Information Literacy and You
Information Literacy and You [WLO: 2] [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon
Prepare:
Read Module 1 in your course textbook and At Sea in a Deluge of Data from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Complete the TATIL Exam (Links to an external site.) and view your report.
Accessibility Statement:?If you have a disability that impacts your ability to successfully participate in this or any other course activity, please provide your instructor with your authorized Accommodation Request form from the Office of Student Access and Wellness so that he/she can discuss and arrange an alternative plan with you.
Complete the APA Skill Check – In-Text Citation (Links to an external site.) and APA Skill Check – Creating References (Links to an external site.).
Reflect icon
Reflect:
Make a list of the different components of information literacy covered in your textbook.
Consider how each of these components affect your daily life and your chosen career. Pay particular attention to the information literacy skills that employers expect from their employees.
Review your TATIL exam report and consider how the information provided there relates to the information you read in Module 1 of your textbook. Think about how you can implement your personal recommendations from the report.
Write icon
Write:
Explain your understanding of information literacy. Choose three example concepts or skills from Module 1 of your course textbook and explain how these concepts illustrate your understanding. Be sure to cite your course textbook.
Explain how these concepts apply to you as a college student. Why do students need to learn information literacy?
Explain why these concepts apply to your personal or professional life and how you will apply them.
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources.
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least three of them. You are required to post in the board on at least three days during the learning week.
Your responses to your classmates must be substantive. Share ideas, explore differences, and think critically about your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from your textbook, classroom resources or other credible sources that you find to contribute to the discussion. You are invited to share relevant audio, video, or images in your responses. You must cite and reference any sources you use, even in your responses to your classmates.
DQ2 Week 1 – Open Forum [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon Prepare: Take a few minutes to think about the material that we’ve covered in this course so far.
Reflect icon Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. What did you learn that caused you to understand an issue differently? What habits, tips, or resources did you discover that helped you to complete your coursework more effectively or efficiently? Cite clear examples and details to support your post.
Write icon Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your posts should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least one of the following questions:
What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
How might you apply this information to your life in the future?
What insights have you had?
What have you been struggling with?
What questions have come up for you at this point?
What helpful tips have you picked up in this course or in a past course?
What questions do you have about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging).
You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times; the only requirements are you post at least 100 words total and you engage in conversation related to course. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week.
Provide a full explanation of the issues you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your annotated bibliography, explain where in the process you had difficulty. Was it thinking of search terms? Did your search locate too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results? Did you have difficulty finding credible sources?
Similarly, when responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting? Were you unaware that events associated with the topic took place? Did the information that you learned change your understanding of those events?
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and learn more from the course.
Discuss icon
Respond to Peers: When responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting?
If you notice a classmate is struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.
Note: If you have a question, you should contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging. This open forum is a place for you to collaborate and connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer all questions.
Open Forum Discussion Board Requirements
Write 100 words total.
Relate all posts to the course content.
Submit posts by Day 7 of the learning week.
Use Canvas messaging or email for questions specifically for your instructor.
GEN103 Information Literacy
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 Confirmation Bias [WLOs: 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
Prepare icon
Prepare: Retrieve the research topic that you settled on and the research question that you created for the Week 1 written assignment.
Watch these videos and listen to the podcast:
TED. (2016, August 8). Why you think you’re right—Even if you’re wrong (Links to an external site.) | Julia Galef [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/w4RLfVxTGH4
Gorbach, J. (2017, February 24). Cognitive dissonance confirmation bias (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/mJagTkoVmHo
Chatfield, T. (2017). Tom Chatfield on critical thinking and bias (D. Edmonds, Interviewer) [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://methods.sagepub.com/
Reflect icon Reflect:
Consider the concept of confirmation bias and how it affects the way we frame research questions and the information we search for and select, as well as how we present the information we find. Think about the assumptions we make every day and how those assumptions might be helpful and unhelpful when doing research.
Consider any assumptions you have about your research topic, how those assumptions could lead to confirmation bias, and how you could address that bias in your research.
Reflect on the information that you learned in preparing for this discussion and how it fits with information that you learned from the textbook and in previous classes about critical thinking and mindset.
