More than ever before, students today have a wealth of information at their finger tips, but students are less able to sort through the digital landscape to find the best information for their assignment and writing needs.
In this session we offer best practices to improve students' critical thinking and awareness of resources needed to improve their academic writing.
Presenters
Lynn Lampert is the Chair of Research, Instruction and Outreach Services at California State University Northridge. She has specialized in the area of information literacy instruction for over 15 years and co-edited "Proven Strategies for Building an Information Literacy Program" (Neal Schuman Publishers, 2007). Lynn’s articles include: "Building Campus Wide Information Literacy Programs" (with Catherine Haras) presented at The LOEX conference in 2007; “Mind the Gap: Academic Library Outreach and EOP” (with Coleen Meyer-Martin) which appeared in Reference Services Review in 2013. She is active in ACRL and CARL.
Jason Chu is Education Director for Turnitin. His focus is on working to build resources for educators, and his personal passion is to find better ways to enhance student achievement. He will be moderating this webinar.