Welcome to Information Literacy!

We hope you will have a wonderful time and learn a lot about the criteria needed by an individual to become information-literate.

This course introduces you to the important factors needed to shape you to become an information-literate individual.

In this course, you will learn about what it takes to become information-literate by understanding everything about Information Literacy starting from recognising the different types of information resources to the continuous discussion among scholars, researchers or professionals to strategic information searching methods.

UNIT 1

AUTHORITY IS CONSTRUCTED AND CONTEXTUAL

Discussed in this unit:

• Recognising the different types of information resources
• Identifying numerous published influential works
• Ways authority is being constructed and how it works in different contexts

UNIT 2

INFORMATION CREATION AS A PROCESS

Discussed in this unit:

• Ways information is produced
• The messages delivered by different formats of information
• The selected methods in information delivery

UNIT 3

INFORMATION HAS VALUE

Discussed in this unit:

• Recognising the value in the information retrieved
• Ways both legal and socioeconomic interests influence how information is created and distributed
• Identifying the accuracy of different types of information sources

UNIT 4

RESEARCH IS INQUIRY

Discussed in this unit:

• Ways the research process depends on the questions being asked
• Recognising the different amount of information search results retrieved for both broad and specific research topics
• Ways to relate every information you find with questions you ask about your research topic

UNIT 5

SCHOLARSHIP AS CONVERSATION

Discussed in this unit:

• Ways you can join an academic conversation
• Ways to engage in a research process in the project you are about to create
• Ways to do your own research and interpret the works of others

UNIT 6

SEARCHING AS STRATEGIC EXPLORATION

Discussed in this unit:

• The strategic searching methods to search for your needed information
• Understanding the process of searching information
• Recognising the several searching platforms used for information searching