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Minitex News articles tagged with "Information Literacy" (39):

TIES 2018 Conference December 8-11

Registration is now open for the TIES 2018 Education Technology Conference at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.

Resources for media and information literacy

I recently came across an article in eSchool News with some valuable resources to aid students and educators with learning and teaching media and information literacy.  I'm including some resources available to us as Minnesotans in the ELM databases on this topic too.  

LOEX 2018

Howdy, y’all! I’ve just returned from the 46th Annual LOEX Conference in Houston, Texas.

Information Fallout has reached 374 students across the world and counting

In February 2016, we launched Information Fallout, a narrative-based game to introduce concepts included within the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

A great many potential solutions to fake news

The divisive climate in American politics has spawned and/or drawn attention to a new trend in online information: fake news. A number of websites have been identified – from many points on the political spectrum – that claim to mix the truth with satire.

Upcoming ACRL Instruction Section’s Management & Leadership Committee Discussion Forums

Upcoming discussion forum presented by the ACRL Instruction Section’s Management & Leadership Committee:

“Using the Framework to Foster Conversations about Information Literacy Instruction” with Sara D. Miller and Amanda Nichols Hess

CORA: Community of Online Research Assignments for Faculty & Librarians

If you haven't already done so, the Community of Online Research Assignments (CORA), is worth exploring and bookmarking especially if you do any teaching.  Funded from a grant provided by the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), COR

Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians - A Review by Jessica Moore

In their book Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild build upon the ideas from Tom Angelo’s classic book Classroom Assessment Techniques with applications for information literacy instruction.

Introducing information literacy skills with a post-apocalyptic game

So goes the premise of Information Fallout, a game to introduce key information literacy concepts.