Creating Bonds across Campus: Integrating Elements of Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 210
Abstract
The Chemistry and Research Services Library faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College have worked together for the last eight years to embed information literacy in the introductory chemistry class that is required for all students with STEM majors at the college. The library’s work to adopt and adapt the ACRL Framework has revitalized our cooperative efforts and has led to some major revisions of our collaborative information literacy initiative. We’ve flipped our instruction model, added an exciting new in-class activity that guides students on an exploration of how to assess and evaluate information through the lens of understanding “Information Creation as a Process” and are piloting innovative methods of instruction and assessment. Our panel will introduce our collaborative pedagogical work, cover our instructional design process, demonstrate our instructional methods, and discuss our most recent efforts to assess how much and how well our chemistry students are learning the information literacy knowledge practices and dispositions they need to succeed in their STEM fields.
Presentation Description
This panel will introduce the collaborative pedagogical work of the GGC Chemistry and Library faculty, explain our instructional design process, demonstrate our instructional methods, and discuss our most recent efforts to assess how much and how well our students are learning the information literacy knowledge practices and dispositions they need to succeed in the STEM fields.
Keywords
Information Literacy in the Disciplines, Collaboration, STEM
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Harmer, Adrienne; Shepler, Benjamin; Anfuso, Chantelle; Simmons, Rashad; Havas, Bethany; Minchew, David; and Lee, Patricia, "Creating Bonds across Campus: Integrating Elements of Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum" (2016). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 61.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2016/2016/61
Creating Bonds across Campus: Integrating Elements of Information Literacy into the Chemistry Curriculum
Room 210
The Chemistry and Research Services Library faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College have worked together for the last eight years to embed information literacy in the introductory chemistry class that is required for all students with STEM majors at the college. The library’s work to adopt and adapt the ACRL Framework has revitalized our cooperative efforts and has led to some major revisions of our collaborative information literacy initiative. We’ve flipped our instruction model, added an exciting new in-class activity that guides students on an exploration of how to assess and evaluate information through the lens of understanding “Information Creation as a Process” and are piloting innovative methods of instruction and assessment. Our panel will introduce our collaborative pedagogical work, cover our instructional design process, demonstrate our instructional methods, and discuss our most recent efforts to assess how much and how well our chemistry students are learning the information literacy knowledge practices and dispositions they need to succeed in their STEM fields.
