Information Literacy Resources for Faculty

One way to include IL skills in your teaching is through assignments. Modifying current practice creates opportunities for students to gain the needed abilities while at the same time learning the academic content of a course. Any given assignment can include several standards and learning outcomes but limiting to only one or two is recommended.

This excellent example includes three connected assignments that allow students to develop their understanding of publication types, source and content evaluation, and the research process. Includes relevant IL standards and outcomes. Focus is on Psychology, but is adaptable to all disciplines.

CORA stands for Community of Online Research Assignments. It is an open educational resource (OER) for librarians, faculty, and other educators. It is intended to be a collaborative space for adapting and experimenting with research assignments and sharing the success or lessons learned so that others may benefit. The site contains multiple, reliable and reproducible research assignments that do not live as isolated entities, but are enhanced by user feedback in order to build a rich corpus of best practices. There is also a Teaching Toolkit featuring a wide range of resource types including pedagogy/theory, assessment, classroom activities, technology tips, subject guides, citation tools, and information literacy tutorials.

Sample IL assignments in various disciplines, including Film, History, Speech, and Communication