Student integrates information resources into academic discourse. Student produces and communicates information in effective and appropriate formats. Student is aware of the ethical, legal, and socio-political issues surrounding information and information technology, such as copyright and the responsibility to properly credit information sources. Student appreciates that the skills gained in information competence enable lifelong learning. Student is aware of the difference between information and knowledge.
Student is aware of the structure and dissemination channels of the global information environment.
General education courses include an information literacy component. Florida International University-Miami FIUs information literacy initiative is a partnership of the university libraries, the Academy for the Art of Teaching, and individual FIU faculty. The information literacy initiative helps faculty find ways to provide information literacy skills to students within the context of individual courses and disciplines. The initiative plans the integration of a sequence of information literacy experiences into the curriculum, providing workshops and yearlong working sessions for groups of faculty and entire departments. Washington Pierce College has used the outcomes assessment based model to articulate information competency objectives.