Write icon Write:
Based on your learning in the Prepare and Reflect sections above, write at least three paragraphs fully addressing the following prompt. Be sure to cite any sources you use or refer to.
Explain what confirmation bias is, why it is important for researchers to be aware of it, and how its effects can be minimized.
Identify at least one bias you have that may affect your research question. Explain specific steps you can take to minimize the effect of that bias.
Discuss how learning about confirmation bias has contributed to your growth as a learner and researcher.
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources.
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least three of them. You are required to post in the board on at least three days during the learning week.
Your responses to your classmates must be substantive. Share ideas, explore differences, and think critically about your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from your textbook, classroom resources or other credible sources that you find to contribute to the discussion. You are invited to share relevant audio, video, or images in your responses. You must cite and reference any sources you use, even in your responses to your classmates.
DQ2 Week 2 – Open Forum [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon Prepare: Take a few minutes to think about the material that we’ve covered in this course so far. Reflect icon Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. What did you learn that caused you to understand an issue differently? What habits, tips, or resources did you discover that helped you to complete your course work more effectively or efficiently? Cite clear examples and details to support your post?
Write icon Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your posts should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least one of the following questions:
What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
How might you apply this information to your life in the future?
What insights have you had?
What have you been struggling with?
What questions have come up for you at this point?
What helpful tips have you picked up in this course or in a past course?
What questions do you about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging.)
You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times; the only requirements are you post at least 100 words total and you engage in conversation related to course. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week.
Provide a full explanation of the issues you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your annotated bibliography, explain where in the process you had difficulty. Was it thinking of search terms? Did your search locate too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results? Did you have difficulty finding credible sources?
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and learn more from the course.
Discuss icon
Respond to Peers
When responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting?
If you notice a classmate is struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.
Note: If you have a question, you should contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging. This open forum is a place for you to collaborate and connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer all questions.
Discussion Board Requirements:
Write 100 words total.
Relate all posts to the course content.
Submit posts by Day 7 of the learning week.
Use Canvas messaging or email for questions specifically for your instructor.
GEN103 Information Literacy
Week 3 Discussion
DQ1 Scholarly and Popular Sources [WLOs: 4, 5] [CLOs: 2, 3]
Prepare icon Prepare:
Watch the GEN103 Scholarly & Popular Resources (Links to an external site.) and How to Read a Scholarly Article (Links to an external site.) videos, and review the Source Types downloadhandout,
Read this scholarly, peer-reviewed article:
Ajunwa, I., Crawford, K., & Ford, J. S. (2016). Health and big data: An ethical framework for health information collection by corporate wellness programs. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 44(3), 474–480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110516667943
Depending on first letter of your last name, read one of the following:
A-IAjunwa, I. (2017, January 19). Workplace wellness programs could be putting your health data at risk (Links to an external site.). Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2017/01/workplace-wellness-programs-could-be-putting-your-health-data-at-risk
J-QHancock, J. (2015, October 2). Workplace wellness programs put employee privacy at risk (Links to an external site.). CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/health/workplace-wellness-privacy-risk-exclusive/index.html
R-ZHannon, K., & Next Avenue. (2016, May 29). New rules on wellness programs spark privacy worries (Links to an external site.). Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2016/05/29/new-rules-on-wellness-programs-spark-privacy-worries/#6fc33f205ad5
Reflect icon
Reflect: You read two articles that address the same topic but are different types of sources. Consider the following questions:
What characteristics make the sources different?
How do those differences add to or detract from the credibility of the sources?
How could you use each of the sources in school, at work, or in your personal life? Think of at least two specific examples.
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Write: Based on your learning in the Prepare and Reflect sections above, write at least three paragraphs that fully address the prompt below. Cite any sources you use or refer to.
Identify the type of source you read in addition to the scholarly, peer-reviewed article. Who is the audience for each source? How does the intended audience affect the choice of language, images, and organization?
Analyze the credibility of the two sources that you read. What specific features of the articles led you to conclude the source was or was not credible? Provide at least one specific example for each source.
Explain how each source might be used to address a specific information need. What research situations would be appropriate for each source? What concerns would you have about using the sources in those situations?
