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    Expanding Information Competencies: Web-based Modules and Applications for the Information Interview

    Project Description

    The purpose of my project is to broaden students' information options by facilitating competencies in the information interview. Interviewing competence is an essential aspect of information competence and applicable for students across the wide range of disciplines represented in the CSU. The modules and instructional materials I develop for this project will be easily integrated into a variety of courses.

    Goal

    The CSU Information Competency projects I reviewed share a common emphasis on printed information, such as newspapers, government publications, books, journals, and web-based materials. My goal is to expand that view to include information which students gather in the interview process.

    Objectives

    1. Develop a set of seven web-based modules for students across disciplines and CSU campuses to use as a resource in developing competencies essential to effective information interviewing.

    2. Develop corresponding web-based case studies, assignments, and activities for students to apply and expand on their information and interviewing skills.

    3. Integrate relevant modules and learning tools others have developed in previously-funded projects (e.g., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's 10 online tutorials, CSU Bakersfield's online computer literacy guide, and San Diego State's online guide for journalism students, "The Write Stuff") and at non-CSU institutions (e.g., "Evaluating Web Resources," Widener U.; "How to Develop a Viable Research Topic," Charles Sturt U; "Plagiary and the Art of Skillful Citation," J. Rodgers, Baylor College of Medicine) with the modules I develop.

    4. Use basic web technology to develop user-friendly, fast-loading, easy-to-navigate modules.

    5. Include information relevant to traditional interview settings (face-to-face) and those involving new technology (e.g., email interviews).

    Deliverables

    Seven web-based modules and instructional materials (case studies, assignments, and activities) to facilitate student acquisition of information interviewing competencies.

    Project Category

    1- Distributed Learning
    Proposals in this category must focus on the application of information competence to courses of any discipline taught in a distributed learning mode. The term "distributed learning" can apply to courses taught partially or fully away from the traditional classroom setting.