Campus Collaboration to Build a Series of Information Competency Workshops Nancy Getty and Deborah Moore Glendale Community College LOEX 2007

Pedagogy Content Administration Assessment Components of Our Library Workshop Program COLLABORATION

Overview of GCC Approx. 37,648 students –14,025 FTE students –23,371 credit students (f/t & p/t) –14,277 non-credit students (f/t & p/t) Many non-native English speakers Librarians: –5 F/T librarians –2.8 FTE in P/T librarians

Information Competency (IC) Instruction at GCC Standardized, one-hour IC workshops Two-unit Introduction to Information Competency course (LIB 191) One-shot IC instruction sessions Online research guides

Our Workshop Program Eight workshops currently offered: Research Strategies Searching Online Catalogs Locating Journal & Newspaper Articles Internet Essentials Academic Research on the Web Critical Evaluation of Web Resources Improving Library Research Government Resources

More Under Development Citing Sources Keyword vs. Subject Searching Versions for ESL students (planned)

Workshop Details 27-computer instruction room Standardized content Handout and online materials Active learning exercises Core IC skills stressed 1 hour of instruction

Administrative Features of the Workshop Program Workshops taught by both F/T and P/T library faculty –provide outlines for instructors –provide training for instructors Workshops offered 11 times per week on a rotating schedule –web database for registration and statistics

Program Collaboration Program built through grant funding Use of Workshop Program –more than 50 classroom instructors regularly require or recommend the workshops –total attendance in 1999/2000 was 3254 students –total attendance in 2005/2006 was 4452 = increase of 36.8%

Workshop Program Pedagogy Started as lecture/demo sessions Revised to include active learning exercises Revised again to include: –a more constructivist and conceptual approach –small group discovery and problem-based exercises

Pedagogy Collaboration Library colleagues Conference attendance and presentations Regional library instruction group participation

Workshop Program Content Core competencies: –address only a few in each workshop –can make changes without overhauling the entire program Internet Basics Internet I: The Basics Internet II: Searching & Eval. Internet Essentials Academic Research on the Web Critical Evaluation of Web Resources

Content Collaboration Development of: –core competencies with Research Across the Curriculum (RAC) committee –new content with English faculty –content and revisions with GCC library colleagues

Workshop Program Administration Recruiting/training workshop instructors Scheduling Workshop database for registration and research

Administrative Collaboration Instructional Technology Services (ITS) for database Library faculty as workshop instructors

Assessment of Workshop Program Quantitative Research Project: Done by Research & Planning Unit & Library Measures students in ESL151, ENG120 & ENG101 courses –compares students who attended workshops with those who didn ’ t in the same course –statistical significance determined by chi-squared tests

Assessment (con’t.) SUCCESS % of students enrolled at census who receive A, B, C or credit in the target class Measures student success =

Research Project: What It Shows Students attending workshops were more successful in targeted courses – 2005 Average success rate for students enrolled in English 101 who take the workshops is 15% higher. For English 120 the average rate is 14% higher. For ESL 151 the average rate is also 14% higher.

Assessment Collaboration Assessment written into grant Conclusions reported to faculty to promote interest in IC and collaboration –statistical evidence increases credibility of workshop program –helps maintain funding for program Instruction librarians at forefront of Student Learning Outcomes assessment

Transferability to Other Settings Flexible size of program Adaptable pedagogy Independent content Assessment can be done in any setting

Strategies to Apply This IC Approach to Your Library Write a grant with non-library colleagues Develop an IC instruction program with non-library colleagues Revise the program collaboratively Fit IC into broad institutional goals Assess and share the information Publish/present with non-library colleagues

Presentation and resources available at: Nancy Getty (818) x5795 Deborah Moore (818) x5759 Presented: May 5, LOEX, San Diego, CA