Research Guides: Information Literacy: New Framework for Information Literacy

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Annotated Bibliography of Threshold Concepts
The list represents a wide variety of disciplines around threshold concepts and serves as an introduction to threshold concepts in the literature of educational theory. There are several examples for how threshold concepts are determined, taught and assessed including case studies and evidence-based assessment.
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Alignments chart for the previous ACRL standards and the new gramework
The purpose of this chart is to facilitate an understanding of the commonalities between the two, and to serve as a tool for developing learning objectives when adapting to the new framework.

Videos / Webinars

Recording of the November 17, 2015 webinar

The video archive of the July29. 2015 ACRL webinar “Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians” The webinar featured a conversation with Gayle Schaub and Hazel McClure, two of the editors of the ACRL publication Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts. (60 minutes)

March 4, 2015 Webinar by ACRL. Presented by Karen Williams (ACRL President) and Sharon Mader (ACRL Visiting Program Officer for IL) 37 Minutes

Keynote at 2015 Information Literacy Summit, April 10, 2015. Presented by Amy Hofer (Portland State), Sylvia Lu (LaGuardia Community College), and Lori Townsend (University of New Mexico). 60 minutes.

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Resources

Threshold Concepts & Information Literacy

Threshold Concepts: A Short Introduction and Bibiography

Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins; Jan McTighe
Call Number: 374.001 W655u
The conceptual understandings of the Framework are based on this work by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. Its focus is in developing curricula and on threshold concepts.
Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding by Jan Meyer; Ray Land
Call Number: Click on title to request on Interlibrary Loan

Opinion Pieces

Framework? Standards? I’m keeping it local.
On the Draft Framework for Information Literacy
What can you do to help with troublesome knowledge? Librarians and Threshold Concepts
Some reflections from the Ubiquitous Librarian