I-Know Faculty Guide:I-Know & the ACRL Framework

The I-Know program is closely aligned to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education that provides a set of guidelines and performance indicators to help educators integrate core information literacy competencies into their curriculum and teaching.  

The Framework relies on six core concepts that "offers a renewed vision of information literacy as an overarching set of abilities in which students are consumers and creators of information who can participate successfully in collaborative spaces." 

1. Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
2. Information Creation as a Process
3. Information Has Value
4. Research as Inquiry
5. Scholarship as Conversation
6. Searching as Strategic Exploration 

The I-Know program has incorporated these core concepts into our Student Learning Objectives: Find, Evaluate, Create & Communicate. TATIL is also based on this framework and includes four modules: Module 1 – Evaluating Process & Authority; Module 2 – Strategic Searching; Module 3 – Research & Scholarship; and Module 4 – The Value of Information.

If you want help creating or adapting activities that reflect the I-Know Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) into your own course, you can contact Eric Cosio at eric.cosio@tamucc.edu