Information Literacy: Teaching & Learning: BU Learning Activities

Have students imagine themselves in conversation with the author(s) of their assigned reading

• What questions would the students like to pose to the author(s)?
• In turn, what questions would the author(s) ask them?

This exercise can also be used for a conversation with an artist about a work of art, a composer about a piece of music, etc.

Learning Objective: Students will be able to understand citation mapping in order to evaluate the impact of a work (and find more info on the topic).

Variation:

Have students select a seminal work on a topic, and then identify sources that preceded and continued the conversation, analyzing the impact of the seminal work on the field.