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What is IF?  Simply stated, information fluency is

the ability to gather, evaluate, and use information.

 

2008 Summer Faculty Development Conference

If you are interested in attending the 2008 Summer Faculty Development Conference,

please e-mail Martha Marinara at mmarinar@mail.ucf.edu

 

 

Student News and Resources for March, 2008

Check out our IF resources for students section for grant information

and tips on how to improve your information fluency!

 

Information Fluency Student Blog

by Robert Slade

Robert is blogging on common pitfalls of research and how to avoid them - check it out!

Evaluating Websites

Information about how to make sure the information you're finding online is reliable!

Information Fluency Award

The Burnett Honors College and the UCF Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of UCF's First Annual Information Fluency Award. The prizes were awarded based on students research process and information literacy skills.
In the upper division, Megan White, Elementary Education major won $500 for her thesis, "Leadership Skills: Teaching Collaboration Through the Fourth Grade Social Studies Curriculum." Dr. Martha Hopkins, Professor in Teaching and Learning Principles, College of Education, is Megan White's faculty sponsor. Stephanie Levitt, Journalism and Political Science major won $500 in the lower division for her presentation, "Plesiosaur Predicament." Ms. Addie Gurgerich, Instructor in the Nicholson School of Communication, is Stephanie Levitt's faculty sponsor.



 

 

Faculty & Staff News and Resources for March 2008

Grant Report - Automatic Essay Grader Study

Shannon Whitten reports on her group's 2007-2008 Enhancement Grant which dealt with Automatic Essay Graders and Information Fluency (read her report here). For more information about this grant and the results, please contact Shannon Whitten at the UCF Palm Bay campus.

 

IF Grant Applications

Grant recipients have been notified.  We will update the website to reflect the new grants by 5/15/08.  If you have received an IF grant, please contact Jane Moody with your department account number to arrange your grant payment.

 

IF Track 2008 Summer

Faculty Development Conference

Slides and Handouts



What if each UCF graduate had the skills to find needed information?

What if each UCF graduate had the technology skills to use information?

What if each UCF graduate could think critically about information?

We have considered each of these questions as we have developed our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Through the Information Fluency Initiative, we are committed to projects that will improve the information fluency student learning outcomes for our graduates. Please bookmark this website to keep up to date with our Resources, Projects & Plans and Information Fluency Facts.
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Office of Information Fluency

UCF Teaching Academy Room TA420J

P.O. Box 161250

Orlando, FL 3816-1250

(407) 823-1341