This module explains how information is created, organized, shared, and used.
We live in the information age, consuming information all day, every day; in this environment, it's critical to understand that all information is NOT created equal. Information includes both facts and opinions. We are constantly bombarded by information through apps, television, the Internet, newspapers, advertisements, conversations, etc. What is important is how to tell fact from opinion or fiction and how information used.
The skills necessary to be effective and ethical consumers information is called Information Literacy.
One means of understanding information is to consider how it's created, organized, shared, and used -referred to as the Information Cycle. When an event happens, information is created; it begins as isolated basic data and develops depth, complexity, and context over time. It is shared by popular media sources before being processed into scholarly sources in the Scholarly Communication Cycle. An understanding of the these processes helps you know what sources and types of information you can find and use for a research project.
This module presents the concepts involved in information literacy, helps you understand the implications of how information is created and transformed as it moves through the information cycle, and discusses the differences between popular and scholarly sources.
By the end of this module, you'll understand:
Click on the word "Information" to begin the tutorial.
