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2010

Information Literacy

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Using A Rubric To Assess Freshman English Library Instruction, Susan Gardner Archambault, Elisa Acosta Oct 2010

Using A Rubric To Assess Freshman English Library Instruction, Susan Gardner Archambault, Elisa Acosta

Elisa Slater Acosta

Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) Reference Department redesigned their freshman English library instruction so that all freshmen get a consistent and measurable experience using the library. In order to move to a more outcomes-based approach that measures what students can do with the information literacy skills we teach them, the Department designed an interactive five-module introduction to the research process that can be evaluated. All teaching materials were inserted onto a “LibGuide” content management system. Students sequentially complete an “English 110 Library Research Worksheet” as they work through the five-module research process and receive library instruction.
The Department also designed a …

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Using An Interdisciplinary Approach To Teach Undergraduates Communication And Information Literacy Skills, Andrea Dinkelman, Jeanine Aune, Gail Nonnecke Dec 2009

Using An Interdisciplinary Approach To Teach Undergraduates Communication And Information Literacy Skills, Andrea Dinkelman, Jeanine Aune, Gail Nonnecke

Andrea L. Dinkelman

For successful and productive careers, undergraduate students need effective communication and critical thinking skills; information literacy is a substantial component in the development of these skills. Students often perceive communication courses as distinct and separate from their chosen discipline. Faculty from the Departments of English and Horticulture and the library at Iowa State University collaborated in a foundation communication course (English 250). The course incorporates five components—finding information sources; evaluating information sources; and preparing an annotated bibliography, a research paper, and a research poster—all within the context of horticulture. The objective of the collaboration was to integrate communication and information …

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