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ID:EALS Virtual Speaker Series
Advancing Women’s Health Information Literacy: Global Researcher Spotlights
We are thrilled to host another virtual research talk in our ID:EALS 2025-26 speaker series.
Leili Seifi and Neda Zeraatkar will present their research project, “Access and Strengthen Health Information Literacy: A Toolkit to Alleviate Information Poverty in Pregnant Rural Women in Iran.”
Professor Anwarul Islam will share his team’s ambitious project, “AI and Health Information Literacy: A Study Exploring the Perceived Usefulness, and Readiness Among Women in South Asia.”
Monday, November 17, 2025, 10-11am EST via Zoom.
ID:EALS Virtual Speaker Series
Evidence-based Mindsets in an Era of Information Confusion: An Information Literacy Approach
We are thrilled to host another virtual research talk in our ID:EALS 2025-26 speaker series. Professor Bill Badke, Associate Librarian for Information Literacy and Associated Canadian Theological Schools at Trinity Western University, will share his recent work on fostering evidence-based mindsets in information literacy education.
PAL: As a Model for Relational Pedagogy in the Age of AI
At the 17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML), School of Information Studies professors Samantha LeGrand, Zoe Mayhook, and Jing Lu presented a research study on PAL (Partners for Algorithmic Literacy), a student-faculty learning community.
Their talk emphasized the significance and effectiveness of partnership-based learning in the age of AI, using the Partners for Algorithmic Literacy (PAL) program as their example.