DEVELOPING INFORMATION LITERACY OUTCOMES THROUGH THE CURRICULUM
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| Standard
1. Information literate person recognises the need
for information and determines the nature and extent of the information
needed
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Assist students, staff and Faculty:
- Research process overview
- Development of search ideas by brainstorm
- Identifying information needs and timelines
- Select source of information eg. Database
- Brochures, pathfinders and guides
Assist staff and faculty:
- Resource and database availability
- Remote and offshore access
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 Adopt Information literacy Standards and integrate in courses (Faculty)
Course compulsory and recommended reading lists including call numbers
and web addresses in First Year lists (Faculty)
Analysis of question / project (Faculty)
Pathfinders quiz, assessment by peer review (Library)
Library orientation and catalogue lesson quizzes (Library)
Brainstorm and other ideas development techniques (Faculty)
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| Standard 2.
Information literate person accesses needed information
effectively and efficiently
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Assist students:
- Search strategies including simple text string search
- Advanced searching techniques eg. Truncation, Boolean search and search
by field
- Techniques to evaluate and redefine failed searches
- Locating journal articles, books, use of abstracts, citations etc.
- Downloading, printing, e-mailing, borrowing
information
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Student journal of research process reflecting on strategies that
worked, didn’t work and suggesting alternative strategies (Faculty)
Student submits journal of resources with reference details collected
showing progress in research (Faculty)
Student submits annotated bibliography (Faculty)
Advance searching techniques guide with self-assessment (Library)
Online info lit units / quizzes eg. CH700 and GB700 (Library) |
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Standard 3. Information literate person
evaluates information and its sources critically and
incorporates selected information into their knowledge base and value
system
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Assist students:
- Refereed and cited articles vs. non-refereed
- Parts of a book, journal, article etc. – use of indexes, contents
pages etc.
- Authentic, validated, trustworthy vs. unvalidated, untrustworthy
information
- Scanning and skimming for information
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Analysis of print resource including note taking exercise, skimming and
scanning techniques (Faculty & Library)
Exercise to determine quality of information both print and online
(Faculty & Library)
Assignment / project that requires evidence of scoping of topic, and
evaluation and synthesis of information (Faculty)
Interview with student on student understanding of information and
whether initial query should be revised (Faculty)
Triangulation – comparing information from different sources
(Faculty) |
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Standard 4. Information literate person classifies,
stores, manipulates and redrafts information collected or generated
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Assist students
- Provide learning centre facilities (PCs)
- Reference and cite articles, bibliographies
Assist staff and Faculty
- Guided links to online resources eg. Sitebuilder
- Advice on Bibliographic software eg. Endnote
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Complete assignment / project by applying new and prior information
(Faculty)
Reflect on the development process of the findings (Faculty)
Communication of assignment / project to others (Faculty) |
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Standard 5. Information literate person
expands, reframes or creates new knowledge by integrating
prior knowledge and new understandings individually or as a member of a
group
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Inform students and faculty:
- Copyright law in relation to print, database and internet information
- Free information especially on the Internet
- Security in the electronic environment
- Understand use of corporate ownership of information and use of
passwords
- ITS regulations re use of computer equipment at RMIT University
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Discussion of issues related to ‘free’ vs ‘fee based’ access to
information (Library & Faculty)
Faculty / RMIT approved and other referencing / citation styles
(Faculty)
Access information on Australian copyright laws (Faculty and Library)
RMIT and Faculty use and etiquette in use of IT issues (Library and
Faculty)
Library policies regarding access and use of information sources
(Library) |
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Standard 6. Information literate person understands
cultural, economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of
information and accesses and uses information ethically, legally and
respectfully
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Library support / training |
Possible teaching activities and assessment strategies |
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Students use endnote to present reports |
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Standard 7. Information literate person recognises
that lifelong learning and participative citizenship requires information
literacy
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