Research & Information Literacy

Academic Integrity (Part 2): Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]

How Research Works in a New Genre

This assignment helps to prepare students for the remediation of their scholarly essays into a new genre that draws on research. In addition to familiarizing students with the genre that they will need to produce, the exercise helps them to understand the role research plays in genres other than scholarly essays and to identify the research they […]

Finding and Using Model Abstracts

This activity has two parts. In the first, students work at home to familiarize themselves with the form of an abstract and to write their own; in the second, students build on this homework in small groups to more closely analyze the genre. One question asks students to distinguish abstracts from introductions, which is a point of confusion […]

Academic Integrity (Part 1): Avoiding Plagiarism

Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the […]