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Making It Relevant: Creating Engaging Il Experiences For Students, Meggan D. Smith, Kayla M. Lenkner Oct 2012

Making It Relevant: Creating Engaging Il Experiences For Students, Meggan D. Smith, Kayla M. Lenkner

All Musselman Library Staff Works

We’ve all been there – in front of the classroom with students half listening, eyes slightly glazed. This poster will highlight ways to combat student disinterest by collaborating with faculty from the very start. Come hear ideas about how to create meaningful, relevant assignments by breaking information literacy instruction into manageable segments.


Participation On The High Plains: Increasing Student Engagement In An Upper-Division, Three-Credit Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer, Melissa Bowles-Terry Jun 2012

Participation On The High Plains: Increasing Student Engagement In An Upper-Division, Three-Credit Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer, Melissa Bowles-Terry

Jennifer Mayer

The presenters teach a three-credit, upper-division information literacy course to students in various majors. In this session, experience the various philosophies and activities we use to engage our students and create a cohesive interdisciplinary course. Attendees will be able to apply what they learn to any IL credit course they teach.


The Punk Library: Developing Library Instruction In The Mobile Age, Amy E. Vecchione Apr 2012

The Punk Library: Developing Library Instruction In The Mobile Age, Amy E. Vecchione

Amy E. Vecchione

Do you teach workshops at your public library? Do you teach middle school students who just want to use Google? Do you teach college level information literacy? If you said yes to any of those questions, this workshop is for you. The material presented in this workshop will help guide you towards new ideas for instruction that use active learning and constructivist principles, particularly how they apply to mobile devices and mobile learning. We’ll discuss how to adapt instruction to the new culture of learning.


Off The Shelf And Out Of The Box: Saving Time, Meeting Outcomes And Reaching Students With Information Literacy Modules, Jennifer Kelley Apr 2012

Off The Shelf And Out Of The Box: Saving Time, Meeting Outcomes And Reaching Students With Information Literacy Modules, Jennifer Kelley

Library Scholarship

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