Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, A Brief, Illustrative History

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, “You have to tell people about this!”

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, In the Beginning… (Well, 1982…) At University of Victoria: Required Part of first-year English Catalogue, indexes, more Self-paced Organized into modules “How-to” (text, images) followed by activities Test administered by librarians Test requires use of tools, resources The Library Skills Workbook

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, RIO (U of Arizona) Winner of the 1999 ACRL Innovation in Instruction Award, because of its: Ties to information literacy competencies Structure and design Effective use of graphics Strong evaluation component Development through usability testing Ease of use Clarity of language Adaptability to variety of instructional settings (course-related instruction, just-in-time research assistance) Marketing Take a tour:

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, And then came…

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, TILT: A Watershed Moment Winner of the 2000 ACRL Innovation in Instruction Award, because it: “incorporates many levels of cognitive and affective objectives as well as critical thinking skills within the framework of a truly interactive and personalized learning environment.” Focuses on fundamental concepts and transferable skills Uses graphics, media, games and humour to reach its target audience (traditional-aged undergraduates)

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, Penn State University

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, PsycINFO (EbscoHost 2.0) – Using the Thesaurus

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, Kuhlthau & Bloom Knowledge Dimension Cognitive Process Dimension* RememberUnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Factual Knowledge Conceptual Knowledge Procedural Knowledge Meta-cognitive Knowledge *Other dimensions to Bloom’s taxonomy: Affective Psychomotor rshed.org/~donclark/hr d/bloom.html

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, Online Library Assignment (OLA) Rooted in UFV tradition One piece of the equation – provide a foundation Integrative (instruction embedded into tasks and assessment) Concrete (try not to overwhelm); not just “how,” but “why” Casual tone, humour Authentic, real time Statistics report: The technical details: PHP, MySQL on Linux server running Apache web server

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, What’s Next? Rewrite the code, storing question data in a database Add a web-based admin interface to allow creation of multiple versions with custom URLs Add a check for local proxy authentication Allow students to stop in the middle and restart where they left off Allow students to send results to more than one instructor Add item-level analysis to statistical report Release it as open source

Colleen Bell, Information Literacy & Web Services Librarian | ALPS Meeting | December 5, Resources ANTS (Animated Tutorial Sharing Project), The Internet Wayback Machine, LION (Library Information literacy Online Network) TV, PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online), References Anderson, L.W., & Krathwohl, D.R. (Eds.). (2001). A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Longman. Kuhlthau, C. C. (2007). Reflections on the development of the model of the Information Search Process (ISP): Excerpts from the Lazerow Lecture, University of Kentucky, April 2, Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 33(5), Retrieved November 4, 2008, from