Taking Active Learning To The Next Level: Increasing Student Engagement By Blending Face-To-Face Instruction And Digital Learning Objects, Lindsey Mclean, Elisa Slater Acosta
Oct 2014
Taking Active Learning To The Next Level: Increasing Student Engagement By Blending Face-To-Face Instruction And Digital Learning Objects, Lindsey Mclean, Elisa Slater Acosta
Elisa Slater Acosta
The instruction librarians at a four-year, private university developed a multi-year information literacy instruction program to meet recently implemented information literacy learning outcomes in the university’s new core curriculum. The sequential information literacy instruction program includes two required library interventions in the first year - a tutorial to introduce students to basic information literacy concepts and a face-to-face library instruction session to build on the concepts learned in the tutorial. This structured program has presented many opportunities for the librarians to experiment with and assess creative and innovative approaches to instruction. In this presentation we will discuss one such approach …
Faculty Power: A Renewable Energy Source For Teaching Information Literacy, Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan Gardner Archambault
Jul 2014
Faculty Power: A Renewable Energy Source For Teaching Information Literacy, Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan Gardner Archambault
Elisa Slater Acosta
How can instruction librarians best utilize diminishing resources to support expanding information literacy initiatives on their campus? To be successfully implemented on campus, information literacy depends on collaboration between faculty and librarians. Participants will learn about using “train the trainer” methodology to advance and sustain information literacy programs at their home institution. In “train the trainer” workshops, faculty are educated about information literacy through classroom activities, guided discussions, and library resources. This session will present methods for collaborating with faculty in order to empower them to integrate information literacy and library resources into the curricula. Participants will learn about a …
Information Literacy In The New Core Curriculum, Elisa Slater Acosta
Apr 2014
Information Literacy In The New Core Curriculum, Elisa Slater Acosta
Elisa Slater Acosta
Faculty and librarians at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) are partnering to embed important information literacy skills into the new core curriculum. Beginning fall 2013, every freshman at LMU will spend some mandatory time in their Freshman Seminar course developing basic information literacy skills. The same skills will be reinforced and enhanced in their Rhetorical Arts course the following semester. This will provide the foundation for students to later develop more advanced information literacy skills during a required course that has been “flagged” for information literacy at the upper level. This tiered and systematic approach will allow for a more consistent …
Lmu Information Literacy Program Recognized As An Exemplary Program, Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Lindsey Mclean
Dec 2013
Lmu Information Literacy Program Recognized As An Exemplary Program, Elisa Slater Acosta, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Lindsey Mclean
Elisa Slater Acosta