Information Literacy Teaching Resources

Information possesses several dimensions of value, including as a commodity, as a means of education, as a means to influence, and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination. -ACRL

Knowledge Practices

Learners who are developing their information literate abilities

• give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation;
• understand that intellectual property is a legal and social construct that varies by culture;
• articulate the purpose and distinguishing characteristics of copyright, fair use, open access, and the public domain;
• understand how and why some individuals or groups of individuals may be underrepresented or systematically marginalized within the systems that produce and disseminate information;
• recognize issues of access or lack of access to information sources;
• decide where and how their information is published;
• understand how the commodification of their personal information and online interactions affects the information they receive and the information they produce or disseminate online;
• make informed choices regarding their online actions in full awareness of issues related to privacy and the commodification of personal information.

Dispositions

Learners who are developing their information literate abilities

• respect the original ideas of others;
• value the skills, time, and effort needed to produce knowledge;
• see themselves as contributors to the information marketplace rather than only consumers of it;
• are inclined to examine their own information privilege.

       Knowledge Practices:

• Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation

• Understand that intellectual property is a legal and social construct that varies by culture

• Recognize issues of access or lack of access to information sources;

       Knowledge Practices:

• Articulate the traditional and emerging processes of information creation and dissemination in a particular discipline

• Recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged

• Recognize the implications of information formats that contain static or dynamic information

       Knowledge Practices:

• Recognize that information may be perceived differently based on the format in which it is packaged

• Recognize the implications of information formats that contain static or dynamic information

• Monitor the value that is placed upon different types of information products in varying contexts