Cold hard facts - Soft skills are important :Integrating soft skills into Information Literacy Instruction
Type of Presentation
Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
CGC Lobby
Abstract
This session will present the role that information literacy plays in the development of soft skills.
These skills include the knowledge, skills, and abilities related to identifying and applying appropriate information to solve problems, and present solutions in an appropriate and meaningful manner. These skills are paramount in students’ classroom success and in their post collegiate lives. Employers report that graduates excel at specific job tasks but, often fail at the soft skills associated with a learned person, e.g. gathering appropriate information to answer a question/solve a problem and presenting that information a proper format.
Presentation Description
The presenters will - -discuss literature associated with soft skills -discuss the role information literacy plays in the development of soft skills -facilitate active learning activities for attendees in Information Literacy integrating soft skills exercises
Keywords
Information literacy; soft skills; research skills; communication; presentation skills; critical thinking; lifelong learning
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Crest, Sarah and Simmons, Simmona, "Cold hard facts - Soft skills are important :Integrating soft skills into Information Literacy Instruction" (2016). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 68.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2016/2016/68
Cold hard facts - Soft skills are important :Integrating soft skills into Information Literacy Instruction
CGC Lobby
This session will present the role that information literacy plays in the development of soft skills.
These skills include the knowledge, skills, and abilities related to identifying and applying appropriate information to solve problems, and present solutions in an appropriate and meaningful manner. These skills are paramount in students’ classroom success and in their post collegiate lives. Employers report that graduates excel at specific job tasks but, often fail at the soft skills associated with a learned person, e.g. gathering appropriate information to answer a question/solve a problem and presenting that information a proper format.
