Information Literacy Workshop

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Information Literacy Workshop

• Association of
• Architecture School Librarians Houston, TX
  April 27, 2008

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Learning Outcomes for Session

• Attendees will be able to
• Create learning outcomes based on assignments
• Create activities/content to teach to those
  learning outcomes
• Assess students achievement of learning outcomes

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Information Literacy ACRL Definition

• An information literate individual is able to
• Determine the extent of information needed
• Access the needed information effectively and
  efficiently
• Evaluate information and its sources critically
• Incorporate selected information into ones
  knowledge base
• Use information effectively to accomplish a
  specific purpose
• Understand the economic, legal, and social issues
  surrounding the use of information, and access
  and use information ethically and legally

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Learning Outcomes

• Identify what your students will know and be able
  to do by the end of your instruction activity
• Useful tools for creating learning outcomes
• ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards
  for Higher Education and ACRL Standards Toolkit
• Information Competencies for Students in Design
  Disciplines
• Blooms Taxonomy

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Selected Learning Outcomes

• Students recognize that encyclopedias provide
  topic overviews and background information. (ACRL
  Standard 1)
• Students select keywords to represent different
  aspects of the buildings history, materials etc.
  (ACRL Standard 2)
• Students formulate searches using AND and OR
  (ACRL Standard 2)

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Selected Learning Outcomes

• Students recognize that books can be located
  using the Library Catalog and article citations
  can be located using a subscription database
  (ACRL Standard 2)
• Students recognize that images can be located on
  the web, in subscription databases and in print
  sources (ACRL Standard 1)
• Students select appropriate databases for the
  types of articles they need (ACRL Standard 1)

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Selected Learning Outcomes

• Students evaluate websites, books, and articles
  for
• authority, accuracy, bias, currency and
  relevancy (ACRL Standard 3)
• Students differentiate between scholarly and
  non-scholarly sources (ACRL Standard 1)

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Active Learning

• Create learning outcomes for your assignment

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BREAK Meet back in 15 minutes

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Creating Content Activities

• Tie content/activities to learning outcomes
• Appeal to a diversity of learning styles

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Active Learning

• Create content/activities for your learning
  outcomes

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Assessment

• What to assess
• How to use assessment data
• Easy ways to get started Muddiest point,
  1-minute essay, faculty feedback, etc.
• Assessment tied to learning outcomes Pre
  post-tests, research logs, etc.

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Wrap-up

• Questions
• Session Evaluation
• Presenters
• AJ Johnson Michele Ostrow
• Library Instruction Services
• University of Texas Libraries