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Introducing the New Generation of Students to Academic Inquiry

• Dates: June 19-21, 2006
• Location: Macalester College in St. Paul, MN
• Conference funded by the ACM Information Literacy Project
• Contact: Terri Fishel (Director of the Macalester College Library) or ACM

The final inititiative of the ACM Information Literacy Project will be a conference, “Introducing the New Generation of Students to Academic Inquiry: Cross Campus Collaboration,” hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, MN on June 19-21.

The starting point for the conference is the assumption that the so-called “Millenials,” the generation of students born in the mid-to-late 1980’s, have significantly different learning styles and knowledge acquisition strategies than their predecessors.

Participants will examine this assumption and discuss how/if it should be addressed. The conference especially seeks participants who have developed classroom assignments and strategies to encourage and engage these students. Ideally, we anticipate teams of faculty, librarians, writing instructors and instructional technologists who can give presentations on their work.

ACM will cover the transportation, room and board for all participants. The consortium is grateful to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for its generous support of this project.

For more information, contact Terri Fishel, Director of the Macalester College Library or ACM.

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