Incorporating Information Competency into the Curriculum Carol Womack Santa Monica College Library

Incorporating Information Competency into the Curriculum

Carol WomackCarol Womack

Santa Monica College LibrarySanta Monica College Libraryhttp://homepage.smc.edu/womack_carol/Library15/default.htmhttp://homepage.smc.edu/womack_carol/Library15/default.htm

The Project

Present the project as you would give it to your Present the project as you would give it to your studentsstudentsGoals: identify (or quantify) what you are Goals: identify (or quantify) what you are trying to accomplish and what students will trying to accomplish and what students will learnlearnTopic or range of topicsTopic or range of topics

limit as much as possiblelimit as much as possible set parametersset parameters identify timelines, if necessaryidentify timelines, if necessary

History

Academic Senate resolutions for IC Academic Senate resolutions for IC graduation requirementgraduation requirement

2002 Board of governors2002 Board of governors Present: on holdPresent: on hold

The Grant

Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica College Fund for Instructional ImprovementFund for Instructional Improvement $97,048$97,048 Fall 2001 – Summer 2002+Fall 2001 – Summer 2002+

Background

Initiated by facultyInitiated by faculty Info comp needInfo comp need Info Comp Task ForceInfo Comp Task Force SMCSMC

30,000+ students30,000+ students 90+ academic programs90+ academic programs 20+ vocational programs20+ vocational programs

The Goal

Promote innovation via faculty/staff Promote innovation via faculty/staff developmentdevelopment

Develop lifelong learnersDevelop lifelong learners

The Objectives:

To establish a common core of To establish a common core of understanding:understanding: what information competency is (and what information competency is (and

isn’t) isn’t) its importance in instruction its importance in instruction faculty required to incorporate faculty required to incorporate

information competency assignments in information competency assignments in their classes.their classes.

The Objectives:

To create information competency To create information competency assignmentsassignments

To increase students’ level of competencyTo increase students’ level of competency To create an information competency To create an information competency

coursecourse To present the course onlineTo present the course online

The FII Grant Team

Director of Academic ComputingDirector of Academic Computing Assistant Dean, LibraryAssistant Dean, Library Dean, English Dept.Dean, English Dept. President, Academic SenatePresident, Academic Senate Chair, Professional Development CommitteeChair, Professional Development Committee Chair, Curriculum CommitteeChair, Curriculum Committee BI LibrarianBI Librarian

The Procedures:

Create a series of Create a series of modules covering info modules covering info comp issuescomp issues Technology Technology

changeschanges Pedagogical impactPedagogical impact Best practicesBest practices

Faculty practicum Faculty practicum (summer session)(summer session)

Pilot Test (History 10)Pilot Test (History 10) Distance ed class for Distance ed class for

studentsstudents

Benefits:

For Faculty:For Faculty: Understanding Understanding

concepts of info concepts of info compcomp

For Students:For Students: Development of Development of

info comp skillsinfo comp skills

For the California For the California Community College Community College System:System: Presentation and Presentation and

dissemination of dissemination of info comp info comp professional professional development development curriculumcurriculum

The Process:

Info Comp task force Info Comp task force recommendationsrecommendations ContentContent AudienceAudience

Creation of 2-unit Creation of 2-unit classclass PedagogyPedagogy AssignmentsAssignments OrganizationOrganization PresentationPresentation

The Info Comp Team

Project Director - Jennifer Merlic, Director of Project Director - Jennifer Merlic, Director of Academic ComputingAcademic Computing

Faculty Faculty Carol Womack (Library)—Team LeaderCarol Womack (Library)—Team Leader Lawrence Driscoll (English)Lawrence Driscoll (English) Nancy Grass-Hemmert (Speech)Nancy Grass-Hemmert (Speech) Richard Bailey (Business) Richard Bailey (Business)

Information Competency Task ForceInformation Competency Task Force

The Product

Library 15/Education 15—2 unit classLibrary 15/Education 15—2 unit class Debut: summer 2002Debut: summer 2002 Faculty: English, History, Business, Faculty: English, History, Business,

Nursing, LibraryNursing, Library

http://homepage.smc.edu/http://homepage.smc.edu/womack_carol/Library15/womack_carol/Library15/

Research planning and design

PlanningPlanning define the writing assignment/assessing define the writing assignment/assessing

the situationthe situation specify general purpose (inform, persuade, specify general purpose (inform, persuade,

entertain)entertain) specify audience (teacher, classmates, specify audience (teacher, classmates,

professional organization professional organization specify recency required (10 yrs. vs. 6 specify recency required (10 yrs. vs. 6

months--is old info still relevant?) months--is old info still relevant?) specify the scope of the topic to be coveredspecify the scope of the topic to be covered


exploring the topicexploring the topic generating ideasgenerating ideas quantity not qualityquantity not quality


Creating a working thesisCreating a working thesis


Creating a research planCreating a research plan

Process:

CurrentCurrent or or historical information neededhistorical information needed Select books: Library online catalogSelect books: Library online catalog Select periodical articles: Library databases--Select periodical articles: Library databases--

indicate which onesindicate which ones Select websites: search enginesSelect websites: search engines Evaluate sourcesEvaluate sources Cite sources(?)Cite sources(?) Annotate bibliography or rank sources and Annotate bibliography or rank sources and

explain rankingexplain ranking

Class Plan:

students will present a class assignment they students will present a class assignment they have designed, incorporating information have designed, incorporating information competency elements.competency elements.

