Building info-skills by degrees: Embedding information literacy in university study

Wendy Anne Abbott, Deborah Peach

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Abstract

Introduction: Late last year teaching staff at Griffith University participated in a symposium entitled 'Spotlight on Generic Skills & Flexible Learning'. This event brought together academic staff as well as library staff, learning advisers and other support staff interested in teaching and learning issues.The discussion was based on the premise that the University has a responsibility to ensure that its courses emphasise broad educational values and 'produce highly sought after graduates with globally applicable skills for the international market'. It was acknowledged that the University consistently scores very highly with graduates for its development of generic skills. However at the same time staff expressed concern at the challenge of developing more flexible, student-centred learning environments that have generic skills embedded across all programs. As a result there has been much debate in the University about which skills are important, how they will be acquired and how they could effectively be built into the curriculum. One outcome of these discussions is the project described in this paper. What follows is an overview of the project and a discussion about the integration and development of information literacy as a generic attribute in the curriculum and some suggestions on ways forward.
Original languageEnglish
Pages1-5
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventIATUK Conference - The Library of KraKow University of Technology, KraKow, Poland
Duration: 30 May 20043 Jun 2004
Conference number: 21st

Conference

ConferenceIATUK Conference
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityKraKow
Period30/05/043/06/04

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