GEN103 Module
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Module 1- Week 1: Discussion Board- The book defines information literacy as the ability to identify a need for information and successfully locate, evaluate, and use that information ethically and legally for a determined purpose. (Winkleman) Personally, I feel like I best explain it as is the knowledge of commonly used research techniques. The 3 concepts that I felt I could relate the most to were: Authority is constructed and contextual, Research as inquiry, and Scholarship as conversation. Authority is constructed and contextual actually refers to the idea that information resources are drawn from their creators expertise and the credibility is based completely on the information need and the context in which the information will be used. Research as inquiry is a process that...