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EP004 Information Literacy & Research Skills

" The best way to predict your future is to create it."  ~Peter Drucker. EP004 Information Literacy & Research Skills. Semester II, 2011 Lecturer: Carolyn Crook Week 2 / Lecture 1. Overview. Unit Outline and Expectations Email, blackboard and blog What is information literacy?

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EP004 Information Literacy & Research Skills

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  1. " The best way to predict your future is to create it."  ~Peter Drucker EP004Information Literacy &Research Skills Semester II, 2011 Lecturer: Carolyn Crook Week 2 / Lecture 1

  2. Overview • Unit Outline and Expectations • Email, blackboard and blog • What is information literacy? • “Scavenger Hunt” • The “Research Cycle” • Directed Study = homework

  3. Unit Outline and Expectations • Print and REFER to unit outline REGULARLY for: • Contact information • Carolyn Crook • Email: crook.carolyn@nd.edu.au • mobile: 0418 839 077 • Set goals and study with the unit outcomes • University regulations and expectations • Weekly prep and revision using program outline • Preparation and completion of assessments • Finding resources that will help consolidate and extend information literacy and research skills

  4. Email and Blackboard • CHECK EMAIL REGULARY = HEART OF STUDY • Class updates, tasks on blackboard, changes • BLACKBOARD = STUDY LIFELINE • Lectures, readings, task sheets, homework/revision tasks • BLOG = LEARNING COMMUNITY • Shared work, ideas and study tasks

  5. Agreements • YOU – email is the easiest. Text /call in emergencies or if too complicated to email. • Inform me of problems, absences, sickness, questions. • Always inform me ASAP! • ASK FOR HELP! • ME • Will reply within 24 hours during weekdays (unless problem arises). • Over the weekend will reply within 48 hours (unless problem arises). • Will make time to see you.

  6. Outcomes of Lecture • Students will be able to: • Conduct a Google search to find a definition of “information literacy • Locate the keywords and formulate their own definition of information literacy. • Carry out first 3 steps of research cycle

  7. What is Information Literacy? • Knowing when you need information: TEP004 and TEP002/003 • How to find it: TEP004 • Evaluate it: TEP004 • Use it effectively: TEP006 • Deliver it in a communication: TEP006 and TEP002/TEP003

  8. Scavenger Hunt • Work in pairs • Use Google to find a definition of information literacy • Record the keywords you used and how many results came up with each search • Decide on the best definition • Pairs will report which keywords came up with the best results and the best definition they found

  9. Information Literacy Wordle • In pairs choose 3 words that you think best describes what information literacy is. • http://www.wordle.net/

  10. The Research Cycle What links can you see between information literacy and the research cycle?

  11. Analyse The Question Describe the effects that alcohol advertising has on adolescents. • Operative words –tells you what to do • Keywords – the main ideas and concepts • Limiters - limits the idea/concept to a particular group, time, place or age.

  12. Brainstorm The Topic Describe the effects that alcohol advertising has on adolescents. • Always start with “what you know”. • Class brainstorm on topic. • How does this help you?

  13. Establish Keywords Describe the effects that alcohol advertising has on adolescents. • Keywords are the main ideas and concepts of the question • Add keywords from brainstorm

  14. 1st Three Steps of Research Cycle • Why are these 3 steps important? • How does this help you? Your Turn: “Youth violence has increased as a result of violent movies and the internet in the 21st Century.” Choose and argument for or against this statement. Work in pairs to carry out the first 3 steps of the research cycle.

  15. Summary • List three things that you learnt, remembered or understood more clearly from todays session. • Directed Study (homework) • Create a slide that illustrates the relationship between “information literacy and the research cycle”. • Email to lecturer: carolyn.crook@nd.edu.au (these will be loaded onto our blog.

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