You Can Take It with You: Information Literacy from Classroom to Workplace

Type of Presentation

Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

Heather Dray, American InterContinental University, GA
Julie LaDell-Thomas, Central Michigan University, GAFollow

Location

Room 210

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Working with students in non-traditional academic environments, Julie LaDell-Thomas and Heather Dray are reaching students by partnering with faculty to bring critical thinking regarding information access, retrieval and evaluation into the classroom. Students will carry these information literacy tools with them into the workplace, increasing the opportunity for success in both career and life goals.

Keywords

Information literacy, Non-traditional students, Workplace, Central Michigan University, American InterContinental University

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Dray, Heather and LaDell-Thomas, Julie, "You Can Take It with You: Information Literacy from Classroom to Workplace" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 32.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/32