1. Information Literacy Instruction Assignment In an Online Module John B. Napp and Phoebe J. Ballard The University of Toledo American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, GA Session M535

2. My co-author Phoebe Ballard

3.  First used in medical education in the 1960s  Pedagogy where students are given a problem they might encounter while working  Learning is done through discovery  Concepts are retained more readily because students can see their relevance What is problem-based learning?

4.  Engineers are problem solvers  Engineers are used to working in teams  Engineering is an applied science  Information literacy can be seen as part of the design process PBL and engineering information literacy instruction

5.  Five University Core Competencies: 1.Communication 2.Scientific and quantitative reasoning and literacy 3.Personal, social and global responsibility 4.Information literacy 5.Critical and integrative thinking  Meeting with instructional designer The beginning

6.  Making an engineering-specific assignment that could be customized for multiple departments and classes  Customization needed to be simple to encourage adoption by faculty  Instructions and assignment needed to be easily understood by faculty and students The design

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15. Thank you! John.Napp@utoledo.edu Phoebe.Ballard@utoledo.edu