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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

Faculty Focus

I had started integrating information literacy skills into my sociology classes with a narrow focus that built on research method topics that were appropriate for an introductory course. I have students work with a partner on a structured assignment I’ve developed that builds toward evaluating a source’s point of view.

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Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Misinformation 

Faculty Focus

I had started integrating information literacy skills into my sociology classes with a narrow focus that built on research method topics that were appropriate for an introductory course. I have students work with a partner on a structured assignment I’ve developed that builds toward evaluating a source’s point of view.

Teaching 111
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Inventing a Job-Skills Machine

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Or the internet. One that hits a sweet spot, blending the rigor of traditional research methods with the convenience of modern technology. Or at least make more evident which skills their lectures, assignments and projects impart. Like the steam engine. Or the telephone. He thinks a new system is needed. A skills engine.

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