Workshops and Tutorials

Date: May 16 at 1pm Eastern | 12noon Central | 11am Mountain | 10am Pacific
Title: The Information Literacy Framework, Information Creation, and the “Scholarly Conversation”
Key research concepts: Information creation as a process + Scholarship as conversation
Presenter: Joe Louderback, Reference & Instruction Librarian
URL: https://devry.webex.com/devry/ldr.php?RCID=ec66b1f058a5a88bea0aa7c5172b7a00
Description:
Mr. Louderback introduces the six key information literacy concepts defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries and explains how the process behind creating information can affect its use in general research and in the ongoing scholarly conversation.

Date: May 23 at 1pm Eastern | 12noon Central | 11am Mountain | 10am Pacific
Title: Seeking the Gold Standard:  The Value of Information Literacy
Key research concepts: Research as inquiry + Information has value
Presenter: Dr. Shawn Schumacher, Sr. Prof. of English and Humanities
URL: https://devry.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/devry/recording/6d4861bbdbb9103bbfdf00505681490b/playback
Description:
Dr. Schumacher touches upon strategic methods to seek and locate quality sources. He also shares how the inherent value of information can be viewed through a variety of lenses.

Date: May 30 at 1pm Eastern | 12noon Central | 11am Mountain | 10am Pacific
Title: Using the CRAAP Test & the SIFT Process to Evaluate the Credibility of Internet Sources
Key research concepts: Authority is constructed and contextual + Searching as strategic exploration
Presenter: Dr. Julie Hagemann, Prof. of English
URL: https://devry.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/devry/recording/2d0d563fe13a103bafd7005056811816/playback
Description:
Dr. Hagemann follows the research process of an actual DeVry student, as she critiques the credibility of three internet sources she gathered. See how she uses the well-known CRAAP test (which you may remember from your ENGL 112 and 135 classes) and tries the SIFT process to determine whether/what kind of authority her selected sources have on her research topic.