Presentation at 2011 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching

1. Joe Eshleman, MLIS, Instruction Librarian Johnson & Wales University Library, Charlotte, NC Richard Moniz, MA, MLIS, EdD, Director of Library Services Johnson & Wales University Library, Charlotte, NC Adjunct Instructor, UNCG MLIS & Johnson & Wales University, History Evidence-based Learning and Information Literacy : Actively Emphasizing the Evaluation of Sources to Enhance Student Work FEBRUARY 4, 2011

4. What’s the problem?

6. “ Eight out of ten (81%) students considered themselves expert or very skilled in searching the Internet effectively and efficiently.” How Students View their Own Technology Adoption and Information Literacy The ECAR ( EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research) Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010

7. Information Literacy: Evaluating Information

8. Video from class

9. Accuracy Is the information free of errors and do you see that the information is cited? Authority Is there a way for you to tell who created this information? Can you contact the person? Currency When was this information created? Is there more current information available for your topic? Objectivity How would you define the purpose for the creation of this information? Do you think the author has any biases? What would they be? Relevance Is the information you found the best match-up for your information need? Why? What are we doing to give the students the tools they need to evaluate sources?

11. *Primary versus Secondary Source? Why? *Primary versus Secondary Source? Why? Accuracy Is the information free of errors and do you see that the information is cited? Authority Is there a way for you to tell who created this information? Can you contact the person? Currency When was this information created? Is there more current information available for your topic? How does currency apply to primary sources? Objectivity How would you define the purpose for the creation of this information? Do you think the author has any biases? What would they be? How does objectivity apply when viewing historical events from primary sources? Relevance Is the information you found the best match-up for your information need? Why? How can instructors help students to evaluate sources?-History Class Example

12. *Primary versus Secondary Source? Why? *A well researched business plan Accuracy Is your information free of errors and is your information cited? Authority Is there a way for you to show that you created this information? Did you supply contact information? Currency When was this information created? Is there more current information available for your topic? How does currency apply to business plans? Objectivity How would you define the purpose for the creation of this information? Do you have any biases? What would they be? Relevance Is the information you are creating the best match-up for your audience’s information need? Why? How can instructors help students to evaluate sources?-Business Class Example

13. Instructor (Brian Mooney) Feedback "After this instruction and exercise, students demonstrated overall a more critical attitude. It was brought home to them that they needed to become skeptical consumers in an age of abundant, readily-accessible information."

14. Student Feedback Thank you! You really taught me something. Before the presentation and this assignment I didn't know what to look for when evaluating a website. Thank you for your constructive criticism. Thank you for taking the time to do this and for the information about the sources Thank you so so so very much for explaining to me how to do the sourcing. I will gladly email you if I need anymore help with the paper.

16. Individual Student Feedback

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