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Integrating Information Literacy Across the Engineering Design Curriculum

Integrating Information Literacy Across the Engineering Design Curriculum. Barbara MacAlpine Mahbub Uddin Trinity University/San Antonio, TX. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence.

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Integrating Information Literacy Across the Engineering Design Curriculum

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  1. Integrating Information Literacy Across the Engineering Design Curriculum Barbara MacAlpine Mahbub Uddin Trinity University/San Antonio, TX

  2. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence

  3. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence

  4. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence

  5. Eight Semester Engineering Design Sequence

  6. Expanding Horizons:Using Information in the 21st Century A Quality Enhancement Plan For Trinity University 2008--2013

  7. Expanding Horizons Goals • UNDERSTAND • ACCESS • USE ETHICALLY • EVALUATE • CREATE

  8. ABET Criteria Criterion 3. Program Outcomes … students attain (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning

  9. Information Literacy Instruction

  10. My Mini-Design Problem

  11. A Patented Solution

  12. Information Literacy Instruction

  13. LibGuide for ENGR 2182

  14. LibGuide (detail 2) When designing a product, you must follow standards that are set within the industry and/or by the government.  Standards sites include: ASTM(American Society for Testing and Materials) ANSI (American National Standards Institute) …

  15. Information Literacy Instruction

  16. Who is George Foreman?

  17. ResearchLog Literature Search for Design VI Appliance Sources Searched Terms Searched Citation for Best Item(s) What source was most useful and why? Time spent on research:

  18. Information Literacy Instruction

  19. Seniordesign project RESULT: “Red Rover” 1:6 scale rover model for manned Martian exploration, tested (in earth gravity), with results scaled to a full-scale rover in Martian gravity. 

  20. Anecdotal Assessment “Google Scholar gathered articles from a lot of different journals and patents.” “The patent information and the books offered lots of historical background.” “The Patent Office website gave more specific descriptions of actual products.” “… library database (Academic Search Complete) really helped.”

  21. More Anecdotal Assessment “The library databases did not have very current information about our product.” “Thomas Register was the least helpful.” “Google, usually the Premiere search engine, wasn’t very useful at narrowing our search terms.” “Research proved to be an important part of the design project.” 

  22. Most Problematic Question 5. Periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers) may be found in the Coates Library a. on the first floor b. on the second floor c. on the third floor d. on the fourth floor e. all of the above f. A and B and C

  23. Early Problematic Question 1. Where is the first place you would search for authoritative information related to an engineering materials topic? a. howstuffworks.com b. Google c. A library database of technical articles d. Your professor’s bookcase

  24. Faculty Assessment More up-to-date information Students have better understanding of available bibliographic sources Improved identification, retrieval techniques, and organization of information Students are optimizing search techniques

  25. Future Plans • Add ethical use to second year instruction • Meet with all senior design teams • Require research logs for senior designs • Systematize assessment • Make more rigorous • Include patents • Start with first year students • Develop faculty assessment mechanism

  26. Acknowledgements Bird feeder Patent # 5,937,788 (Google Patents) George Foreman ad courtesy of Flickr (eskeleton) George Foreman Grill picture courtesy of Flickr (nwistheone) Red Rover (http://www.trinity.edu/departments/engineering/Program.html) Squirrel picture courtesy of anonymous (apologies) Weed eater picture courtesy of Flickr (tstadler)

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