Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Mary L. Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information fluencycontent for the Engineering 101 curriculum. Using a PBL approach, the curriculum has evolvedover the past three years and used a combination of venues, including in–person lectures, in-library assignments, and online learning modules. An overview of the current format of theinformation fluency cycle is presented in Appendix A. Despite changes, PBL has remained animportant part of the teaching/learning environment. Collaboration has also been an importantpart in the development of the information literacy curriculum. Weekly meetings with faculty inthe Fall 2013 semester allowed for increased dialog and feedback for the course. Thediscussions in these meetings have brought greater buy-in from the professors as well as requestsfor