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Book Review: Online By Design: The Essentials Of Creating Information Literacy Courses., Cindy Gruwell Dec 2014

Book Review: Online By Design: The Essentials Of Creating Information Literacy Courses., Cindy Gruwell

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In-depth book review of Mery, Y. and Newby, J. 2014. Online by design: the essentials of creating information literacy courses.


Book Review: Transforming Information Literacy Instruction Using Learner-Centered Teaching, Cindy Gruwell Jun 2012

Book Review: Transforming Information Literacy Instruction Using Learner-Centered Teaching, Cindy Gruwell

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In-depth book review of Kaplowitz, J. R. (2012). Transforming information literacy instruction using learner-centered teaching. London: Facet. Journal of information literacy, 6(1), pp.107-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/6.1.1703


Why Teach ''Research As A Conversation'' In Freshman Composition Courses? A Metaphor To Help Librarians And Composition Instructors Develop A Shared Model, P. S. Mcmillen, E. Hill Jan 2004

Why Teach ''Research As A Conversation'' In Freshman Composition Courses? A Metaphor To Help Librarians And Composition Instructors Develop A Shared Model, P. S. Mcmillen, E. Hill

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Ongoing discussion between the Oregon State University (OSU) libraries' acting instruction coordinator and the Assistant Composition Coordinator focuses on improving collaboration between our programs and more effectively integrating the research process into the English composition curriculum. We briefly describe a qualitative analysis of the problems with students' writing that led us to develop a new model for integrating the research and writing processes. We provide our rationale for selecting conversation as a metaphor for research and summarize suggested teaching strategies from the literature that are consistent with this metaphor and approach.