Information Literacy Courses and Certifications

TEDx

奪回資訊主導權 - 反抗與重生

獨立工作者張珮歆分享如何通過掌握資訊來反抗命運、重塑人生。她強調資訊的重要性,並鼓勵人們主動獲取資訊,以影響自己和他人的生命。

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Learning Online: Researching Your Project

49 reviews

Improve your online research skills and your ability to critically analyse sources of information.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Healthcare Ecosystems and Communication: Strategies to Examine Information

Explore health information ecosystems, learn to identify credible sources, counter misinformation, and develop strategies for effective communication in challenging healthcare conversations.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stanford Seminar - Forecasting and Predicting the Future

Explore forecasting challenges, including misinformation, scientific issues, and geopolitical events. Learn to navigate complex information landscapes and identify reliable sources for accurate predictions.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reducing Misinformation Sharing at Scale Using Digital Accuracy Prompt Ads - Stanford Seminar

Exploring content-neutral interventions to reduce misinformation sharing through large-scale experiments on Facebook and Twitter, demonstrating the potential of accuracy prompts in digital ads.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Advanced Information Literacy

Enhance information literacy skills for academic and professional success. Learn advanced search techniques, ethical source usage, and effective information organization to become a proficient researcher and scholar.

• Coursera
• 18 hours 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Basic Information Literacy

113 ratings at Coursera

Develop essential skills to navigate information sources, conduct effective searches, evaluate content, and use information ethically for projects and presentations.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science and Politics of the GMO

2 reviews

Learn the basics of genetic engineering and biotechnology and examine why the GMO is politically contentious. Participants will gain an understanding of how science works, its limits, and how the interaction of these factors leads to decision making.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Searching on the Internet

You will learn how to plan a search from the beginning and how to use the tools the Internet offers to find what you are looking for.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Power Searching with Google

9 ratings at edX

Power Searching With Google makes it amazingly easy to find information. Learn about the powerful advanced tools that are on the Internet to help you become an advanced power searcher and find just the right information when the stakes are high.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Information & Digital Literacy for University Success

4412 ratings at Coursera

Develop essential skills for university success: efficient information search, critical evaluation of sources, ethical use of information, and effective digital communication and networking.

• Coursera
• 1 day 11 hours 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Thomas Edison State University

Information Literacy

9 ratings at edX

Information Literacy shows you how to use information as a tool for knowledge. You’ll learn how to find, evaluate, and use sources responsibly and ethically, and how information literacy makes you more effective professionally and personally.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 9-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Thomas Edison State University Microcredential

Information Literacy

Develop critical thinking skills to evaluate and utilize information effectively in the digital age, from fact-checking to academic research and presentation.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 9-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• $498.00

University of Reading;  EIT Food

Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines

5 reviews

Learn how to find reliable, scientific information about food and nutrition and identify the truth behind food headlines.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Key skill assessment unit: information literacy

1 rating at OpenLearn

As the volume of information grows in databases, libraries and on the internet, information literacy skills are key to being able to find and manage information effectively in a complex society. ...

• OpenLearn
• 50 hours
• Finished
• Free Certificate