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Integrating An Information Literacy Course And Assessment In The Information Systems Curriculum: A Successful Collaboration Of The Library And Faculty From Singapore Management University, Wei Xia
Research Collection Library
Thispresentation will showcase recent collaborative efforts by faculty and thelibrarian to develop an effective information literacy (IL) course and anassessment plan to measure the learning outcomes. The author collaborated withthe School of Information Systems (SIS) to design a hands-on IL course todevelop research skills in first-year students taking the IS101 (InformationSystems Management) course. Some questions surfaced during the program review.What is the impact and value? Are the students really learning? Answers tothose questions led to transformations of the IL course and assessment.CourseDesignEmbedding IL skills in the schoolcurriculum is the most effective way to deliver just-in-time courses. Beforedesigning the course the …
Don't Get Left Behind: Moving Library Instruction Online, Christina Hillman, Katie Sabourin
Don't Get Left Behind: Moving Library Instruction Online, Christina Hillman, Katie Sabourin
Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications
With the growing number of online courses and programs across the higher education spectrum, the need to train faculty to effectively design and deliver online courses has become essential to many institutions. However, many professional development options do not include information or support in order to transition the same library services and resources faculty might use in their face-to-face classes to this new environment. The following case study describes professional development for faculty preparing to teach online at one small, private, doctoral-granting institution; how library resources and services were incorporated into the professional development experience; and the overall impressions from …
Collaborating For Student Success: An E-Mail Survey Of U.S. Libraries And Writing Centers, Holly A. Jackson
Collaborating For Student Success: An E-Mail Survey Of U.S. Libraries And Writing Centers, Holly A. Jackson
University Libraries' Staff Publications
After re-starting a collaborative partnership between the library and writing center at wright state university, the librarians and writing center staff involved wanted to compare data with other existing collaborations. With a limited amount of data available in current literature, they conducted an e-mail survey of librarians, writing center staff, and writing tutoring services staff from across the country. This survey found that the majority of participants had a writing center on campus and that around two-thirds of respondents had an existing partnership. The scope of these collaborations varied and many commented on a need for more communication, planning, and …
Moving Students To The Center Through Collaborative Documents In The Classroom, Maura A. Smale, Stephen Francoeur
Moving Students To The Center Through Collaborative Documents In The Classroom, Maura A. Smale, Stephen Francoeur
Publications and Research
Collaborative document creation allows groups of people to create and edit text in a shared space, and educators across all subject areas have embraced these tools in their classes. Library instructors are no exception—the authors have used collaborative documents with students in multiple instructional settings. We believe that collaborative documents can embody critical pedagogy in the library classroom. Creating and editing collaborative documents can acknowledge students’ prior experiences with research and the library and de-center the library instructor as the sole research expert in the room.