From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is an open enrollment university that offers vocational, academic, and professional degrees in a northern region. UAA serves a culturally and demographically diverse population. Given this diversity, students display varying levels of information literacy (IL...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a058b7e6731341c988f04dd783cd00c1 2023-05-15T15:04:27+02:00 From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses Anna Bjartmarsdóttir Deborah L. Mole 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15845/noril.v8i1.258 https://doaj.org/article/a058b7e6731341c988f04dd783cd00c1 EN NB eng nob University of Bergen https://noril.uib.no/article/view/2469 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-5900 doi:10.15845/noril.v8i1.258 1890-5900 https://doaj.org/article/a058b7e6731341c988f04dd783cd00c1 Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2016) information literacy assessment Education (General) L7-991 Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Z article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15845/noril.v8i1.258 2022-12-31T01:25:20Z The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is an open enrollment university that offers vocational, academic, and professional degrees in a northern region. UAA serves a culturally and demographically diverse population. Given this diversity, students display varying levels of information literacy (IL) competencies. Library Professors Anna Bjartmarsdóttir and Deborah Mole partner with faculty teaching composition and communication courses to create increasingly sophisticated and transferable IL learning opportunities. Strategies include: assessing students’ IL competencies; creating engaging activities; integrating IL throughout the semester; developing reflection opportunities to reinforce IL skills. UAA librarians, partnered with faculty, integrate and scaffold IL activities in foundational GE courses to develop increasingly sophisticated, transferable IL skills and knowledge practices. From team-based learning application exercises to workshops for teaching assistants, students learn how creativity partnered with initiative has helped to integrate transferable IL skill education at this diverse arctic university. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Anchorage Arctic Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education 8 1 3 8 |
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The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is an open enrollment university that offers vocational, academic, and professional degrees in a northern region. UAA serves a culturally and demographically diverse population. Given this diversity, students display varying levels of information literacy (IL) competencies. Library Professors Anna Bjartmarsdóttir and Deborah Mole partner with faculty teaching composition and communication courses to create increasingly sophisticated and transferable IL learning opportunities. Strategies include: assessing students’ IL competencies; creating engaging activities; integrating IL throughout the semester; developing reflection opportunities to reinforce IL skills. UAA librarians, partnered with faculty, integrate and scaffold IL activities in foundational GE courses to develop increasingly sophisticated, transferable IL skills and knowledge practices. From team-based learning application exercises to workshops for teaching assistants, students learn how creativity partnered with initiative has helped to integrate transferable IL skill education at this diverse arctic university. |
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From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses |
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From Quest to Conquer: Traversing General Education at a Diverse Alaskan University to Integrate and Assess Transferable Information Literacy Skills in Foundational Courses |
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