Information Fluency What? Why? How?

12/01/1999


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Information Fluency What? Why? How?

Thought Starters

Metaphors for Achieving Information Fluency

Components of Information Fluency

Group Ideas: Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can...

Group Ideas: Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can…

Group Ideas: Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can…

Group Ideas: Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can...

Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can

These goals are achieved in liberal arts colleges by nurturing students with--

FIRST YEAR SEMINAR The Economists’ Way of Thinking

Brown’s First Year Seminar

Results in My Own Course: Compared to Other First Year Courses

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THE WAKE FOREST PLAN F96: IBM 365XD, 16RAM, 100Mhz, 810MB, CD-ROM, 14.4 modem F97: IBM 380D, 32 RAM, 130Mhz, 1.35GB, CD-ROM, 33.6 modem F98: IBM 380XD, 64 RAM, 233 Mhz, 4.1GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem F99: IBM 390, 128RAM, 333 Mhz, 6 GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem

WHY INFORMATION FLUENCY? …the institutional answer

Consequences for Wake Forest

WHY INFORMATION FLUENCY? …the faculty answer

Personal Use of Computers by Wake Forest Faculty Source: 1998 HERI Survey

Computers Enhance My Teaching and/or Learning Via--

With Ubiquity--- The Culture Changes

Our students will graduate with “information fluency” when they can

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Actions to Raise Awareness

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Assure Universal Access (Field of Dreams Approach)

Provide Learning Opportunities

Measure/Certify the Results

Possible Roles for the Library

Possible Roles for the Faculty

Possible Roles for IS

Possible Role for the Consortium Suggested by Participant Teams

Possible Role for the Consortium Suggested by Participant Teams

Possible Role for the Consortium Suggested by Participant Teams

Possible Role for the Consortium Suggested by Participant Teams

Possible Role for the Consortium

Possible Role for the Consortium

Who Must Approve a Consortium Initiative in Information Fluency?

Issues for Tomorrow

David G. Brown Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109 336-758-4878 email: brown@wfu.edu http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown fax: 336-758-4875

Author: David G Brown