Integrating Research Literacies into Penn Courses
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Integrating Research Literaciesinto Penn courses to support young scholars
Teaching, Research, and Learning Services penntrl.wordpress.com
Penn faculty are among the top researchers in the world, making amazing discoveries across disciplines
http://www.upenn.edu/researchdir
Without a firm grounding in research information literacies, success can be elusive for young scholars
We can help you…
1. Develop course assignments
2. Plan & facilitate in-class activities
3. Design your Canvas course
4. Pilot Library Lounge (new!)
with these 4 literacies in mind
Distinguish
source typesDetermine authority & credibility
By the end of a research-intensive course, students should be able to:
Implement
search strategies
Build arguments
Explain how primary,
secondary & background
resources support a
research claim
Evaluate the reliability of online sources by examining claims & author experience
Improve a search for secondary criticism using
metadata from a results listIdentify ways to engage with a secondary source to form an argument
Using fresh approaches, librarians can help faculty design engaging course activities & assignments that help students acquire essential research literacies.
Examples (1) Distinguish source types, (2) Determine authority & credibility, (3) Implement search strategies & (4) Build arguments
3D models & physical prototypes
Maps
Comics & infographics
Data set analysis Service learning
Online or in-class debates
beyond the research paper
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Teaching, Research, and Learning Services penntrl.wordpress.com
Help young scholars
gain research skills!