Information Literacy Instruction Assignment

In an Online ModuleJohn B. Napp and Phoebe J. Ballard

The University of Toledo

American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, GA

Session M535

My co-author

Phoebe Ballard

First used in medical education in the 1960s

Pedagogy where students are given a problem they might encounter while working

Learning is done through discovery

Concepts are retained more readily because students can see their relevance

What is problem-based learning?

Engineers are problem solvers

Engineers are used to working in teams

Engineering is an applied science

Information literacy can be seen as part of the design process

PBL and engineering information literacy instruction

Five University Core Competencies:1. Communication2. Scientific and quantitative reasoning and

literacy3. Personal, social and global responsibility4. Information literacy5. Critical and integrative thinking

Meeting with instructional designer

The beginning

Making an engineering-specific assignment that could be customized for multiple departments and classes

Customization needed to be simple to encourage adoption by faculty

Instructions and assignment needed to be easily understood by faculty and students

The design

The Module

The module

Thank you!John.Napp@utoledo.edu

Phoebe.Ballard@utoledo.edu