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INFORMATION LITERACY - CLASSROOM ASIGNMENTS GUIDELINES

Definition

A summary demonstrates your comprehension of information and ideas. It usually briefly restates in your own words the content of a passage (chapter of textbook, E-books, articles, etc.). Summary should be comprehensive, concise, coherent, and independent

Framework for Information Literacy - Information Creation as a Process

INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS

Information in any format is produced to convey a message and is shared via a selected delivery method. The iterative processes of researching, creating, revising, and disseminating information vary, and the resulting product reflects these differences.

KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES

• develop, in their own creation processes, an understanding that their choices impact the purposes for which the information product will be used and the message it conveys.

• identify that different methods of information dissemination with different purposes are available for their use

Framework for Information Literacy - Information Has Value

INFORMATION HAS VALUE

Information possesses several dimensions of value, including as a commodity, as a means of education, as a means to influence, and as a means of negotiating and understanding the world. Legal and socioeconomic interests influence information production and dissemination.

KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES

• give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation;

• respect the original ideas of others;

• value the skills, time, and effort needed to produce knowledge;