ACS Information Fluency

General Sites
Resources on Information Technology Fluency/Competency/Literacy - by Stan North Martin, NC State University (Added: 13-May-2002)

Assessment of Information Fluency
Assessing the Use of Information Technology in the Classroom - by PAMELA E. MACK and GAIL DELICIO, Journal of Electronic Publishing, Sept. 2000 (Added: 3-Feb-2001)

Being Fluent with Information Technology - NRC book that coined the phrase "information fluency", freely available online. (Added: 1-Feb-2001)

Tek.Xam Home Page - VFIC Tek.Xam Home Page pop (Added: 16-Dec-1999)

Faculty-related issues (e.g. incentives for technology use, training, etc.)
Reconsidering Faculty Roles and Rewards - The report "Reconsidering Faculty Roles and Rewards: Promising Practices for Institutional Change and Enhanced Learning" resulted from a 3 year study on Faculty Roles, Faculty Rewards and Institutional Priorities carried out at 22 schools funded by a cool million from PEW. The URL is too long, so go to the PEW site and search it. (Added: 14-Nov-2000)

Restructuring the University for Technological Change - The perspective is intriguing. The author looks at the issue as a move from an industrial model of education to a Post-Modern/Information Age model. (Added: 14-Nov-2000)

Review of NRC - review by Peter J. Denning of the National Research Council's "Being Fluent with Information Technology" (includes nice tabular summary of the IF guidelines this book proposes) (Added: 13-Sep-2000)

http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=EQM0013 - This article reports the results of a survey of faculty and students conducted at Northwest Missouri State University in the spring of 1999 to learn more about student expectations for the use of technology in the classroom. Data are summarized and interpreted, and many open-ended comments from survey respondents are included. (Added: 11-Jul-2000 )

Information Technology: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education in Science - Information Technology: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. This 1998 National Science Foundation (NSF) report is the fruit of a conference that was convened by NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) to discuss the use of Information Technology (IT) for undergraduates in the hard sciences. (Added: 24-Feb-2000)

Florida International University Library's Information Literacy Website - Mission, goals & objectives as well as workshops available at this site. (Added: 11-Aug-2000 )

National Forum on Information Literacy - National Forum on Information Literacy homepage (created by ALA in 1990) (Added: 1-Dec-2000)

Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - The General Libraries associated with the University of Texas, Austin have sponsored the development of this interactive tutorial on information literacy. (Added: 2-Jun-2000)

U. of Washington's UWired site - Washington has a well developed site for promoting information fluency. (Added: 3-Jun-2000)

Teaching Research Skills
TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial) - Developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin, this site introduces undergraduate students to basic research sources and skills. TILT is essentially an interactive tutorial organized in three modules (selecting, searching, and evaluating) which may be completed in any order. (Added: 24-Feb-2000)

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	About Definition Task Force By Groups By Campus Reports Archives Symposia Proposal Grants News Resources Links Database Search		[General] [Assesssment] [Faculty] [Guidelines] [Curriculum] [Programs] [Research Skills] General Sites Resources on Information Technology Fluency/Competency/Literacy - by Stan North Martin, NC State University (Added: 13-May-2002) Assessment of Information Fluency Assessing the Use of Information Technology in the Classroom - by PAMELA E. MACK and GAIL DELICIO, Journal of Electronic Publishing, Sept. 2000 (Added: 3-Feb-2001) Being Fluent with Information Technology - NRC book that coined the phrase "information fluency", freely available online. (Added: 1-Feb-2001) Tek.Xam Home Page - VFIC Tek.Xam Home Page pop (Added: 16-Dec-1999) Faculty-related issues (e.g. incentives for technology use, training, etc.) Reconsidering Faculty Roles and Rewards - The report "Reconsidering Faculty Roles and Rewards: Promising Practices for Institutional Change and Enhanced Learning" resulted from a 3 year study on Faculty Roles, Faculty Rewards and Institutional Priorities carried out at 22 schools funded by a cool million from PEW. The URL is too long, so go to the PEW site and search it. (Added: 14-Nov-2000) Restructuring the University for Technological Change - The perspective is intriguing. The author looks at the issue as a move from an industrial model of education to a Post-Modern/Information Age model. (Added: 14-Nov-2000) Guidelines and Standards for Information Fluency Review of NRC - review by Peter J. Denning of the National Research Council's "Being Fluent with Information Technology" (includes nice tabular summary of the IF guidelines this book proposes) (Added: 13-Sep-2000) Curriculum and Pedagogy that support Information Fluency http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=EQM0013 - This article reports the results of a survey of faculty and students conducted at Northwest Missouri State University in the spring of 1999 to learn more about student expectations for the use of technology in the classroom. Data are summarized and interpreted, and many open-ended comments from survey respondents are included. (Added: 11-Jul-2000 ) Information Technology: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education in Science - Information Technology: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. This 1998 National Science Foundation (NSF) report is the fruit of a conference that was convened by NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) to discuss the use of Information Technology (IT) for undergraduates in the hard sciences. (Added: 24-Feb-2000) Information Fluency/Literacy Programs and Information EDUCAUSE Online Guide to Evaluating Information Technology on Campus (Added: 9-Mar-2000) Florida International University Library's Information Literacy Website - Mission, goals & objectives as well as workshops available at this site. (Added: 11-Aug-2000 ) National Forum on Information Literacy - National Forum on Information Literacy homepage (created by ALA in 1990) (Added: 1-Dec-2000) Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - The General Libraries associated with the University of Texas, Austin have sponsored the development of this interactive tutorial on information literacy. (Added: 2-Jun-2000) U. of Washington's UWired site - Washington has a well developed site for promoting information fluency. (Added: 3-Jun-2000) Teaching Research Skills TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial) - Developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office at the University of Texas at Austin, this site introduces undergraduate students to basic research sources and skills. TILT is essentially an interactive tutorial organized in three modules (selecting, searching, and evaluating) which may be completed in any order. (Added: 24-Feb-2000) .
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