Peer Review

The flipbook provides an accurate overview and summary of how to use the CRAAP test to evaluate sources . It provides a fun, scenario-based way to explore the ‘Authority is Constructed’ ACRL frame. The tutorial represents scenarios in daily life and academic settings that may be common to undergraduate students. 

Content depth is a little bit shallow. Although there are great examples, the concepts related to the "Authority is Constructed and Contextual" ACRL frame are difficult to pick out in the various scenarios. A summary would help.

This flipbook allows users to explore multiple source types offered by the library as well open access resources such as Google Scholar. It effectively reinforces concepts for source evaluation, including how students should address conflicting scholarship and multiple perspectives. The learning object is an easy entry for beginning researchers. It helps to illustrate that "information" needs and the authority required change based on the situtations. This learning activity is concise and carries a low time commitment for students, making it ideal for homework or as a stand alone class activity. 

While the learning objective was identified in the abstract regarding teaching concepts from the ACRL framework, there was no indication of learning objectives beyond this frame for students. I did not see any prerequisite knowledge needed beyond a familiarity with specific databases (Google Scholar) and the library’s discovery system (Omni). It is difficult to track or compare authority considerations across the various scenarios. Like any current event, as the COVID pandemic wanes, the everyday information seeking example becomes dated. There are notes that some of the resources used may not be available to public users; this is a limitation for something to be shared open access. However, this information would be helpful for teaching faculty assigning this to freshman or underclassmen to ensure students have all the pre-existing knowledge and skills needed to be successful. This activity is simple and repeatable, making it easy enough for students to repeat again if they want to explore multiple pathways.

The flipbook is simple and easy to navigate with straightforward functionality. HTML works across devices.

In one or two of the screens that transition, there are times when it is unclear where the user is meant to click. While hyperlinks are helpful to indicate the next step, informing users to click the link or to click the correct answer in blue, etc., might be helpful to prevent confusion on the directions. Copying/pasting resources into a new browser window is clunky. Visually speaking, while the text is effective at accomplishing learning objectives, this learning object would be enhanced by adding additional images rather than full pages of text only. This was utilized well on the Movie Night and On the Bus screens, but could be integrated throughout to create a more dynamic and engaging design.