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crln-9310	Bryan, Jacalyn E.; Karshmer, Elana	Using IL threshold concepts for biology: Bees, butterflies, and beetles	2015	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2565	106	51	The new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education is built on six frames focusing on one of the following threshold concepts: authority is constructed and con- textual, information creation as a process, information has value, research as inquiry, scholarship as conversation, and searching as strategic exploration.5 There is also a Delphi study in progress that is attempting to identify threshold concepts for information literacy and these are separate from those used in the new framework.6 Megan Oakleaf suggests that librarians may want to identify “big ideas” or concepts, develop learning outcomes from those ideas, Jacalyn E. Bryan and Elana Karshmer Using IL threshold concepts for biology Bees, butterflies, and beetles Jacalyn E. Bryan is reference and instructional services librarian, email: jacalyn.bryan@saintleo.edu, and Elana Karshmer is instruction program and information literacy librarian, email: elana.karshmer@saintleo.edu, at Saint Leo University’s Cannon Memorial Library © 2015 Jacalyn E. Bryan and Elana Karshmer C&RL News May 2015 252 come to a consensus on the learning out- comes, and then design their pedagogical methods, assessment tools, and curriculum maps.7 The threshold concept theory is also linked to critical thinking as it “deepens our understanding of critical learning experi- ences. It’s important to be creative and think outside the box in developing new and engaging activities for information literacy.	cache/crln-9310.pdf	txt/crln-9310.txt