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Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences, Information Literacy, Presentations/Speeches, and Information Discovery and Retrieval

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The Tower of Google
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Title:The Tower of Google (ID: EDU06066)
Author(s):S. Georgia Nugent (Kenyon College)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/12/2006)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:Legend tells us that when humans attempted to scale the heavens by building the Tower of Babel, their language became so confounded they could no longer understand each other. Today, presidents, provosts, professors, parents, prospective students, and IT professionals speak different languages about technology. Each has different hopes--and fears--about technology's interaction with teaching and learning. How can we develop the skills needed to translate among these constituencies?
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Information Literacy on a Shoestring
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Title:Information Literacy on a Shoestring (ID: EDU05048)
Author(s):Paul Massmann
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/19/2005)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:By modifying open-source materials and incorporating assessment through Blackboard, Concordia University incorporated information literacy into a required freshman course. Other than a minimum investment of time by the library and instructional design staff, the project required no additional financial investment by the university.
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Problem-Based Learning: Teaching Critical Thinking in an Information Sciences and Technology Curriculum
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Title:Problem-Based Learning: Teaching Critical Thinking in an Information Sciences and Technology Curriculum (ID: EDU0344)
Author(s):Debora Cheney (The Pennsylvania State University), Michael P. Pelikan (The Pennsylvania State University), Loanne Snavely (The Pennsylvania State University), and Larry Spence (The Pennsylvania State University)
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (2003)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:A panel of university faculty and librarians involved in curriculum design and information literacy instruction will discuss their continuing investigation of problem-based learning as an approach to teaching critical thinking to prepare the modern student for a world that equates the terms "research" and "Web search."
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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/ra/EDU0344.ram
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Where Faculty and Students Really Go for Information: Results of the Digital Library Federation Study of the Academic Information Environment
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Title:Where Faculty and Students Really Go for Information: Results of the Digital Library Federation Study of the Academic Information Environment (ID: EDU0248)
Author(s):Daniel Greenstein (University of California Office of the President) and Leigh Watson Healy
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (2002)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:This presentation will highlight a landmark DLF/Outsell study of information content preferences and behaviors of 3,200 students and faculty in higher education. The research provides insight into how student and faculty behaviors and preferences are affecting library use and the demand for information resources, and implications for libraries and information technologists.
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http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/EDU0248c.pps
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