Presentations may utilize PowerPoint, Presentations may utilize PowerPoint, eCompanion, web page or other presentation eCompanion, web page or other presentation software. software.

Information exchange: students will Information exchange: students will compare/contrast assignments, recognizing compare/contrast assignments, recognizing differences required by discipline, offer advice differences required by discipline, offer advice and suggestions.and suggestions.

Class evaluation.Class evaluation.

The Nature of Research, by Discipline

Arts & Humanities:Arts & Humanities: current and historical researchcurrent and historical research primary and secondary researchprimary and secondary research criticism of the work itselfcriticism of the work itself


Social SciencesSocial Sciences current and historical researchcurrent and historical research statisticsstatistics behavior studiesbehavior studies


BusinessBusiness current research for competitive current research for competitive

intelligenceintelligence historical performance datahistorical performance data


Law:Law: historical precedent case lawhistorical precedent case law

current competitive intelligencecurrent competitive intelligence


ScienceScience current info needed most; current info needed most;

historical info importanthistorical info important clinical trials, experimentsclinical trials, experiments search for proof search for proof blends logic and imaginationblends logic and imagination

evaluating websites

Go to this website: website: Go to this website: website: http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/dc/camps.htmlhttp://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/dc/camps.html

Is this a valid site? Why? or Why not? Use the Is this a valid site? Why? or Why not? Use the FIVE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING WEB FIVE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING WEB PAGES in your response.PAGES in your response.

Searching a library database

Find the 10 colleges in California which Find the 10 colleges in California which offer a master's degree in sports medicine.offer a master's degree in sports medicine.

Name the schools. (5 points)Name the schools. (5 points) Describe how you found them. (5 points)Describe how you found them. (5 points)

(CollegeSource)(CollegeSource)


Find the most current home prices for your Find the most current home prices for your neighborhood. Where did you look first? neighborhood. Where did you look first? why?why?

Where did you find the answer?Where did you find the answer?

(RAND California)(RAND California)


Find a copy of Martin Luther King Jr's I Find a copy of Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream speech. Where did you look Have a Dream speech. Where did you look first?first?

Where did you find it?Where did you find it?(Landmark Documents in American History)(Landmark Documents in American History)

Researching a Country

Look up a country in CountryWatch. Look Look up a country in CountryWatch. Look up the same country in the CIA World up the same country in the CIA World FactbookFactbook

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/inhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.htmldex.html

Do both sites say the same things about Do both sites say the same things about the country? Where are there the country? Where are there differences?differences?


Ford recently announced that it would market its Ford recently announced that it would market its Jaguars, Aston Martins, Land Rovers, and Volvos to Jaguars, Aston Martins, Land Rovers, and Volvos to a particular population group in the U.S. Find an a particular population group in the U.S. Find an article that identifies that group.article that identifies that group.

Where did you look first?Where did you look first?

Where did you FIND the article?Where did you FIND the article?

What is the population group?What is the population group?(ABI/Inform)(ABI/Inform)

Creating Assignmentshttp://library.smc.edu/webresearch.html#Teaching

http://www.sacollege.org/students/library/nealley/pathfinders/effective_assignments.htmhttp://www.lib.umich/edu/instruct/assignments.tips.htmlhttp://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/find/assign.htmhttp://www.sacollege.org/students/library/nealley/pathfinders/effective_assignments.htmhttp://www.csuchico.edu/lins/assignments/promoting_infolit.htmlhttp://www.library.fullerton.edu/information_comp/Assignments.htmhttp://www.library.csuhayward.edu/library_assignments.htmhttp://library.csun.edu/assign.htmlhttp://dometest.sdsu.edu/about/depts/instruction/pitfalls.shtmlhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Tips.htmlhttp://library.tamu.edu/reference/instruction/successassign.htmhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/assignment.html#PIThttp://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Steenbock/bipage/assignqu.htmhttp://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/infosrv/lue/effectiveassignments.htmlhttp://www2.canisius.edu/canhp/canpub/ciq/CIQ_May96/library.html

Term Paper Alternatives:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/PaperAlternatives.html Writing Learning Outcomes:

http://www.aallnet.org/prodev/outcomes.asp Improving Assignments:http://www.csulb.edu/~ttravis/GESI/revised.htm

Future:

Expand scope—lifelong learningExpand scope—lifelong learning Work with other faculty and librariansWork with other faculty and librarians

K-12K-12 4-year higher ed institutions4-year higher ed institutions