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least three of them. You are required to post in the board on at least three days during the learning week.
Your responses to your classmates must be substantive. Share ideas, explore differences, and think critically about your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from your textbook, classroom resources or other credible sources that you find to contribute to the discussion. You are invited to share relevant audio, video, or images in your responses. You must cite and reference any sources you use, even in your responses to your classmates.
DQ2 Week 3 – Open Forum [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon Prepare: Take a few minutes to think about this course and the material covered in the course so far.
Reflect icon Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. What did you learn that caused you to understand an issue differently? What habits, tips, or resources did you discover that helped you to complete your course work more effectively or efficiently? Cite clear examples and details to support your post.
Write icon Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your posts should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least one of the following questions:
What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
How might you apply this information to your life in the future?
What insights have you had?
What have you been struggling with?
What questions have come up for you at this point?
What helpful tips have you picked up in this course or in a past course?
What questions do you haveabout the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging).
You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times; the only requirements are you post at least 100 words total and you engage in conversation related to course. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week.
Provide a full explanation of the issues you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your annotated bibliography, explain where in the process you had difficulty. Was it thinking of search terms? Did your search locate too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results? Did you have difficulty finding credible sources?
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and learn more from the course.
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
When responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting?
If you notice a classmate is struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.
Note: If you have a question, you should contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging. This open forum is a place for you to collaborate and connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer all questions.
Open Forum Discussion Board Requirements
Write 100 words total.
Relate all posts to the course content.
Submit posts by Day 7 of the learning week.
Use Canvas messaging or email for questions specifically for your instructor
GEN103 Information Literacy
Week 4 Discussion
DQ1 The CRAAP Test [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4]
Prepare icon Prepare:
Read Module 3 of your course textbook and review the What is CRAAP? A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.) PDF.
Watch the GEN103 Determining Authority (Links to an external site.)and GEN103 Determining Currency (Links to an external site.) videos.
Find a non-scholarly web page that relates to your research question (you can use this web page for your annotated bibliography). Keep in mind you are to find a web page and not a website. Review the Websites versus Web Pages handout downloadto be sure you understand the difference between the two.
Examine your chosen non-scholarly web page for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.
Reflect icon Reflect:
Reflect on the elements of the CRAAP test and how each one indicates the credibility and reliability of a source.
Consider how your evaluation of each of these elements affects your understanding of the strength of the source.
Think about why it is important to evaluate any web page that you plan to rely on for information.
Write icon Write:
Apply the CRAAP test to your source.
For each of the CRAAP criteria, start a new paragraph.
In each paragraph, state which criterion you are addressing and evaluate the source based on that criterion.
Provide specific examples to support your evaluation.
Evaluate your source’s overall strength based on the elements of the CRAAP test. Is this source appropriate to use in answering to your research question, why or why not?
Explain one thing you have learned from the process of doing this CRAAP test.
Provide a properly formatted APA reference to the web page at the end of your initial post.
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources.
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least three of them. You are required to post in the board on at least three days during the learning week.
Your responses to your classmates must be substantive. Share ideas, explore differences, and think critically about your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from your textbook, classroom resources or other credible sources that you find to contribute to the discussion. You are invited to share relevant audio, video, or images in your responses. You must cite and reference any sources you use, even in your responses to your classmates.
DQ2 Week 4 – Open Forum [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon Prepare:Take a few minutes to think about this course and the material covered in the course so far.
Reflect icon Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. What did you learn that caused you to understand an issue differently? What habits, tips, or resources did you discover that helped you to complete your course work more effectively or efficiently? Cite clear examples and details to support your post.
Write icon Write: This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your posts should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least one of the following questions:
What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
How might you apply this information to your life in the future?
What insights have you had?
What have you been struggling with?
What questions have come up for you at this point?
What helpful tips have you picked up in this course or in a past course?
What questions do you about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging.).
You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times; the only requirements are you post at least 100 words total and you engage in conversation related to course. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week.
Provide a full explanation of the issues you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your annotated bibliography, explain where in the process you had difficulty. Was it thinking of search terms? Did your search locate too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results? Did you have difficulty finding credible sources?
