Course Specific Research Support for BIT 280B: Home
Work Experience - Seminar [Bioscience Technology] course outcomes related to research skills:
- BIT 280B CCOGDemonstrate scientific oral communication skills through presentations and discussions.
Aspirational Goal: To become ready to assume a professional role in the field of Bioscience Technology.
Other indicators of required research or information seeking:
From the Outcome and Assessment Strategies:
"Journal article presentation."
Bridging competencies to support research and information seeking at this level:
- Differentiate between sources created by researchers and professionals, from popular press materials
- Understand the scholarly peer review process
- Navigate to data sets generated from in-site web searching
- Understand the potentials and limits of library databases as aggregators of full text sources
Corresponding research and information seeking outcomes for BIT 280B
- Select peer-reviewed sources and summarize scholarly conversations relevant to the discipline
- Evaluate current information sources for timeliness, context, audience and usefulness
- Gather elements for citations and for crediting sources ethically
Librarian Instructional Objectives:
- Locate scholarly journal articles through library databases and targeted web searches
- Use online sources including social media to locate ongoing conversations between scholars and professionals in the discipline
- Revise generated citations if needed to proper citation style and locate indicators of original source and author identity.
Placement of courses on an Information Literacy Continuum
Courses | Instructional Stages | Student's Developmental Stage |
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Connecting to College |
1. I know where the library is located and about some of the services provided. |
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Information Seeking |
2. I can identify a topic, and identify useful information sources to read about it. |
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Information Literacy Skills |
3. I can develop a topic statement, locate and use library sources, and begin informational research. |
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Academic or Career/ Technical Related |
4. I evaluate the sources I have found for relevancy to my field, and I know who some of the experts are. |
Inquiry and Exploration for Research |
5. I can identify pro- and con-positions on a topic. I can identify the perspectives of various experts in a field. |
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BIT280B |
Discipline- or Area of Study Specific |
6. I can support my position on an issue with evidence. I can accurately summarize the scholarly or professional conversation. |
Biotechnology courses with outcomes related to research and information seeking
Librarian Liaison to the Bioscience Technology SAC (Subject Area Committee)
Contact: Robin Shapiro, Librarian at the Rock Creek campus
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To update Course outcomes, contact: Pam Kessinger