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Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans For Librarians, Hazel Mcclure, Gayle Schaub May 2015

Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans For Librarians, Hazel Mcclure, Gayle Schaub

Hazel McClure

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Re-Thinking Information Literacy Training With Desire2learn Learning Environment And Scorm, Eric A. Kowalik Apr 2014

Re-Thinking Information Literacy Training With Desire2learn Learning Environment And Scorm, Eric A. Kowalik

Eric A. Kowalik

The flipped classroom that started in K-12 has now caught the attention of higher education as a way of encouraging deeper and more meaningful learning for students.

This presentation will demonstrate how, by using an Articulate Storyline SCORM package within the Desire2Learn platform, librarians and instructors flipped the information literacy training session.

A similar version of this presentation was also given at the 2014 Wisconsin Desire2Learn Ignite Regional User Conference in Waukesha, WI.

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Embedding Lifelong Learning Skills Into A First-Year Engineering Course Through Introduction Of An Independent Research Project And Information Literacy Skills, Chris Plouff, Debbie Morrow Jul 2011

Embedding Lifelong Learning Skills Into A First-Year Engineering Course Through Introduction Of An Independent Research Project And Information Literacy Skills, Chris Plouff, Debbie Morrow

Chris Plouff

This paper reports on a work in progress to address ABET program outcome ‘i’ (“graduates have a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, lifelong learning”) in the Bachelor of Science in Engineering programs (mid-size, undergraduate engineering program) at a large Master’s-granting university in the mid-western United States. One performance criterion used by the programs to assess program outcome ‘i’ is the ability to find, evaluate, and effectively use information independently. This concept is introduced in the first-year of the programs, and is reinforced in an intentional thread throughout the curriculum, culminating with the senior capstone …