{"id":11767,"date":"2023-02-21T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=11767"},"modified":"2023-02-20T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:13:38","slug":"innovation-hub-grant-helps-libraries-faculty-create-new-university-to-workplace-information-strategies-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/21\/innovation-hub-grant-helps-libraries-faculty-create-new-university-to-workplace-information-strategies-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Hub Grant Helps Libraries Faculty Create New \u201cUniversity to Workplace Information Strategies\u201d Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article first appeared in the February 2023 edition of Libraries\u2019 Research Highlight newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n

With project funding from the Purdue Innovation Hub, Libraries faculty Heather Howard, Margaret Phillips (project-PI), and Dave Zwicky, with Professor Fred Berry (PPI, School of Engineering Technology), have spent several months hard at work creating a series of information modules, packaged into a new Brightspace course titled \u201cUniversity to Workplace Information Strategies.\u201d The best part about the team\u2019s innovative approach is that these new modules are designed to be foundational, not discipline specific, and can be used independent of one another, providing instructors the flexibility to further develop higher level lessons and assignments relevant to their own discipline and students\u2019 needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe series has a \u201cworkplace\u201d focus,\u201d Phillips said, \u201cand we think this will result in graduates who are better prepared for the information demands of today\u2019s workplace environments.\u201d In developing the module content, the team consulted industry leaders with ongoing interest in hiring Purdue graduates, a local entrepreneurship expert, faculty from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the Krannert School of Management, and Purdue undergraduate students. \u201cThe video modules are also being used at two multinational companies who hire Purdue students to train new hires,\u201d Phillips added, indicating their usefulness to industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students who complete a module earn a digital badge that can be shared with potential employers on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, and through badge compliant platforms like LinkedIn. \u201cIn our pilot phase, we integrated the modules into a senior level PPI course and a first year business management course with success,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cWe have awarded nearly 1,000 badges to Purdue undergraduate students to date.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The series currently includes five modules on the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n