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Credo Information Literacy Modules

The Credo Information Literacy Skills modules provide support for faculty who may wish to know more about information literacy and embedding those skills into their course curriculum.

It is widely recognised that digital familiarity does not necessarily equate to information literacy. Those who are confident with technology and often referred to as "digital natives" may not also be information literate. Information literacy is a learned process that develops over time with practice.

The Library offers the Credo Information Literacy Skills Modules, comprehensive online information literacy courseware designed for faculty use, enabling you to devote more of your time and energy to teaching. 

How can Credo modules benefit both you and your students?

  1. Create a foundation for developing critical thinking skills around information literacy. 
  2. Enhance instruction with engaging multimedia content, organised into nine modules. Each module contains videos, tutorials, and quizzes.
  3. Use a flipped classroom approach to deliver essential content outside schedules class time, saving face to face interactions for subject-specific instruction.
  4. Supplement your unit assignments with information literacy content and quizzes. Configure delivery through Blackboard and provide integrated assessments. Credo supports LTI integration, so individual activities can be embedded into different pages or weeks in your course shell. This enables you to monitor whether or not individual students click on the links, and also captures quiz results within the gradebook.
  5. Remediate students with compulsory viewing of embedded materials and monitor their use.

Credo Information Literacy Skills modules comprise online videos, tutorials, and quizzes that offer high-quality, standards-aligned educational resources aimed at nurturing students' critical thinking abilities and enhancing their information literacy.

Topics covered include: the research process, sources of information, searching for information, evaluating information, presenting research and data, referencing styles and academic integrity, visual and quantitative literacy, using critical thinking and logic, and culture and citizenship. The complete collection of Credo Information Literacy skills modules can be accessed via the link below:

Credo Faculty Module offers instructors a convenient way to begin integrating information literacy instruction into their classes and assignments with minimal effort. Faculty experience numerous advantages when students possess strong information literacy skills, as these students effectively select workable topics, conduct independant research and produce assignments that meet rigorous academic standards.

 To hit the ground running, explore the following Credo Faculty video, tutorials and guides: 

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