(via Jane Hammons, The Ohio State University)
Registration is open for the webinar “Voices Not Sources: Reframing How We Teach Searching for and Evaluating Sources”. It will take place on Thursday, March 5, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CDT.
As part of research or inquiry-based assignments, students are often instructed to locate X number of sources. Such guidance, however, may create the impression that having several different sources will naturally result in having a range of different perspectives on the topic, which is not always the case. Likewise, students are often told to use only specific types of sources, such as scholarly journal articles, which may create the impression that only academic perspectives are valuable.
In this workshop, participants will consider what it would mean if we encouraged students to seek differing voices, not a specific number or type of sources. How could this change the way students search for sources? How could this change how students evaluate sources? Participants should leave with ideas for how they can help students to consider the value of incorporating multiple perspectives, including non-academic perspectives, as part of the research process.
To register, please go here. This webinar is part of a free information literacy virtual presentation series offered through The Ohio State University Libraries. All are welcome to attend. Participants can use attendance at these presentations to earn the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate being offered by the Libraries’ Teaching & Learning Department.
Please direct any questions to LIB-Teach@osu.edu.