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Time: 50 hours Level: Intermediate
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Introduction Resource
- This key skill develops your information literacy (IL) skills in your studies, work or other activities over a period of time. To tackle all of this section you will need to plan your work over at least...
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| | 1 Developing information literacy skills
1 Developing information literacy skills Resource
- This Key Skill Assessment Unit offers an opportunity for you to select and prepare work that demonstrates your key skills in the area of information literacy.
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2 Sources of help Resource
- This assessment unit is designed to be self-contained. However you might like to access the following sources for support and guidance if you need it. These sources include:
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| | 3 Key skills assessment units
3 Key skills assessment units Resource
- This section gives advice and guidance to help you compile and present a portfolio of selected work. You are strongly advised to read through this section so that you have an idea of what is expected.
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| | 4 Structure of the assessment units
4 Structure of the assessment units Resource
- This key skill assessment unit does not have specific questions with word limits and no statements indicating you include, say, an essay or a report. Instead, as you tackle the unit you need to ask yourself...
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| | 5 Effective use of information literacy skills
5 Effective use of information literacy skills Resource
- The purpose of this assessment unit is for you to create a portfolio of your work that shows you can improve your information literacy skills and apply them within your study or work activities. A central...
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| | 6 What you should present
6 What you should present Resource
- This assessment unit has two parts. Part A requires you to plan, monitor, evaluate and reflect upon your skills, and present evidence of that process. Part B requires you to select concise examples of...
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| | 7 Part A: Evidencing skills to develop a strategy, monitor progress and evaluate performance
7.1 Evidence required Resource
- This Part is about showing that you can develop a strategy for using and improving your information literacy skills, monitor your progress, and evaluate your overall strategy and performance. The evidence...
7.2 Developing a strategy Resource
- Present notes/records to show you can plan your use of information literacy skills. Include:
7.3 Monitoring your progress Resource
- Use your records or logbook to provide a reflective commentary on:
7.4 Evaluating your strategy and assessing your work Resource
- Include a reflective summary that gives details of:
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| | 8 Part B: Evidencing your information literacy skills
8 Part B: Evidencing your information literacy skills Resource
- This Part requires you to present a portfolio of your work to demonstrate that you have used and integrated your information literacy skills within your study or work activities to achieve the standard...
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| | 9 Notes to help you complete your assessment
9 Notes to help you complete your assessment Resource
- To complete your portfolio, you must include a contents page indicating how your reflective commentary in Part A and your evidence in Part B are related. An example of a suitable format for the contents...
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| | References and Acknowledgements
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