Sneakin’ it in: Finding opportunities for Information Literacy Alicia Hansen Teri Gallaway Loyola University New Orleans February 25, 2009
History of our Info Lit program 10 years of integrating Media Services & Instructional Technology into our public services Worked toward our current Learning Commons model Monroe Library’s philosophy of Information Literacy
Philosophy of Information Literacy To provide our campus community with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively identify, find, evaluate, create, share, and use information for academic success, and also to support lifelong learning; this information literacy includes educational technology as well as technology in general. Our team emphasizes active learning, and incorporates the latest trends in technology and pedagogical approaches. -Paraphrased from http://library.loyno.edu/researchtech/instruction/
More history Blackboard run by the library Staffing: both tech and info lit Instruction: both tech and info lit Now: for-credit courses, taught by librarians
Why “snuck in”? Courses were not originally intended to be library-centered, Information Literacy courses. When approached with original proposal, we tweaked it to meet our goals and our priorities. All parties happy with the outcome!
Technology for Music Students Required “technology competency” course for all music freshmen Team-taught with Instructional Technologist and Music Industry technology professor Covers a broad spectrum of info and tech lit
The syllabus Music equipment (our MacLab) Notation software for theory/composition homework Music sequencing & digital audio Photoshop MS Office
The syllabus, cont’d. Library website, online catalog Music databases RILM, IIMP, ARTstor, JSTOR, & more Website evaluation, ethics (per info lit standards) Bibliography
Introduction to Music Industry course First session Fall 2006 - 3 x 3 week session Students are predominantly Music Industry Major in Music or Business or Jazz Studies majors Models for class variable - 3 week, part of some classes, Fridays Current model - 10 consecutive Fridays
Music Industry course syllabus Word, Excel, PowerPoint Business letter to club owner MRI+ exporting to Excel Research databases for music Catalog searching APA citation formatting Three page paper
Research & Technology Originally conceived as a course for the evening division (City College) Non-traditional students Technology and academic success primer Enrollment did not reflect this concept Syllabus modification
Research & Technology course syllabus Technology basics Course management software basics Research databases Catalog searching Citation formatting Web page design with Dreamweaver Photoshop Audio and video creation for the web
Research & Technology assignments Paper proposal - demonstrate use of Word Mail merge with Excel and envelope printing PowerPoint article summary Research findings in a webpage Original audio and video clips embedded into the webpage
Challenges Skill levels Enrollment No prerequisites 0/1 credit - no homework model Hands on learning
Student Comments More Photoshop Less Office Prerequisites needed
Library Research 2.0 New instructor Course name change requirement Office basics Research basics Web 2.0 tools
Library Research 2.0 Reduced focus on Office more attention to Web 2.0 tools Same individual research topic throughout course Create a blog about the research process YouTube video introductions Use RSS feeds to track research Posting to Wikipedia Evaluating a blog
Staffing for technology Job postings Instruction and reference duties Learning Commons model Instructional Technologist Learning Technologies Developer Blackboard Manager
Team Support Web Team Teaching and Learning Team Technology Team IT monthly meetings Faculty status Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) First Year Experience (FYE) Standing Council on Academic Planning (SCAP) Common Curriculum
Thank you Questions? Alicia Hansen: ahansen@loyno.edu Teri Gallaway: gallaway@loyno.edu
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