What is Credo InfoLit?
Credo InfoLit is a set of more than 100 learning objects—online videos, tutorials, and quizzes—covering information literacy topics. Gleeson Library has subscribed to Credo InfoLIt, and it is free for you and your students to use, on campus or off.
Credo InfoLit aims to:
- Help students learn how to find relevant and reliable library and other research materials.
- Formulate appropriate, workable research questions.
- Synthesize what they learn into a final product such as a research paper, including citations that are apt for their field.
Credo InfoLit gives you a “low lift” option to start incorporating information literacy instruction in your class and assignments.
Three Ways to Use Credo InfoLit In Your Class
Scaffold throughout your Course
Are you concerned about having enough time to cover your course’s content and incorporate research instruction into your syllabus?
- Use Credo InfoLit's multimedia learning objects to flip information literacy instruction throughout several weeks of your course. Students can go through multimedia on their own time to learn basic concepts and practice research skills. Reinforce information literacy concepts through the research assignments you planned to give as part of your syllabus, such as annotated bibliographies, research papers, etc. Relevant multimedia can be shared with students at each step of a major research project.
- Benefit: Students can benefit from information literacy instruction without a significant impact on your syllabus.
Before Library instruction
Do your librarians have limited time with students to teach them research and information literacy skills?
- It can be hard to balance teaching students the conceptual knowledge they need and the basic mechanics of research for their assignments in one sitting. Use Credo InfoLit's multimedia learning objects to flip your library instruction. Students can go through multimedia on their own time (before or after class) to get basic concepts of information literacy.
- Benefit: Librarians can focus their in-person time with students on hands-on searching and practice for their assignment, and reinforcing information literacy concepts.
As a Remedial Tool
Do some of your students need a refresher or additional help with how to do research?
- Use Credo InfoLit's multimedia learning objects as remedial tools for students who need to review basic information literacy skills. By making materials available online, students can get the help they need without significantly impacting your course syllabus.
- Benefit: Students who need additional help can benefit from information literacy instruction without a significant impact on your syllabus.
Credo InfoLit Starter Kit
To hit the ground running, try the following material with students. It will give them a solid start on information literacy basics without being overwhelming.
- Video Tutorial: Research Process Part 1 (Pre-Research) and Part 2 (In-Depth Research, Outlining, and Writing)
Video 1 demonstrates the value of pre-research. Students will learn how to align their initial exploration to their assignment requirements. Video 2 will walk students through the process of in-depth research, outlining, and writing. This video will also help students understand the cyclical nature of research. - Video Tutorial: Beginning Research with Wikipedia and GoogleVideo 1 will help students understand the process of background research by introducing techniques for gathering background information using Google and Wikipedia. In video 2, students will learn how to use their search results from Google and Wikipedia to gather additional information using Google Scholar and library databases.
- Video: Thesis Statements
Use this video to help students identify the purpose of their research efforts and construct evidence-based statements. Students will learn how to narrow in on a topic, conduct background research, and synthesize the existing body of evidence in order to craft a compelling argument.