Information Creation as Process
Information is created to share a message using different formats. The dynamic processes of researching, creating, revising, and sharing information impacts the usefulness of the final product. Learn more.
Learning Objectives
Key sentence: Novice learners begin to recognize the significance of the creation process, leading them to increasingly sophisticated choices when matching information products with their information needs
Learning Objectives
Learners who are developing their information literate abilities will be able to:
- match an information need with an appropriate format;
- articulate traditional and emerging ways of information creation and sharing in the discipline;
- recognize that the value of information may be perceived differently based on the format and context
Classroom Activities
- CRAAPP detector exerciseStudents are asked to evaluate information sources paying particular attention to how the creation process affects the final product.
- Deconstruct the creation processStudents are asked to look at how format impacts the quality of the information.
- Information creation path - small group activitySmall groups have to assess the order of creation for different formats and arrange them in order of creation.
- Information type - self directed tutorialThis online tutorial clarifies the differences between formats.
- Website comparisonStudents are asked to compare a popular website with a formal/academic website.