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Module Sneak Peak!

Another of this summer’s new information literacy modules will be Citing Sources Using MLA Style. (Similar modules based on other style guides will be developed in the future. Feel free to voice your preferences using the Feedback page.)

The “Citing Sources” module teaches students how to correctly cite sources using MLA Style.

One of the interesting features of this module is the inclusion of interactive components that allow students to “drag-and-drop” the correct pieces of information needed to cite sources from images of each source. These simulation activities allow students to find relevant information in context just as they will in “real life.” Simulations include books, print journal articles, online journal articles, and web sites.

Book Simulation (Click to see images larger)

After identifying information needed for proper citation, students will then arrange the pieces of formatted information into the correct order for an MLA citation. The screen offers hints when a student is stuck, and gives feedback on the number of errors committed before the student moves on to the scored Assessment section.

Feedback for Book Simulation

Module Sneak Peak!

One of this summer’s new information literacy modules will be Evaluating Web Sites.

This module gives students five criteria to use to determine if a web site is reliable: accuracy, authority, currency, objectivity, and coverage.

Examples of real web sites are used and analyzed to help students critically evaluate the information they find on a daily basis. (Two excerpts appear below.)

Encyclopedia of Earth (Click to see images larger)

Wikipedia

In the Practice section of each module, students will encounter traditional multiple-choice questions that give students feedback on their answers prior to undertaking the scored Assessment section.

At the 2008 FCTL Summer Conference, on May 1 from 11:15am-12:15pm, Elizabeth Killingsworth and Kelvin Thompson will provide an update on the information literacy modules in a session entitled: How Information Literacy Modules Can Make Your Life Easier. Modules will be previewed and a draft copy of the “Faculty Implementation Guide” for the information literacy modules will be distributed to attendees.

Happy New Year! We are excited to be kicking off the year with another Faculty Feedback Session on January 15, 2008 from 10:00am-11:30am. Please register now to show your interest in providing your valuable feedback on the current progress of the modules.

Students to have a voice! UCF students will be able to view the latest information literacy modules and give their opinions through student usability sessions in January 2008.

Two Faculty Feedback Sessions to be held in Library. Faculty are invited to view the latest information literacy modules and give input on the content in one of two sessions being held on December 11 in room 235C in the UCF Library.