Title

Using A Course In Global Citizenship To Develop Information Fluency And Global Competency

Keywords

Global citizenship; Global civic engagement; Global competency; Information fluency; International relations; Technical communication

Abstract

Our students will face many challenges in today's global marketplace both in their professions and as concerned citizens. To help them succeed we must create courses and assignments that develop both their information fluency and their global competency. This paper describes how an interdisciplinary honors seminar taught by faculty members in Technical Communication and International Relations fostered students' information fluency and global competency. The paper includes specific assignments and activities. Although the sample assignments are all drawn from a global citizenship course, suggestions for adapting the assignments to many other disciplines are given. The author has worked closely with colleagues across the curriculum. In addition to discussing issues relevant to the author's discipline, the paper also explains how information fluency and global competency can be taught to students in many different fields.

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

IMSCI 2011 - 5th International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, Proceedings

Volume

2

Number of Pages

311-315

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84896270741 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84896270741

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