Validating Information
  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Free

Validating Information

Issued by Husson University

Being able to conduct research effectively is a critical skill of information literacy that is important in both academic and professional work. When conducting research for an academic or professional need, you need to evaluate the sources you use for reliability, authority, validity, and accuracy.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Students will be able to develop and employ the knowledge needed to assess the reliability, authority, validity, and accuracy of information sources. This will be assessed through an evaluation of three information sources for reliability, authority, validity, and accuracy using a rubric and a reflection on the usefulness of the skills needed to evaluate the information in both academic and professional applications.

Standards

ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
This badge is aligned to the Authority is Constructed and Contextual competency of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.