Understanding Data Literacy Requirements for Assignments: A Business School Syllabus Study
Title
Understanding Data Literacy Requirements for Assignments: A Business School Syllabus Study
Description
"Syllabus studies have been used to inform librarians’ work in collection development, instruction and information literacy. Syllabi also provide an opportunity to understand course requirements for data literacy. In this study, syllabi from Eastern Michigan University’s College of Business were analyzed to determine which courses require data literacy for the completion of assignments or projects. The author tested several hypotheses to identify where data literacy instruction would be most needed:
Data use in online and hybrid class assignments is greater than for in-person class assignments
Graduate students have greater data requirements than undergraduate students
Different business school disciplines have different data needs (i.e., marketing has more, accounting has less)
Though this was not a scientific study, analyzing syllabi and assignments can reveal both stated and implied data literacy competencies. Surfacing these competencies and making them explicit gives the librarian and the teaching faculty the opportunity to co-design relevant teaching and learning activities. Since data literacy instruction is a new initiative at the Eastern Michigan University Library, the author also used this study to bring attention to this capacity."
Data use in online and hybrid class assignments is greater than for in-person class assignments
Graduate students have greater data requirements than undergraduate students
Different business school disciplines have different data needs (i.e., marketing has more, accounting has less)
Though this was not a scientific study, analyzing syllabi and assignments can reveal both stated and implied data literacy competencies. Surfacing these competencies and making them explicit gives the librarian and the teaching faculty the opportunity to co-design relevant teaching and learning activities. Since data literacy instruction is a new initiative at the Eastern Michigan University Library, the author also used this study to bring attention to this capacity."
Creator
Brodsky, Meryl
Publisher
International Journal of Librarianship
Date
2017-07-25
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
Text
Journal Article
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Date Issued
2017-07-25
Is Part Of
International Journal of Librarianship
Extent
2(1), 3-15
Bibliographic Citation
Brodsky, M. (2017). Understanding Data Literacy Requirements for Assignments: A Business School Syllabus Study. International Journal of Librarianship, 2(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2017.vol2.1.25
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Brodsky, Meryl , “Understanding Data Literacy Requirements for Assignments: A Business School Syllabus Study,” CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System, accessed June 12, 2025, https://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/1234.