Critical thinking is key to undergraduate academic success. Students of the Internet generation have technical and social networking skills but often lack the information and research skills needed to compete academically and professionally. As part of the campuswide Celebrating Undergraduate Education week in October 2007, the UCLA Library organized an October 9 symposium entitled "A Competitive Edge in the Information Society." A panel of faculty and librarians showcased collaborations and projects that enhance undergraduates’ information skills and understanding of the scholarly process. Faculty heard about innovative approaches and learned how they can obtain assistance with instructional development.
This event was sponsored by the UCLA Library Information Literacy Program and the College Library Instructional Computing Commons.
Following introductory remarks, panel presentations by faculty-librarian pairs showcased successful approaches to enhancing students’ critical thinking through research instruction and experiences; their PowerPoint presentations and handouts are available below. The program concluded with a short, lively demonstration of new ways to reach students where they are.
Frontiers in Human Aging: Biomedical, Social, and Policy Perspectives GE Cluster
Roberta Malmgren, Department of Public Health/Epidemiology
Esther Grassian, College Library
Cultural Anthropology Upper-Division Seminars
Peter Hammond, Department of Anthropology
Patti Caravello, Charles E. Young Research Library
America in the Sixties: Politics, Society, and Culture, 1954 to 1974 GE Cluster
Jan Reiff, Department of History
Libbie Stephenson, Institute for Social Science Research Data Archive
Reaching Students Where They Are
Michelle Jacobs, >College Library