GEN103 Week 1 – Discussion 1
Information Literacy and You [WLO: 2] [CLO: 1]
Prepare:
- Complete the SAILS Exam; take time to notice the topics covered and the questions asked.
- Read Module 1 in your course textbook and the article At Sea in a Deluge of Data from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Complete the APA Skill Check – In-Text Citation (Links to an external site.) and APA Skill Check – Creating References (Links to an external site.).
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- Reflect:
- Make a list of the different components of information literacy covered in the SAILS Exam and discussed in your textbook.
- Consider how each of these components affect your daily life and your chosen career.
- Pay particular attention to the information literacy skills that employers expect from their employees.
Write:
- Explain your understanding of information literacy. Choose three example concepts or skills from Module 1 of your course textbook and explain how these concepts illustrate your understanding. Be sure to cite your course textbook.
- Explain how these concepts apply to you as a college student. Why do students need to learn information literacy?
- Explain why these concepts apply to your personal or professional life and how you will apply them.
Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources.
