Is your information literacy course in need of an overhaul?  Do you want to deliver exceptional learning experiences through your credit course? 

 

Credit-bearing information literacy courses have historically focused on teaching fundamental research skills and laying a foundation for conducting academic research.  While these courses play an essential role in student success, many transformations have happened in our profession, in the academic landscape, and in the availability of digital information. 

 

However, many of our courses do not reflect these changes.  This online course will focus on information literacy curriculum development, including consideration of the Framework for Information Literacy and high impact practices with regards to content development and delivery. We will also identify characteristics of meaningful assessments—those decoupled from final grades.  Additionally, participants will develop reflective practices in grading and providing constructive feedback to students.  We will learn how to best communicate with students, so they can meet course expectations and those of our campus colleagues.     

 

This course is highly relevant because of the growth in the delivery of information literacy courses in higher education.  There are few up-to-date resources within our professional literature to support this much-needed teaching expertise.  Only a handful of teaching resources casually address the Framework, and others are more geared toward one-shot teaching.  This course will uniquely focus on strategies for developing a cohesive and contemporary credit course.  Participants will be engaged through:

 

Course content mapping exercise
Peer review of content sequencing/pacing  
Reflective assignments
Small group discussions
Final project

 

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to incorporate contemporary course content inspired by the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Participants will be able to design assignments and assessments with high impact practices in mind
Participants will be able to develop reflective practices for grading and communicating with students

 

Who Should Attend

Academic librarians that teach information literacy credit-bearing courses or librarians that are interested in developing courses would be the target audience.

 

Your participation will require approximately 3-5 hours per week of primarily asynchronous activities to:

Read the online course materials
Post to online discussion boards
Complete online exercises and/or final assignment
Participants who complete the course requirements will receive a certificate of completion.

For more information go to ACRL

Presenter: Andrea Falcone, Head of Education & Outreach Services, University of Colorado Denver