Meryl Brodsky
Understanding Data Literacy Requirements for Assignments: A Business School Syllabus Study
Eastern Michigan University
syllabus studies used inform librarians work collection development instruction information literacy syllabi also provide opportunity understand course requirements data literacy study syllabi eastern michigan universitys college business analyzed determine courses require data literacy completion assignments projects author tested several hypotheses identify data literacy instruction would neededdata use online hybrid class assignments greater inperson class assignmentsgraduate students greater data requirements undergraduate studentsdifferent business school disciplines different data needs ie marketing accounting lessthough scientific study analyzing syllabi assignments reveal stated implied data literacy competencies surfacing competencies making explicit gives librarian teaching faculty opportunity codesign relevant teaching learning activities since data literacy instruction new initiative eastern michigan university library author also used study bring attention capacity