Presentations

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Put the Lime in the Coconut: Adding a Millennial Twist to a Library Course Revision

Link(s): Handout (Word Document)

Presenter(s): Maureen Barry, Beth Anderson, and Cheryl Lauricella (Wright State University)

Abstract: Wright State University Libraries recently reinvented its two information literacy classes, which had quickly become outdated. The two former classes, Library and Internet Searching and Building Basic Research Skills, focused on the research process. They were in desperate need of change as technology has consistently altered the way students, in particular, consume information.

A team of three from Wright State visited Miami University to gather ideas and get inspiration for the daunting task of completely revamping the library courses. As a result, a committee of four created a teaching circle and met biweekly for several months to reinvent the previous courses.

Ultimately, this transformation culminated in two updated, innovative courses, Google and the Library and Creating with Multimedia. The new curriculum features hands-on coursework, utilizing groups and creativity. The new classes allow students to fully experience the research process as they participate in in-class activities to develop and improve skills and abilities. Fun, challenging assignments and participatory activities replaced tedious lectures and dull homework.

In addition to overviews of the new and old curriculum and course reconstruction, this presentation will feature examples of assignments, samples of students’ work, and student feedback about the courses.

Another important result of the teaching circle was the instructors’ growth in terms of sharpening technological skills and adapting teaching styles from traditional lecture format to instruction featuring active learning techniques

You Say Potato and I Say… Potato? Blending the Diverse Flavors of Literacy into a Rewarding Teaching Experience

Link(s): PowerPoint

Presenter(s): Susan Frey and Karen Evans (Indiana State University), and Margit Codispoti (Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne)

Abstract: Literacy in libraries has come to mean more than information literacy. Librarians teaching a diverse population respond not only to library users’ research and analytic skills but must also consider the varied qualities each student brings with them into the classroom. Realizing that there are bodies of knowledge, skills, and social practices with which we use the symbol systems of our culture, new definitions are beginning to emerge that recognize a multiplicity of literacies and because of this, recent developments in teaching and learning are changing what literacy means in library instruction. This presentation examines how proficiencies such as cultural literacy, generational literacy, computer literacy, numeral literacy, scientific literacy and other forms of literacy are explored in the literature including what teaching techniques are being employed to respond to this broadened view of literacy. Included in the presentation are real-life examples of how two academic institutions in Indiana are embracing different domains of literacy to teach diverse groups of students including high achievers, at-risk freshmen, international students, and the elderly. Handouts and bibliographies will be provided

Running out of shelf space, supporting new programs and letting go of defunct ones, revealing the core collection – all excellent reasons for weeding the collection. This is a major undertaking for any library staff. Hopefully this presentation will give attendees the motivation and assurance that it can be done

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