Transcript Assessment of Web-based Information Literacy Program for

Assessment of a Web-based Information
Literacy Program for Industrial Engineers
Beth A. Smith, Asst. Prof., Engineering Librarian &
Larry Whitman, Asst. Prof., Industrial Engineering
Wichita State University
ASEE, Nashville, TN
June 22, 2003
Three “Types” of Information
Subject Knowledge—lecture & text
Use of software tools— MS Excel,
Cortona, etc.
Locate & analyze engineering literature:
Library instruction
ACRL Information Literacy for
Higher Education Competencies
Determine the extent of information needed
Access the needed information effectively &
efficiently
Evaluate information & its sources critically
Incorporate selected information into one’s
knowledge base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
surrounding the use of information, & access and use
information ethically & legally[1]
MS Excel: Objectives
Enter data
Use multiple worksheets
Create graphs
Compare project alternatives
Virtual instruction via Tegrity?
Library Component: Engineering
Research Writing Class
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Getting Started
Keyword searching
Database searching—Compendex
Evaluating sources: periodicals
Evaluating sources: Web
Assignment
MS Excel: Engineering
Economy
Basic data entry & absolute/relative cell
references
Basic charting
Specific economic functions native to
MS Excel
Linear programming: part 1 (optional)
Linear programming: part 2 (optional)
Assessment Tools: Engineering
Research Writing Class—Library
Pre-test for basic library and
information literacy concepts
Post-test
Library Assignment
Survey
Assessment: Engineering
Economy--Excel
Pre-test:Asked students to self-rate
their Excel knowledge
Post-test
Homework
Results: Library
Comparison of Live vs. Web lecture
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10
9
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Mean
6
PR ETEST
5
POSTTEST
4
ASSIGN
M issing
GROUP
1.00
2.00
Student feedback: Library
Student Preferences
12%
31%
33%
24%
No response
Tegrity
Live
Handouts/Web
Results: Excel
Conclusions
Tegrity lectures are an effective mode
of instruction.
Web learning takes more time
Web instruction takes more time
Future of Tegrity Instruction…
Faculty increasingly using Tegrity for
supplementary instruction
Library instruction modules to be offered Fall
2003
Assess retention of skills learned
Continued assessment of instruction
Notes
1 Association of College and Research
Libraries. “Information Literacy
Competency Standards for Higher
Education.” 18 January 2000.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the
Engineering Information Foundation
who partially funded this project. We
also wish to thank Hem Patil for all of
his work on the many phases of this
project, Elizabeth Alexander, instructor
of CESP750d, and Mehmet Bayram
Yildirim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.