Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 1002
Relevance
N/A
Abstract
Information Competency at Georgia Highlands College (IC @ GHC) is a curriculum-wide plan implemented at a two-year college to increase student information competency levels. This presentation will discuss strategies which allowed the college to successfully meet the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) requirements of SACS through the use of innovative assessment and implementation measures which garnered enthusiastic faculty involvement and also managed to stay within a first year, $14,000 shoe-string budget. The plan was born out of a grassroots effort that involved
Presentation Description
The rationale and origination of the Georgia Highlands College Information Literacy plan will be discussed, highlighting the grassroots approach that was utilized in order to encourage faculty involvement and control costs in a two-year college environment. Program tactics will be addressed, including assessment tool creation, program promotion and faculty training. Flexible incorporation and assessment of information competency in several implementation areas will be explored, and research findings from the past two years of plan implementation will be reported.
Keywords
Information competency, Quality enhancement plan, Collaboration in education, Information literacy, Academic libraries, Interdisciplinary approach in education, Library orientation for college students
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Wheeler, Cindy and Hutchins, Teresa, "IC @ GHC: Assessing Information Literacy Skills across the Curriculum and on a Budget" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 2.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/2
IC @ GHC: Assessing Information Literacy Skills across the Curriculum and on a Budget
Room 1002
Information Competency at Georgia Highlands College (IC @ GHC) is a curriculum-wide plan implemented at a two-year college to increase student information competency levels. This presentation will discuss strategies which allowed the college to successfully meet the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) requirements of SACS through the use of innovative assessment and implementation measures which garnered enthusiastic faculty involvement and also managed to stay within a first year, $14,000 shoe-string budget. The plan was born out of a grassroots effort that involved