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and learn more from the course.
Discuss icon Respond to Peers:
When responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting?
If you notice a classmate is struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.
Note: If you have a question, you should contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging. This open forum is a place for you to collaborate and connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer all questions.
Open Forum Discussion Board Requirements:
Write 100 words total.
Relate all posts to the course content.
Submit posts by Day 7 of the learning week.
Use Canvas messaging or email for questions specifically for your instructor.
GEN103 Information Literacy
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 Academic Integrity [WLOs: 1, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Prepare icon Prepare:
Read the University of Arizona Global Campus Catalog Academic Integrity (Links to an external site.) and Academic Integrity Violations (Links to an external site.)sections.
Read Module 5 in your course textbook.
Find a piece of online writing that uses information unethically. For example, it might be a source that fabricates information, a photo or graphic that is altered in misleading way, an example of deceptive Internet advertising, or some other type of unethical use of information.
Reflect icon Reflect:
Reflect on all the concepts from the catalog and course textbook and how they might help you to become a better scholar and professional.
Consider how you can apply your understanding of ethical use of information to the materials you see and read daily.
Think about how the online writing or graphic you selected uses information unethically.
Write icon Write:
Identify two key elements of the catalog’s Academic Integrity (Links to an external site.) and Academic Dishonesty (Links to an external site.) sections and describe how you feel these elements are important to you as a scholar and professional.
Explain how the online writing or graphic you chose uses information unethically. In your explanation, be sure to refer to the two key elements you identified in the previous step.
Develop a strategy for how you, as a scholar, could avoid making this same ethical mistake?
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources.
Discuss icon
Respond to Peers:
Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least three of them. You are required to post in the board on at least three days during the learning week.
Your responses to your classmates must be substantive. Share ideas, explore differences, and think critically about your classmates’ posts. Bring in information from your textbook, classroom resources or other credible sources that you find to contribute to the discussion. You are invited to share relevant audio, video, or images in your responses. You must cite and reference any sources you use, even in your responses to your classmates.
DQ2 Week 5 – Open Forum [CLO: 1]
Prepare icon Prepare:Take a few minutes to think about this course and the material covered in the course so far.
Reflect icon Reflect: Reflect on what you found interesting, surprising, or confusing in this past week. What did you learn that caused you to understand an issue differently? What habits, tips, or resources did you discover that helped you to complete your course work more effectively or efficiently? Cite clear examples and details to support your post.
Write icon Write:
This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your posts should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least one of the following questions:
What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
How might you apply this information to your life in the future?
What insights have you had?
What have you been struggling with?
What questions have come up for you at this point?
What helpful tips have you picked up in this course or in a past course?
What questions do you about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging.).
You are required to post at least 100 total words in this forum this week. You can post one time or ten times; the only requirements are you post at least 100 words total and you engage in conversation related to course. Ask questions, answer questions, provide extra resources you found that are interesting, or engage in a debate about something you learned this week.
Provide a full explanation of the issues you discuss in your posts. For example, if you write that you had difficulty finding sources for your annotated bibliography, explain where in the process you had difficulty. Was it thinking of search terms? Did your search locate too many sources that were not relevant to your topic? Did your search return too few results? Did you have difficulty finding credible sources?
Students who post early in the week, using this forum to engage their classmates on a regular basis, tend to do well and learn more from the course.
Discuss icon
Respond to Peers:
When responding to your classmates, be sure to elaborate. For example, if you write that you also found a specific topic interesting, explain what about that topic you found interesting and why. Is it the same aspects of the topic that your classmate found interesting?
If you notice a classmate is struggling with something that you can help with, use your responses as a way to support them. Helping out your classmates will not only benefit them, but it will also help to solidify your own knowledge.
Note: If you have a question, you should contact your instructor through email or Canvas messaging. This open forum is a place for you to collaborate and connect with your classmates as well as support one another. Your instructor will monitor this board and may post, but he/she is not expected to answer all questions.
Open Forum Discussion Board Requirements:
Write 100 words total.
Relate all posts to the course content.
Submit posts by Day 7 of the learning week.
Use Canvas messaging or email for questions specifically for your instructor.
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