Finding and using Information: Information Literacy - Criti. Thinking
Badge awarded to
Beatrice Auty
This badge has been awarded to University of Westminster students who have completed one course in the area of Finding and using information . Students gained an understanding of some, or all elements related to Information, data and media literacies (critical use) by completing an online course, through self study and all associated activities.
Students will have developed some of the skills outlined in the criteria below.
Issued on 22 Oct 2025 by
University of Westminster
Issuer
University of Westminster
badges@westminster.ac.uk
Criteria
Information literacy
A digitally capable learner will:
- Find relevant digital information using search engines, indexes or tag clouds; use appropriate search terms;
- find information in wikis, blog posts, scholarly journals, e-books and on the open web.
- Organise and manage digital information using various file spaces and folders, bookmarks, reference management software and tagging.
- Judge whether digital information is trustworthy and relevant; distinguish different kinds of information eg academic, professional, personal and political.
- Use information for answering questions, solving problems, informing practice and writing assignments.
- Share information with tutors, peers and others relevant to learning.
- Know and follow the rules of copyright; use only legal sources; understand and avoid plagiarism.
At higher levels a digitally capable learner will:
- Use curation tools such as pinboards, social bookmarking, personal aggregators to bring information together in new ways;
- record and review information for future access and use.
- Share information publically to pursue learning and personal interests.
- Use copyright alternatives such as creative commons licensing; use appropriate referencing for all digital information sources.
