Teaching Information Literacy Through a Case Study on the Presence of Cougars (Felis concolor) in Nova Scotia

 

Lara D. Gibson

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2018, Volume 39

Abstract

Students are introduced to the five information literacy standards for higher education developed by the American Library Association. During a class discussion groups are asked to interpret the standard and provide an example. Students then practice skills such as judging credibility, designing research questions, and determining information gaps, by considering reports of cougar sightings in Nova Scotia. Students complete the exercise by reflecting on how the skills associated with one information standard, judging credibility, was applied in the case study and how this skill could be applied in future assignments.

Keywords:  information literacy, case study

University of Wisconsin, Madison (2017)