Going WILD: Adding Information Literacy to WEC

The University of Vermont adapted the writing enriched curriculum model in a collaboration between the writing in the disciplines program and the university libraries. Our writing and information literacy in the disciplines (WILD) program invites departments to reflect on the ways writing and information literacy are intertwined and disciplinarily situated. Collaborative attention to the intersections of writing and information literacy helps departments refine their disciplinary goals. Our work is grounded in an emerging set of four principles, which we explore in three programmatic contexts: biomedical & health sciences, engineering, and geology. WILD’s productive boundary blurring of writing and information literacy encourages deeper dives into both fields.