Category: information literacy
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5 premium online research tools all Philly students can use for free
5 premium online research tools all Philly students can use for free Joyce Valenza, Rutgers University Years ago, as a high school librarian in suburban Philadelphia, I hosted a group of honors students from a high school just across the nearby city border. With the support of their alumni association, the city students planned to…
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This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking Sally C. Harris, University of Tennessee Title of course: Whodunit?: Detective Stories What prompted the idea for the course? I had just finished reading one of Dorothy Sayers’ novels – “Gaudy Night,” which in my opinion is one of the best of her detective novels featuring Harriet…
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Google turns 25: the search engine revolutionised how we access information, but will it survive AI?
Google turns 25: the search engine revolutionised how we access information, but will it survive AI? Mark Sanderson, RMIT University; Julian Thomas, RMIT University; Kieran Hegarty, RMIT University, and Lisa M. Given, RMIT University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Today marks an important milestone in the history of the…
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Don’t know how your data is used, or how to protect it? You’re not alone – but you can improve your data literacy
Don’t know how your data is used, or how to protect it? You’re not alone – but you can improve your data literacy Simeon Yates, University of Liverpool and Elinor Carmi, City, University of London This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Discussions about how Facebook operates have been high on…
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When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’ Ralph Hertwig, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Anastasia Kozyreva, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Sam Wineburg, Stanford University, and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The web is…
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Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal
Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley College and J. Maya Hernandez, University of California, Irvine Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on…
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5 expert tips to protect yourself from online misinformation
5 expert tips to protect yourself from online misinformation Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University et Andrea Galizia, Royal Roads University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The spread of misinformation is a major problem impacting many areas of society from public health, to science and even democracy itself. But…
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When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’ Ralph Hertwig, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Anastasia Kozyreva, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Sam Wineburg, Stanford University, and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The web is…
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