Google Bytes: Enhancing Information Literacy Through Open Education Resources
Explore how FIDM's Google Bytes program introduces students to open education resources, helping them improve research skills and assignments. The program includes workshops on Google Scholar, Google News, library database use, and more, all aimed at enhancing information literacy and promoting the use of scholarly resources.
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Taking a Byte out of Information Illiteracy: How FIDM s Google Bytes: Scholar and News Introduces Students to Open Education Resources By Carly Lamphere Head of Adult Reference, Crowell Public Library
Library Instructional Presentations Summer 2015 at FIDM . Reference Services Quality of Student work/research More information literacy, database use, and less Google? Enter Google Bytes!
Google Bytes Brief Workshops focusing on small practices when using Google Images, Search filters operators, Google News and Scholar Introduce/ promote library databases in process. Help students become comfortable with research and improve their assignments/projects. Above: Supplementary handout for Google Bytes: Images Tutorial. Below: Still from the Google Bytes: Power Searching Video Tutorial.
Trials, Initially under attended Tribulations, and Ultimately Success Collaboration/Outreach with Faculty Video Tutorials Supplementary Materials Branching out of topics
Google Scholar and News Workshop Google News Filters and search terms Google Scholar Filters and search operators Full text search-access Importance of evaluation of information/peer evaluated articles Value of Open Access Educational Resources vs. web articles Right: Stills from the Google Bytes: Scholar and News Workshop
Benefits of Open Access Resource Use Benefits of Open Access Resource Use Less intimidating /Introduction to Library Database Use Art students utilize a variety of sources for projects Enforces the Scholarship as Conversation Standard ACRL Framework Realistic, lifelong scholarship, information literacy skills.
Thank You! Carly Lamphere Crowell Public Librarian clamphere@cityofsanmarino.org (626) 300-0777 Ext 542
References Brophy, Jan and Bawden, David. Is Google enough? Comparison of an Internet Search Engine with Academic Library Resources . Department of Information Science City University, August 2005. Accessed April 2017. Georgas, Helen. Google Vs. the Library: Student Preferences and Perceptions When Doing Research Using Google and a Federated Search Tool portal: Libraries and the Academy 13, 2 (2013): 165-185. Butcher, Neil. A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER) , Commonwealth of Learning, 2011, 2015 Images: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/sharing-the-love-for-oer-and-you-should-too-09-may-2014
