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Information Literacy Modular Activities through Blackboard

Information Literacy Modular Activities through Blackboard. Carol Franck SUNY Potsdam CIT 2002. Why this, why now?. Information Literacy, in vogue Accountability and assessment Everyone’s an “expert” (or so they believe). Driving Forces. SUNY Potsdam General Education SUNY Administration

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Information Literacy Modular Activities through Blackboard

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  1. Information Literacy Modular Activities through Blackboard Carol Franck SUNY Potsdam CIT 2002

  2. Why this, why now? • Information Literacy, in vogue • Accountability and assessment • Everyone’s an “expert” (or so they believe)

  3. Driving Forces • SUNY Potsdam General Education • SUNY Administration • GER (General Education Requirements) • GEAR (General Education Assessment Review) • Middle States • Employer Expectations of Graduates

  4. Information Literacy • ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education • http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html

  5. Information Literacy • Formulating questions • Knowing what type of resources to look for • Knowing how to look for those resources • Evaluating search results • Interpreting the information found

  6. The Past: One-shot library “bibliographic instruction” sessions The Future: A coordinated, programmatic, and developmental approach to Information Literacy.

  7. The Project Goal: To provide instruction in basic Information Literacy skills/concepts that is flexible, assessable, and reduces duplication on the part of the student.

  8. The Project Objectives: • To determine what constitutes the core set of “basic” skills and concepts • To create an electronic tutorial for each item in the core set • To incorporate interactive assessment measures within each tutorial • To be able to track which students have successfully completed each tutorial

  9. The Project The Reality • Existing online tutorials • Significant body of literature on BI • Blackboard

  10. Blackboard 5 PROS • Familiar to students • Familiar to faculty • Assessment features built in • Grades/tracking recorded automatically

  11. Blackboard 5 CONS • Not designed for content, but for access • Limited flexibility in what you can do • Limited flexibility across courses

  12. Contact Information • This presentation may be found at http://www2.potsdam.edu/franckcr/cit.htm • e-mail: franckcr@potsdam.edu

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