There are two online library instruction workshops in which you can assign to students learning the basics when it comes to citing sources. The first is an APA Citation Style workshop that helps students identify parts of APA citations for books, journal …Continue Reading
Category: Information Literacy
Featured Resource: It’s a TRAAP: Evaluating Information Sources
The library has created a Canvas module to introduce beginning students to concepts related to choosing and evaluating resources for college writing. You can assign this module to your students and they will earn a badge as proof of participation. Students completing …Continue Reading
The News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project offers programs and resources for educators and the public to teach, learn and share users to be smart, active consumers of news and information. links for educators include “checkology” modules for elementary students, quizzes,a forum for teachers and …Continue Reading
The Education Research Guide: A Good One-Starting Point for Students and Scholars
The video here outlines the specialized tools on the Education Subject Guide. Feel free to share this tutorial with novice researchers in the field of education. Also, please let them know that their Education Librarian (Tampa Campus), Susan Ariew, is available for …Continue Reading
New Online Workshop from USF Libraries about Historical Research
As part of the new workshop series on information literacy, the USF Libraries has created “Find History.” Instructors with historical research assignments can assign this workshop to students for credit or extra credit. Students who complete the workshop earn a badge, which …Continue Reading
Visual Literacy Survey
The basic definition of visual literacy is the ability to read, write, and create visual images. It is a concept that relates to art and design, but recently it has included wider applications. Visual literacy is about language, communication, and interaction. Visual …Continue Reading
What “Reading Laterally” Means for Teaching Students Digital Literacy
Image credit How do we get students to evaluate what they find on the open Web? One technique is to teach them how to fact-check sources and read “laterally” across many sites instead of trying to verify the authority of just one …Continue Reading
Library Student Success Instructional Workshops
Our undergraduate library instruction program is informed by USF’s Enhanced General Education curriculum and is focused on delivering online learning modules that can supplement any lower or upper level undergraduate course with a research component. Students in Gen Ed classes can be …Continue Reading
Why Students Have Trouble with Reading Citations and Citing Info Sources
In his article, “When Everything is a Website,” author William Badke explains that to many generation Z students who have little or no history with print, “the meaning behind the traditional distinctions that defined various types of academic literature is vanishing” (p. …Continue Reading