Our goal is to provide students with learning and knowledge acquisition skills they will use to explore ideas and solve problems throughout their lives. The Information Literacy Initiative begins with the assumption that students gain knowledge by questioning, evaluating, and problem-solving. The broader technological arena that characterizes contemporary life underscores the need for these critical thinking skills. We will assist faculty with teaching methods that will support their critical thinking goals in the classroom. Students who participate in active, critical approaches to thinking experience school and learning in an entirely new way.
More students appreciate the fruits of their own intellectual labor and that of others.
They become aware of intellectual talents they did not know they possess. Students learn that they must apply critical thinking skills to technology in order to become informed citizens. There is broad appreciation throughout the University Community that information literacy is increasingly an indispensable component of a university education. This includes the application of critical thinking skills to the mountain of data available on any subject. The Information Literacy Initiative is helping faculty seek ways to provide these skills to students within the context of individual courses and disciplines.