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Information Literacy

for Teaching and Learning

A Workshop for Faculty and Librarians

May 9-11, 2006

( Main Workshop page)

JMU faculty from 18 departments and their liaison librarians participated in the information literacy workshop, which was facilitated by Dr. Terry Mech of King's College. Working in collaboration, each pair developed an information literacy assignment that will be implemented during the coming academic year. Following are the assignments developed by faculty participants:

Faculty Member	Department	Course	Liaison Librarian	Assigment and supplementary materials	Faculty evaluation of assignment
Melinda Adams	Political Science	POSC492	Patricia Hardesty	POSC492 Senior Seminar: Annotated Bibliography	evaluation
Tim Ball	Communication Studies	SCOM450	Jody Fagan	SCOM 450 assignment PowerPoint	evaluation
Dabney Bankert	English	ENG299	Melissa VanVuuren	Eng 299 assignment	evaluation
Dennis Beck	Theatre and Dance		Brian Cockburn	Project overview Assignment components: 1. Formulating a Research Question 2. Preliminary List of Sources 3. Survey of Sources 4. Research Presentation Paper 5. Final synthesis project paper 6. Peer Review guidelines	evaluation
Lucy Bednar	Technical & Scientific Communication		Reba Leiding	TSC assignment PowerPoint	Evaluation
Monica Reis-Bergan	Psychology	PSYC497	Lynn Cameron	Syllabus Sample student paper Research guide for addictive behaviors	Evaluation
Benjamin Brewer	Sociology		Candace Miller	Assignment	Evaluation
Rory DePaolis	Communication Sciences & Disorders		Judy Anderson	CSD assignment
Robert Eliason	Management	COB300A	Kathy Clarke	assignment syllabus course schedule	evaluation
Theresa Flaherty	Marketing	MKTG 380	Jerry Gill	MKTG 380	evaluation
Reid Harris	Biology	BIO124	Sharon Gasser	Bio 124-Power Point
Katherine Hughes	Media Arts & Design		Jennifer Keach	SMAD assignment
Bill Ingham	Physics	PHY105	Meris Mandernach	Phys105 Reading List Assignment Assignment Flowchart Elligible Science Articles Student work: Example 1 Example 2 Phy392 Resource Letter Assignment Student work: Example 1	Ingham/Mandernach PowerPoint (CFI Workshop) Evaluation
David Knitter	Health Sciences Masters of Physician Assistant Studies	PA551	Jennifer McCabe	Managing Medical Information: Biostatistics Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Librarian Handouts Pubmed Using Literature to Make Decisions	evaluation
John Ott	Art History	ARTH300	Mary Ann Chappell	Assignment Overview & Stage 1 Assignment Stage 2 Assignment Stage 3	evaluation
Denise Perritt	Educational Leadership	ADSU640	Claire Clemens	biography rubric assignment	evaluation
Jeffrey Tang	ISAT	ISAT131	John McGehee	ISAT131 Learning Objs. ISAT131 Assignment
Scott Vollum	Justice		Daille Pettit /Ralph Alberico	Critical Research Review Assignments Independent Research Project Paper Grading Sheets Some online data sources Syllabus-Methods PowerPoint

Terry Mech's Slide Shows and Handouts

Slide Shows:

1. Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning

2. Today's Students

3. Effective Assignments

4. Fostering Academic Integrity

5. Assessing Information Skills

Handouts:

1. Assignment (Rubric) Trait Analysis

2. Assignment Trait Analysis

3. Checklist for Information Competencies

4. Term Paper Alternatives

5. Writing Feedback Form

6. King's College Library Study Guide 14

7. King's College Library Study Guide 3

8. Student Information Skills Worksheet

9. Rubric Use of Sources

10. Rubric for Literature Review

11. Rubric for Article Critique

12. Research Paper Feedback Form

13. Writing Learning Objectives

14. Core 110 Grading Evaluation Pyramid

Workshop Planning Committee: Claire Clemens, Kathy Clarke, and Lynn Cameron.

Questions: Contact Lynn Cameron, Coordinator of Library Instruction, Carrier Library, MSC 1704; (540)568-3826.