For Faculty: Teaching & Learning

Session Description

This session will help with determining what is reliable and credible information to use for research. This class session will demonstrate techniques for verifying source credibility, introduce tools that can be used to evaluate sources, and hands-on practice evaluating scholarly and popular sources.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Recognize and identify the characteristics of credible research.
• Assess the credibility of internet content.
• Use tools to evaluate sources for validity and credibility.
• Find credible sources to use for information needs.

Sample Activities

• Evaluation Checklist: Find a source, use your evaluation checklist, then switch with a partner.
• Evaluate your own sources: Check your collected sources for credibility, then write a short reflection on the sources you have chosen.

Session Pre-requisites

1. Students need to have completed Online Learning Module 2: Research Basics and Online Learning Module 3: Intro to Info.

2. Students need to have at least one source to evaluate for the research project.

***Cannot be combine with any other instruction sessions***

Session Description

This session will demonstrate to students how to properly cite sources and why it is important to cite. They will be shown how to use the proper citation guide (MLA, APA, or other style), the issues with citation generators, and tools that are helpful for keeping citations organized. There will be a chance to cite a source and check for citation accuracy.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Accurately cite sources using citation style guides
• Format papers and sources based on citation guidelines.
• Organize sources and citations using a chosen method.
• Recognize the ethical implications of citing information in research.

Sample Activities

• Citation Scavenger Hunt
• Writing a Works Cited Page
• Annotated Bibliography

Session Pre-requisites

1. Students need to have completed Online Learning Module 2: Basics of Research

2. Students need to have at least 3 sources for their research project.

Session Description

This session will go into a deep dive into research strategies, building on students’ basic knowledge of research practice. They will be taught to research effectively and intentionally. In this session, they will learn more about the functionality of research databases, Google Scholar and Google Searches, and how to create a research action plan.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Intentionally create a search inquiry using academic databases and other resources.
• Create a research action plan for their information needs.
• Create and use complex search strings that produce relevant search results.

Sample Activities

• Database Scavenger Hunt
• Research Action Plan
• Keyword Mad Libs
• Collecting Sources for
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Literature Review

Session Pre-Requisites

1. Students need to have completed Online Learning Module 2: Basics of Research and Online Module 3: Intro to Info.

2. Students need to have a topic/research question chosen for their research project.

Session Description

This session will focus on the different types of information available and how they are used. Students will learn about scholarly and popular sources, primary and secondary sources, the peer review process, and how to identify the type of source they should use depending on their information needs. This session will give them hands-on experience identifying types of information and best practices for using their information.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Recognize different information types and their uses.
• Identify primary vs secondary sources.
• Identify popular vs scholarly sources.
• Utilize the best types of sources for their information needs.

Sample Activities

• Information Bingo
• Primary vs Secondary
• Scholarly or Popular

Session Requirements

1. Students need to have completed Online Learning Module 2: Basics of Research.

2. Students need to have a topic/research question chosen for their research project.

Session Description

This session will show students how to choose a topic that is researchable and manageable. They will learn how to choose a topic that meets their information needs and narrow down their topics effectively. This session will teach them to properly write a research question based on their chosen topics. They will get hands-on experience choosing topics and writing a research question.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Formulate a researchable and manageable topic based on assignment parameters.
• Narrow or broaden topics based on information needs.
• Identify the parts of a research question.
• Write a research question based on their chosen topics.

Sample Activities

• Goldilocks Topics
• Pin the Research Question

Session Requirements

1. Students need to have completed Online Learning Module 2: Basics of Research.

2. Students need to have been introduced to their research assignments.

Session Description

This session will focus on the difference between paraphrasing and quoting sources. Students will learn when they should use direct quotes versus paraphrasing information and why this is important. The sessions will demonstrate how to properly quote and paraphrase a source’s information, how to introduce their sources, and how to address their paraphrased/quoted information in their narrative.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Recognize a paraphrased statement from a direct quote.
• Accurately paraphrase information from their sources.
• Write in-text citations for their sourced information.
• Incorporate their sources into the narrative of their research.

Activity

• Paraphrase the Quotes
• Quote vs. Paraphrase

Session Requirements

1. Students will need to have finished Online Learning Module 2: Research Basics and either finished Online Learning Module 5: Citing Sources or had the Citations & Research Ethics instruction session.

2. Students need to have at least 2 sources for their research project.