10.1184/R1/7297763.v1
Melanie Gainey
Melanie
Gainey
Neelam Bharti
Neelam
Bharti
Matthew Marsteller
Matthew
Marsteller
Huajin Wang
Huajin
Wang
Michael Melville
Michael
Melville
Sarah Young
Sarah
Young
The Design and Implementation of Integrated and Interdisciplinary Information Literacy Instruction
Carnegie Mellon University
2018
Information Literacy
Pedagogy and Practice
Education Research
Science Education
Active Learning
2018-11-01 00:00:00
Poster
https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/poster/The_Design_and_Implementation_of_Integrated_and_Interdisciplinary_Information_Literacy_Instruction/7297763
This poster was presented at the CMU Teaching and Learning Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 1st, 2018.
<div><sup><br></sup></div><div>In 2017, we were invited to teach information literacy in two required MCS classes, EUREKA! and PROPEL. Our primary challenge was developing content that would keep students engaged and have a broad interdisciplinary scope. We closely collaborated with faculty in MCS to develop lesson plans that included a number of active learning exercises. While student engagement appeared variable across sections and exercises, an attitudes post-assessment suggested that a majority of students found a role-playing exercise helpful for learning information literacy concepts. In fall of 2018, we piloted an information scavenger hunt activity. We also introduced a learning pre-and post assessment, and students demonstrated a significant learning gain. This assessment instrument will allow us to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of various active learning exercises and target areas of weakness with interventions. <br></div><br>