Best information literacy Courses Online
We compared 11 Information Literacy courses currently listed on Coursera, edX and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $498.00. 7 come from a named university or institution, including The State University of New York, Thomas Edison State University and Open University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
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Basic Information Literacy
Offered by The State University of New York
Learn how to begin tackling a big project or presentation. Join today and equip yourself with basic information literacy skills to navigate the vast landscape of knowledge to find just what you need. This course will cov...
$49.00listed price -
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Information Literacy Course
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
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Information Literacy
Offered by Thomas Edison State University
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 professi...
$498.00listed price -
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Information Literacy
Offered by Thomas Edison State University
Information Literacy is designed to help professionals navigate the vast landscape of information available today. You'll learn how to critically evaluate sources, differentiate between reliable and unreliable informatio...
$498.00listed price -
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Critical Thinking for Young Graduates
Offered by Open University
Critical Thinking for Young Graduates: Mini-Course DescriptionBased on the Open University's "Thinking Critically" booklet, this is a structured mini-course specifically tailored for young graduates. There are extra case...
$19.99listed price -
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Applied Digital Literacy
Offered by The State University of New York
This Specialization is intended for anyone seeking to develop online, internet researching skills along with advanced knowledge of multimedia for the creation of digital objects such as presentations, infographics, poste...
$49.00listed price -
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Academic Information Seeking
Offered by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) & University of Copenhagen
This course will introduce you to the basic elements of academic information seeking - we will explore the search process from defining a strategy to evaluating and documenting your search results. Attending the course w...
$49.00listed price -
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Knowledge-First Social Epistemology
Offered by University of Glasgow
This course introduces students to state of the art research in social epistemology. Social epistemology investigates the epistemic effects of social interactions: e.g., how we gain knowledge from social sources (others’...
$49.00listed price -
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Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python
Offered by University of Michigan
This course will introduce the learner to information visualization basics, with a focus on reporting and charting using the matplotlib library. The course will start with a design and information literacy perspective, t...
$79.00listed price -
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Academic Skills for University Success
Offered by The University of Sydney
Develop skills in information & digital literacy, problem-solving, critical thinking and communication. This Specialization is a high-level academic skills course designed to increase your level of academic preparedness...
$49.00listed price -
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La recherche documentaire
Offered by École Polytechnique
Ce cours vise principalement à permettre aux étudiants d’identifier les sources pertinentes dans un domaine donné, leur apprendre à construire un état de l’art et à évaluer les sources, en particulier celles en accès lib...
$49.00listed price
What the prices here tell you
The 11 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $498.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $478.01. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera, edX and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 7 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The State University of New York, Thomas Edison State University and Open University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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