Associate Director, Academic & Research Engagement
Stephanie Crowe
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Resources for Your Class
These open educational resources can be integrated into your courses.
- Citizen LiteracyAn online toolkit featuring short videos, handouts, and activities. From the University of Louisville libraries.
- Calling BullAn open-access course syllabus with resources and class recordings.
- Web Literacy for Student Fact-CheckersAn open-access textbook by Mike Caufield.
- Media Literacy: Navigating the News LandscapeThis Canvas module has been built by Randall Library. You will be able to preview the module before importing it into your Canvas course and will also be able to modify/customize it after importing. If the link does not work, search for "Media Literacy: Navigating the News Landscape - Randall Library."
- News Literacy ProjectResource for educational materials on the smart consumption of news and information.
Examples
- WTF VisualizationsExamples of bad-faith data visualizations.
Evaluating Information
The information literacy instruction provided to UNCW students in their first year seminar emphasizes the careful evaluation of sources. The video below summarizes the principles taught to students. You can help by reinforcing and expanding on these principle in more advanced classes.