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Making the Invisible Visible: Helping Students Recognize Information & Digital Literacy Skills Teaching Support at the Center for Teaching and Learning

Workshop Facilitators

  • Kimberly Fournier, Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Julie Sanchez, Office of Assessment
  • Lori Townsend, Learning and Outreach Services
  • Alyssa Russo, Learning and Outreach Services
  • Glenn Koelling, Learning and Outreach Services
  • Adrienne Warner, Learning and Outreach Services
  • Pamela Cheek, Associate Provost for Student Success

Questions Addressed in the Workshop:

  1. How do you define Information and Digital Literacy (IDL)?
  2. What aspect of the IDL skill are you targeting in your course and/or assignment?
  3. How can you clearly articulate your intentions and expectations associated with your assignment (both related to content and the IDL)?

Information Literacy

Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.

Association of College and Research Libraries Definition (ACLR)

Digital Literacy

The ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.

American Library Association Digital Literacy Task Force Definition

Information & Digital Literacy at UNM

General Education Rubric-Information & Digital Literacy

Help Students Stay on Target by Recognizing Your Intended Goals

Effective learning objectives are designed with a clear understanding of the content being presented and assessed. If an instructor intends to assess both course content and a General Education skill (such as Information and Digital Literacy) with a particular activity, assignment, and/or assessment, then it would be beneficial to explicitly articulate the learning objective(s) for both. This not only ensures that the instructor assesses what they intend to assess, but when provided to students, it also helps students recognize the skills they are developing.

NOTE: Learning objectives are just one tool that instructors can use to articulate the reasoning behind their activity, assignment, and/or assessment.

Sample IDL Assignments

Workshop Recording & Agenda

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