Building a Professional Learning Community at the University Level: A Case Study of an Information Fluency Initiative
An examination of the research regarding the problems associated with student academic writing indicated that two abilities, writing abilities and information literacy skills, intersect, and that an accepted term for this intersection is information literacy. The University of Central Florida’s Info...
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ndltd-unf.edu-oai-digitalcommons.unf.edu-etd-15312016-10-18T05:03:44Z Building a Professional Learning Community at the University Level: A Case Study of an Information Fluency Initiative Slavicz, Susan Bennett An examination of the research regarding the problems associated with student academic writing indicated that two abilities, writing abilities and information literacy skills, intersect, and that an accepted term for this intersection is information literacy. The University of Central Florida’s Information Fluency Initiative recognized information literacy as a key component in developing students’ information fluency skills. This qualitative case study of the initiative used semi-structured interviews, study of documents, and observations to gather data in order to describe how the university planned, developed, and implemented the initiative. Study of relevant literature, narrative analysis (Tierney & Lincoln, 1997), inductive analysis (Hatch, 2002) and the elements of educational criticism (Eisner, 1998) informed the analysis of data. Participants in the Information Fluency Initiative identified as successful the creation of online information literacy modules by librarians and faculty, program-wide efforts to embed information fluency into curriculum, and individual faculty projects. Additionally, the initiative encouraged a scholarly approach to the study of information fluency with the implementation of an annual Information Fluency Conference held at the University of Central Florida and publication of a peer-reviewed Information Fluency Journal. Results from the study suggested that administrative support for the initiative and the leadership’s empowerment of faculty and librarians to undertake leadership roles were important factors in the initiative’s success. Results also suggested that collaboration between faculty, librarians, and instructional technologists to construct curriculum produced a professional learning community that proved valuable to participants both professionally and personally. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/486 http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1531&context=etd UNF Theses and Dissertations UNF Digital Commons Thesis University of North Florida UNF Dissertations Academic -- UNF-- Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations Academic -- UNF-- Education Information literacy Plagiarism Information Fluency Learning Organization Professional Learning Community Professional learning communities -- Florida -- Case studies Information literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Florida -- Case studies University of Central Florida -- Case studies Education Educational Leadership Higher Education Administration Information Literacy |
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Thesis University of North Florida UNF Dissertations Academic -- UNF-- Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations Academic -- UNF-- Education Information literacy Plagiarism Information Fluency Learning Organization Professional Learning Community Professional learning communities -- Florida -- Case studies Information literacy -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Florida -- Case studies University of Central Florida -- Case studies Education Educational Leadership Higher Education Administration Information Literacy Slavicz, Susan Bennett Building a Professional Learning Community at the University Level: A Case Study of an Information Fluency Initiative |
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An examination of the research regarding the problems associated with student academic writing indicated that two abilities, writing abilities and information literacy skills, intersect, and that an accepted term for this intersection is information literacy. The University of Central Florida’s Information Fluency Initiative recognized information literacy as a key component in developing students’ information fluency skills. This qualitative case study of the initiative used semi-structured interviews, study of documents, and observations to gather data in order to describe how the university planned, developed, and implemented the initiative. Study of relevant literature, narrative analysis (Tierney & Lincoln, 1997), inductive analysis (Hatch, 2002) and the elements of educational criticism (Eisner, 1998) informed the analysis of data.
Participants in the Information Fluency Initiative identified as successful the creation of online information literacy modules by librarians and faculty, program-wide efforts to embed information fluency into curriculum, and individual faculty projects. Additionally, the initiative encouraged a scholarly approach to the study of information fluency with the implementation of an annual Information Fluency Conference held at the University of Central Florida and publication of a peer-reviewed Information Fluency Journal. Results from the study suggested that administrative support for the initiative and the leadership’s empowerment of faculty and librarians to undertake leadership roles were important factors in the initiative’s success. Results also suggested that collaboration between faculty, librarians, and instructional technologists to construct curriculum produced a professional learning community that proved valuable to participants both professionally and personally. |
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