Faculty from two engineering departments teamed with Florida Gulf Coast University’s STEM Librarian to develop an instructional module for delivery in the introductory engineering course in an effort to increase the student’s awareness of both the resources available through the library as well as methodology of discriminating amongst multiple references. This paper will detail the information literacy module components, briefly describe the course in which it is placed, summarize the related project assignments, and present an analysis of various student project reference sections to begin to quantify the potential impact of the module on student performance. Assignment modifications over various semesters as well as the future direction of the research will also be included.
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[biography]
Dr. Kunberger is Division Chair for Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown.
Chris Geiger is an Instructional Associate Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, and his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, also from Northwestern University
Kim Reycraft earned a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science and Policy and worked in that field for a number of years before becoming a librarian. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree from Florida State University, and has been serving as the liaison librarian for science, technology, engineering and math at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2012.
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