Understanding the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy: Applying the six frames standards for designing a class session.
1. Understanding the ACRL Framework for
Information Literacy: Applying the six
frames standards for designing a class
session.
Aziz El Hassani
a.elhassani@aui.ma
November 27, 2017
Revising the HIS1301-F17 Syllabus
HIS1301-F17 Final Activity
2. Outline
ACRL’s definition of Information Literacy
About the Framework
Understanding the meaning and implication of
the six ACRL frames
The role of threshold concepts in education
Putting the Framework To Work For You : Ideas
for using the Framework in designing your class
session
3. ACRL’s definition of Information Literacy
“a set of abilities related to the
reflective discovery of information,
understanding how information is
produced and valued, and using
information to create new knowledge
and participate in communities of
learning”
4. six frames
About the Framework
Frames are key
concepts that must
be grasped in order
to develop genuine
expertise within a
discipline, profession
or knowledge
domain
7. Threshold concepts have the potential to
help us address the “why” questions that we
often pose: Why do we need to learn about
this database? What’s the point of citing
paper correctly? Why will we ever need to
know about peer review? Why is this
required?
The role of threshold concepts in education
9. Putting the Framework to work for you : Ideas for
using the Framework in designing your class session.
Discussion
Choosing a topic
Developing a class plan
Matching the appropriate ACRL Frames to
your specific lesson plan!
The threshold concepts represent a transformed process of perceiving or understanding something(Maid & D’Angelo, 2016a). During this transformational ‘journey’, a student/learner ‘morphs’ from a stage of “learning” to the stage of “becoming”; where he/she becomes knowledgeable/fluent within a “system of knowledge or understanding”(Maid & D’Angelo, 2016a).