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Zayed University’s Information Literacy Program
Fiona Hunt, MLISAcademic Advisor and Instructor, University College,
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi
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ZU Information Literacy Program• Has been through many iterations since the
university’s inception
• Currently integrated across the curriculumo Learning outcomes for information literacy embedded
in appropriate courses at all levels
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ZU Baccalaureate Program
• 1st three semesters = General Education Program (or the Colloquy Program)
• Final 5 semesters = Major Program
General Education
General Education
Major
Major
MajorMajor
Major
General Education
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ZU Learning Outcomes (ZULOs)• Overarch entire baccalaureate program• Upon graduation, students are expected to
demonstrate competency in the following areas:o Information Literacyo Technological Literacyo Languageo Global Awarenesso Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning o Leadership
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ZU Information Literacy Program• Information Literacy in the Advising Streamo1st semester: COL 120
o Student success: research skills/IL, note taking, time management, test taking, etc.
o2nd semester: COL 105oCareer exploration and UAE world of work
General Education
General Education
Major
Major
MajorMajor
Major
General Education
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COL 120Information Literacy outcomes for the course:
o Find, use and evaluate information (IL1, IL3)o Research using multiple information sources (IL2)
Also reinforces citations, though officially embedded in the English stream
ZU Information Literacy Program
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COL 120 (cont…)IL content taught by advisors (course instructors) with librarian instruction in two class sessions
• Library visit/tour• Classroom trouble shooting session
ZU Information Literacy Program
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Information Literacy ProgramCOL 120 IL Assessment
Annotated bibliography• Including information from books, web sites,
periodical articles, encyclopedia articles (10% of course grade)
Final exam • Multiple choice, true/false and short answer
questions on IL concepts (20% of course grade)
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Teaching Information LiteracyConsiderations in the Gulf
o Language levelo Educational backgroundo GPA pressureo Difficulties with abstraction
Important to…o Provide sufficient motivationo Create a reason/structure for students to learn from/fix
their mistakeso Break material down into simple stepso Make it as experiential as possible
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Information Literacy ProgramProviding sufficient motivation:• IL assignments are graded (total: 30+% of course)
o Provide sources for group project (which is worth 30% of course grade)
o Eg. 5 students per group IL assignments provide a total of 30 sources for the group project
• Group project portfolio requires evaluations of all sources found
THUS…IL assignments feed directly into other course work, making them highly relevant and useful for students
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Information Literacy ProgramProviding structure for learning from errors:eg.Assignments 1 and 2 • Annotated bibliographies of three sources each• A1 = 2 web sites and a book• A2 = encyclopedia article and 2 periodical articles• 5 marks for completion (2.5% of course grade)• Detailed feedback
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Information Literacy ProgramProviding structure for learning from errors:eg.Assignments 1 and 2 • Annotated bibliographies of three sources each• A1 = 2 web sites and a book• A2 = encyclopedia article and 2 periodical articles• 5 marks for completion (2.5% of course grade)• Detailed feedback
Assignment 3• Annotated bibliography of three sources• Sources taken from A1 and A2• Graded out of 30 points• Worth 10% of course grade
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Information Literacy Program
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Information Literacy Program
Examples from the classroom:• Evaluating information• Search strings for database searching
evolution of my approach towards these two topics
Breaking material down into simple steps and making it experiential
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Information Literacy ProgramStudents in groups of three• One computer per group – tell Ss which website to look at• One card per group (see below)• One two-sided worksheet (previous slide) for each student to
write notes on
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Information Literacy ProgramThen, they can handle the flow chart• Point out that
it’s what they’ve just done but all on one sheet
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Information Literacy Program
For access to this and other similarly designed activities, please feel free to ask me after the session.
Thank you