Strategic and collaborative approach in information literacy applied in engineering teaching

This paper provides an overview of an information skills program integrated into the first year engineering subject "Documentation techniques". This is a problem based learning subject, which requires the students to work through and report on an engineering project. Over the past four years the program has transformed radically as a result of applying an action research framework which is primarily concerned with continual improvement and change in practice. Currently the information skills program consists of a student-led orientation tour, an integrated subject web page (developed using SEARCH AND WRITE tutorial).