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Seven Things Everyone Should Know about the NCWC |
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| QEP Website |
| 1. The QEP is a long-term plan to improve student learning in a specific area. |
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2. The QEP focuses on developing our students’ information skills. |
| 3. The title of the QEP is GIST: Getting Information Skills Today |
| 4.The mission of the QEP is to improve learners’ abilities to identify information needs, find, critically evaluate, and ethically use information. |
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5. NCWC’s
working definition of Information Skills:
“Information Skills refer to the set of skills needed to find,
retrieve, critically analyze, and use information
ethically.” *Association of College & Research Libraries – http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm |
| 6. The QEP involves four main focus areas: Updating the College’s Information Skills Competencies, integrating the Competencies into General Education; integrating the Competencies into the Majors; faculty development. These initiatives will involve faculty, support staff, and students from across the NC Wesleyan community. |
| 7. You can learn more about the QEP at: http://library.ncwc.edu/qep.htm |