Information Literacy

Information Has Value

The Big Questions:

• What information do I create and what conscious or unconscious choices do I make with it?

• What information do I have access to and why? Do others have access to this information? Why or why not?

• How do I use information in a way that is considerate of both legal requirements and the skills, time, and effort needed to produce that information?

Understandings:

• Information is a commodity that should be disseminated at the direction of the information creator.

• Equal access to information is not guaranteed.

• Crediting original ideas through proper attribution and citation respects the rights of others as information creators.

• Intellectual property is a legal and social construct that varies by culture.

Student Learning Outcomes: The student will be able to...

• access the information they need.
• evaluate information and its sources critically.
• use information ethically and legally.
• analyze their own privileges in access to information.
• analyze barriers to participation in scholarly conversation.