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Charlotte A. Erdmann Bruce Harding Purdue University ASEE Annual Conference June 22, 2010

Charlotte A. Erdmann Bruce Harding Purdue University ASEE Annual Conference June 22, 2010. Leveraging the Internet and Limited On-Campus Resources to Teach Information Literacy Skills to Future Engineering Practitioners. Goals of Today’s Presentation. Why Should Engineering Educators Care?.

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Charlotte A. Erdmann Bruce Harding Purdue University ASEE Annual Conference June 22, 2010

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  1. Charlotte A. Erdmann Bruce Harding Purdue University ASEE Annual Conference June 22, 2010 Leveraging the Internet and Limited On-Campus Resources to Teach Information Literacy Skills to Future Engineering Practitioners

  2. Goals of Today’s Presentation

  3. Why Should Engineering Educators Care?

  4. Needs for Information Proficiency

  5. How Often Are Employees Required to Research, Locate , and Apply Standards (Harding & McPherson, ASEE 2010 ASEE AC 2010-1352 “What Do Employers Want in Terms of Employee Knowledge of Technical Standards and the Process of Standardardization?”

  6. ASME Survey of United States ME Department Heads, ME Practitioners & Managers (Unpublished, June 2010) • 40% of US university ME department heads feel that existing curricula is weak in coverage of codes & standards and needs strengthening • 50% of US ME practitioners & engineering managers indicate that entry-level engineers’ knowledge of codes & standards is weak and needs strengthening

  7. How to Get from Needs to Knowledge?

  8. ACRL Information Literacy Criteria

  9. Case Study Discussed Today - Could Implemented in Any Size College

  10. Treasure Hunt Case Study

  11. Course Integration

  12. Initial Question Creation

  13. First Question Creation

  14. Information Sources and Assistance

  15. Library Involvement 1982-1985

  16. Library Involvement

  17. Sample Question

  18. Present Assignment of Questions

  19. Milestones: E-Format

  20. Library staff created Question Framework (circa 1999)

  21. Sample Question*

  22. Library Milestones – 2007 to date

  23. 2010 Introductory Lecture

  24. Demonstrate Three Questions

  25. Grading

  26. Average Project Grade for Treasure Hunt (Spring 2000-Spring 2009) Harding and Erdmann, ASEE Paper (2010)

  27. Positive ABET Evaluation

  28. Continuous Improvement of Instruction

  29. New Innovation: Group Work Required Last Semester

  30. Literature Review

  31. Sapp Nelson, Van Epps, Fosmire and Harding (2007a)

  32. Van Epps, Sapp Nelson, Fosmire, and Harding (2007b)

  33. Thank you! • Current librarians: Megan Sapp Nelson, Amy Van Epps, and Michael Fosmire and reference assistants • Former full-time librarians: Leslie Reynolds, Sheila Curl, Anna Wu Ren, Jean Poland, and Greg Youngen former reference assistants • Students of MET102

  34. Conclusion

  35. Questions?

  36. Sample Question

  37. Contact Information

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