Review article

https://doi.org/10.53577/oot.5.1.2

ADVANCING INFORMATION LITERACY USING THE CRAAP PROCESS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS COURSE

Alina M. ZAPALSKA ; U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Pamela DOLIN ; U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Abstract

This paper illustrates the information literacy strategy in an undergraduate program at the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy. The paper exemplifies a sequential approach to advancing information literacy skills
with the goal of improving students’ capabilities to evaluate and apply information in a specifically
designed learning environment, while generating new knowledge in undergraduate coursework. The
paper emphasizes how information literacy can be developed within coursework through a six-step
process, including defining, locating, selecting, organizing, presenting, and assessing. Moreover, the
proposed information literacy process consists of five key components with related informational
questions allowing completion of the information literacy tasks with the CRAAP process. The five
elements of the CRAAP process comprise currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose,
which must be advanced and mastered across a four-year undergraduate program. The paper concluded
that information literacy requires the development of a specially designed framework of information
literacy learning that must be applied across coursework using specifically designed assignments.

Keywords

undergraduate education; information literacy, digital information, strategy, curriculum integration

Hrčak ID:

280964

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/280964

Publication date:

19.7.2022.

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