
Alexis Smith MacklinPurdue University Fort Wayne · Library
Alexis Smith Macklin
Doctor of Philosophy
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Education
September 2003 - August 2007
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Publications (25)
This study was designed around a four-week course entitled Fake News and alternative facts: What you don't know will hurt you. It investigated: how past experiences and prior knowledge cloud judgement when analysing information; how emotional responses to new information impact intrinsic motivation; and how emotional intelligence supports informati...
Presentation corresponds with the paper to be delivered at the LILAC Conference - 2018
While the value of information literacy (IL) instruction has been repeatedly demonstrated, there remain numerous difficulties in establishing it in the academic curriculum. The IL competency standards for science and technology as articulated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) provide guidelines for instruction, but they do...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to show how information and communications technology (ICT) literacy skills reflect twenty‐first century requirements for researching and communicating information in digital environments. An interactive problem‐based, scenario‐based, web‐based assessment tool, iSkills TM , has been developed through a broad‐bas...
Students coping with the escalating complexities of available electronic resources often demonstrate undesirable behaviors including the inability to identify information needs, uncertainty about selecting information resources, poor evaluation of information sources, and inappropriate use of information for problem solving. To eliminate these obst...
Students coping with the escalating complexities of available electronic resources often demonstrate undesirable behaviors including the inability to identify information needs, uncertainty about selecting information resources, poor evaluation of information sources, and inappropriate use of information for problem solving. To eliminate these obst...
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) recently updated the guidelines for instruction programs in academic libraries. This revised document includes the use of active learning techniques and instructional design tools for program development. Research in education currently contains a wealth of theories and strategies in these ar...
With higher education shifting its emphasis from teaching to learning and inputs to outcomes, active learning techniques are gaining prominence. Research has shown that students learn better when they actively engage the course content, rather than passively absorb lecture material. However, many faculty are unsure of how to take advantage of these...
Teaching information literacy skills is increasingly difficult as the number of students entering the university demonstrate an extraordinary confidence using technology. Students and subject area faculty often do not grasp the subtle difference between being technology proficient and being information literate. Some faculty are even beginning to d...
Are you finding collaboration with faculty difficult to initiate? How about a new approach? Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instruction method that investigates and resolves messy, real-world dilemmas. This workshop demonstrates how librarians at Purdue University worked with faculty to incorporate information literacy skills into course content...
This study was an exploratory investigation of a novel approach to information literacy instruction at Purdue University. Insight into best practices in information and communication technology (ICT) instruction was the goal of this investigation, with a specific focus on using a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. Two questions were posed. Th...
Let me start by saying that I am writing to you poolside at a resort in Orlando. I'm in between sessions right now at the International Institute for Informatics and Systemics. In two hours, I will be presenting my paper on information and communication technology (ICT) literacy and assessment in higher education. This paper is the culmination of a...