Work in progress: Building information literacy assessment

In today´s electronic age, information literacy skills are more important than ever. It has been challenging for most engineering faculty to find a place to infuse and integrate information literacy into already demanding curricula. However, engineering faculty need to address the topic of information literacy in order to support achievement of ABET student outcomes related to communication, contemporary issues, and lifelong learning. This paper presents the steps taken to assess and evaluate information literacy skills through the development of specific performance indicators related to ABET student outcomes g, i, and j. Using existing assignments, assessment data were captured and preliminary results are presented.