E-Learning: IL Instruction & Out-of-the-Box Software

The Information Literacy Education (ILE) project Steve Borrelli Instructional Design Librarian Washington State University

The Scenario: Institutes of Higher Education are incorporating Information Literacy (IL) into their institutional goals Instructors/Academic departments are assessing their classes/programs and often finding that students in their programs are weak in IL Result: A scramble trying to determine the best way to incorporate IL into their classes/programs

The Challenge: How do you meet the needs of large numbers of classes who want to incorporate Information literacy instruction in a scalable way?

The foundational underpinnings of this project are comprised of the following: In 2002, WSU launched an overarching strategic plan with its number one goal of offering the best undergraduate experience in a research university.strategic plan In 2006, the Six Learning Goals of the Baccalaureate were adopted by the university. Information literacy became further institutionalized as a paramount outcome of WSU undergraduate education.Six Learning Goals of the Baccalaureate In 2007, the Library Instruction Department received a WSU Teaching and Learning Improvement Grant from the Offices of the Provost and Undergraduate Education.Library Instruction DepartmentWSU Teaching and Learning Improvement Grant From

The Assignment 5) Crop report Due: Oct. 24 (100 pts) Choose a crop of interest to you (other than the crops listed on the lecture part of the syllabus). Write a page double-spaced, type written paper on the production requirements, including a general production schedule, for the crop. In addition, include the findings of a current (published after 2000) research project involving the crop and current statistics on production (acreage) and value. Use at least 4 information sources - no more than one of each of the following: scholarly journals, newspaper, book, personal communication, trade journal, and website. Create an additional 1-page section of the paper discussing the different types of information found in each of the sources you used. Describe how each was useful in creating your paper. Information Need Accessing Information Evaluating Information Using Information

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Well, what do people think?

Comments from Instructors: Sources used in student papers are: –More relevant –More current –No longer taking the first 5 sources Using 1 as the main source to explain everything Teresa Cerny-Koenig Hort/Crops 102 Instructor

What was the most important thing you learned from doing these information literacy exercises? “I think the most important thing I learned was the usefulness of Washington State University's online library resources. They were extremely helpful in the research of geology articles, and I am sure would be equally as useful for researching other topics. “ Soph. Comm. student

What was the most important thing you learned from doing these information literacy exercises? “How to find scholarly sources” Fresh. Undecided “How to weed out the good sources from the bad ones” Soph. Biol. student “I learned more about MLA Format which can help me throughout my college experience, and it helped me explore and become more efficient using the online library.” Soph. Advertising

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