"Information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand." - Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report (1989)
In this age of cyber information, anyone can publish information on whatever topic he/she chooses. How are students to know what is valid and useful information and what is not? Additionally, plagiarism and copyright infringement are of major concern to educators. Students should be taught to respect the intellectual property rights of others and to document resources gleaned from the Web.
This workshop will help you to help your students structure their research, sift through and evaluate resources to get the most useful information to meet their needs, and to give credit where credit is due.
To earn salary point credit for this course requires 16 hours of in-seat time and creation of a directed research project to teach your students basic information literacy skills of the 21st Century.
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