At Purdue University, librarians, instructional designers, and faculty members are working together to incorporate the concept of information literacy across the curriculum. In the past few years they ...

You can find great examples of information literacy assignments at Loyola Marymount University's William H. Hannon Library's guide. The Snowden librarians are eager to participate in the fight against ...

An introduction to research, writing, and rhetorical practices employed in academic and professional contexts. The course examines the operation of genres, the audiences they address, and the purposes ...

Microsoft Education today announced expanded literacy learning capabilities for teachers and students using its free Reading Progress app within Teams, and introduced a new integrated app called ...

[Editor’s Note: This article is Part 2 of our 3-part series on information literacy. For Alan November’s Part 1 article, click here. Check back soon for Part 3.] Nearly half of librarians in a recent ...

As a college professor, I know that getting students excited about the work I have to grade later can be one of the more frustrating things about teaching. But when an assignment hits the right chord, ...

Although assignments from other institutions must often be tailored to fit the needs of specific Brandeis courses, there is a large and rapidly growing online library of materials to draw from. A ...

An analysis of 1,500 classroom assignments given at six urban middle schools last year yielded some disappointing results: Just 4 in 10 assignments were found to meet the Common Core State Standards’ ...