
26 Basic Google Searches Web: google.com (regular web search)Books: books.google.com (search books scanned by Google) Images: images.google.com (basic image search) Videos: video.google.com (basic video search) News: news.google.com (basic news search, specify your country) Scholar: scholar.google.com (basic search for academic articles) Add filetype:PDF for full-text articles. Trends: trends.google.com (find trends for your keyword) Blogs: (basic blog search)
27 What is the keyword for this trend search? What is the keyword for this trend search? O% news headlines 2005 to 2012, 100% in 2013
28 Advanced Google SearchesWeb: google.com/advanced_search (search for exact phrase in quotation marks “”, avoid a word –com, number range $3..$5, region, site:edu, filetype:PDF) Books: google.com/advanced_book_search. (specify author, title, subject , publisher, language, publication date, ISBN, ISSN) Check “full view only” for full-text books only. Images: google.com/advanced_image_search (specify image size, color, usage rights, type of image) Videos: google.com/advanced_video_search Blogs: from gear icon top right choose advanced search (use slider to personalize news search, e.g. more business news, less science news) News: Small triangle in search box far right Scholar: Small triangle in search box far right
29 Select “Full view only” for full text books You can specify books or magazines only.