Diane Kelly and Laura Sheble

• 30+ at start of semester; 25 at finish
• Demographics
▫ F: 12 | So: 8 | J: 3 | Se: 2
▫ Male: 16 | Female: 9
▫ Caucasian: 18 | African-American: 4 | Asian-
American: 2 |Hispanic-American: 1

5
4
3
2
1
0
9
8
7
6

• History of Information Science
• What is Information?
• Information Representation and Organization
• Search and Retrieval
• Information Seeking Needs and Behaviors
• User Centered Design and Search User Interfaces
• Social Informatics
• Information Ethics
• Scholarly Communications and Bibliometrics
• Career and Research Days

• Readings
• In-class exercises & Participation (10%)
• Homework (2) (10%)
• Midterm Exam (25%)
• Report 1: Internet Information Behavior (10%)
• Report 2 and Presentation: Topics in Social
Informatics and Information Ethics (15%)
• Final Exam (30%)

Mean: 83.13
Notes
• Two Fs not included
• Mean HWK 1: 83.86
• Mean HWK 2: 80.52

Mean: 83.43
Notes
• Two Fs not included

Mean: 84.68
Notes
• Missing 40% of grade
(Report 2 and Final)
• Two Fs not included

Motivations for Enrolling
Question
I enrolled in this course because I was interested in learning more about information science.
I enrolled in this course because I heard from other students that information science courses are easy.
Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree
Strongly
Agree
Mean S.D.
0 3 4 9 4 3.70
0.98
4 9 3 4 0 2.35
1.04

Motivations for Enrolling
My primary motivation for enrolling in this course was…
Interest in Information Science
Interest/intention to major in IS (+ minor)
Current IS major (+minor)
Interest in Librarianship
Fulfill general requirement
Response
9+
5 (+1)
3 (+1)
2
1
Easy / to get an “A” 3
Smaller class size for required credit type; needed additional credit hours
Friend shared syllabus, course looked interesting; heard it was pretty interesting; To learn about how google works

Previous Knowledge & Expectations
Question
Before enrolling in this course, I knew little about information science.
Some of the course topics surprised me because I did not realize that they were in the information science domain.
The content of this course was not what I expected.
Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree
0 6 0 8
0
1
3
4
4
4
12
8
Strongly
Agree
Mean S.D.
6 3.70
1.22
1
3
3.55
3.41
0.83
1.14

Assignments
To what extent did the following assignments contribute to your understanding of the course content?
# Question Not very much
1 2
Somewhat
4 10
A great deal
Mean S.D.
2 3.53
1.02
1 In-class Exercises
2 Homework: Information
Representation and Organization
3 Homework: Search and Retrieval
4 Mid-term Exam
5 Report I: Internet Information
Behavior
6 Report II: SI and IE
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
5
2
2
5
3
7
10
6
8
8
5
6
9
5
6
3.60
1.23
3.90
1.17
4.05
1.27
3.75
1.07
3.75
1.25

Outcomes
Question
After completing this course, my knowledge about information science has increased.
My interest in information science has increased.
I am motivated to take additional information science courses.
I will encourage others to enroll in this course.
Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree
Strongly
Agree
Mean S.D.
0 0 2 10 8 4.30
0.66
0
1
3
5
4
3
3
3
7
8
5
4
4
6
3
3.55
3.58
3.24
1.10
1.30
1.28