Bringing Creativity to Information Literacy: Show Students That “Research Is Everywhere”
Bringing Creativity to Information Literacy: Show Students That “Research Is Everywhere”
Get the Skills You Need for the 21st-Century Workplace
K-12 Schools & Districts
Public Libraries
Universities & CollegesWhether you’re just starting your career or are seeking to skill up, the Career and Workplace Skills Collection—available through Infobase Learning Cloud—offers more than 160 courses in career skills, workplace preparation, and training in short live-action videos supported by simple assessments to provide you with the competencies you need to get to the next level.
“Learners seek personal and career skills at a higher rate than ever—and need quick access to credible courseware.”—GALLUP 2021
Bite-Size, On-Demand Learning Modules for Building Skills in the Classroom, at Work, and in Life
K-12 Schools & Districts
Public Libraries
Universities & CollegesInfobase Learning Cloud provides upskilling, course authoring, and professional development solutions to meet the evolving needs of your institution. With a vast digital learning library plus the option to create custom courses, this cloud-based platform provides the online educational resources members of your community need to be confident and successful.
Users benefit from self-paced learning modules; comprehensive video educational content; and secure digital tools specifically tailored for your institution in a proven Learn It then Prove It methodology. Learners have the option to demonstrate what they have learned through self-guided assessments for each module or concept and can also use successful course completion to earn certification or CEU credit.
With an outcome-based learning framework that helps learners of all levels advance skills, practice what they know, and share and assess new ideas, Infobase Learning Cloud offers the content, tools, and training all members of your community need to advance in the classroom, at work, and in their lives.
With Infobase Learning Cloud, you can:
Infobase Learning Cloud’s methodology:
Infobase Learning Cloud offers the content, tools, and training that students, teachers, and staff need for professional and personal advancement.
All members of the campus community—including students, faculty, and staff—will benefit from the content, tools, and training Infobase Learning Cloud provides.
With Infobase Learning Cloud, library staff and patrons have unlimited, simultaneous access to online learning resources on the most popular software topics and in-demand soft skills. Patrons and library staff alike will find hundreds of courses and thousands of videos across a broad range of subject areas appealing to all ages and skill levels, from beginners learning new technology or devices to professional users expanding their skills.
Keep your organization on the cutting edge and your employees at their best by offering professional development resources with certificates of completion and badging. Infobase Learning Cloud has the content, tools, and technology for employee upskilling, with hundreds of courses on technology training, career skills, and more for professional development.
Take a quick look at the overview video for Information Literacy – Health Science:
Extend your library’s reach with teaching materials that can be used in health science courses, one-shot sessions, and at the point of need. The health sciences rank among higher education’s most in-demand fields, and this instruction platform will help ensure these students acquire the foundational skills necessary for academic and career success. Furthermore, the Credo Insights analytics tool allows you to measure student outcomes and demonstrate the value of library instruction at your institution.
IL Strategy Handbook: A step-by-step approach to creating or improving an IL program, with current research, examples, and activities.
InfoLit Learning Community: Access articles, webinars, and tools to support instruction around information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, and research skills.
While our Information Literacy – Core content package provides a more general overview of foundational skills suitable for general education and First-Year Experience courses, Information Literacy – Health Science is designed to offer much more specific instruction. Here is a sample of the material that can be added to your instruction when you use Information Literacy – Health Science:
Broaden your library’s instructional reach with standards-aligned multimedia content that can be used in courses, one-shot sessions, and at the point of need. Information Literacy – Core (also known as InfoLit – Core) uses innovative technology and proven pedagogy to build essential information literacy and critical-thinking skills that will help students thrive in their academic careers and beyond. Furthermore, the Credo Insights analytics tool allows you to measure student outcomes and demonstrate the value of foundational skills instruction at your institution.
Dordt University: Saw a 24% improvement in students’ research skills after incorporating InfoLit – Core into their instruction strategy.
Bethune Cookman University: Used InfoLit – Core to collaborate with faculty and scale up library instruction without overburdening the library’s limited space and staffing.
Texas A&M University–San Antonio: Uses InfoLit – Core to help students overcome library anxiety while learning the importance of incorporating library resources in their research.
Winning High Usage of Credo Information Literacy – Core Even During Your Trial: When instruction librarian Brandy Burbante needed a resource to help students learn information literacy skills, she turned to Information Literacy – Core and its robust collection of ACRL-aligned videos, tutorials, and quizzes. During her trial period, she experimented with the platform to test the full range of options available to enrich classroom workshops, one-shots, and point-of-need instruction.
Getting Faculty Buy-In on Library-Based Information Literacy Instruction: Cultivating strong information literacy skills within students takes a well-built partnership between the library and faculty members. However, convincing instructors of the value the library can bring to their classrooms can be a challenge. This case study describes how Case Western Reserve University turned to Credo to help tackle information literacy on campus and bolster dialogue with faculty members.
Information Literacy – Core Has Students Talking at Cairn University: When Cairn University’s librarians began preparations for Middle States Accreditation, they realized that many of their information literacy tutorials had fallen out of date. Building new materials from scratch was a daunting proposal, while creating and editing instructional videos required time and resources they did not have. They decided they would need a standards-based solution that was engaging for students and could be implemented across campus to achieve their ultimate vision of a research skills course for credit. Read about how Information Literacy – Core became their first step toward that goal.
IL Strategy Handbook: A step-by-step approach to creating or improving an IL program, with current research, examples, and activities.
InfoLit Learning Community: Access articles, webinars, and tools to support instruction around information literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, and research skills.
Refining Search Results: We often hear from librarians that students find it difficult to choose which sources are best for their research. This video describes what to look for when sifting among the various sources found online and in the library.
News Evaluation Strategies: Students are understandably skeptical when it comes to using news sources. How can they figure out which sources include misinformation? In the following video, Credo describes how to spot manipulation and unreliable information, which is important at any time but especially as students encounter news about the coronavirus.
