Transcript Information Literacy Workshop Association of Architecture School Librarians Houston, TX – April 27, 2008

Information Literacy Workshop
Association of
Architecture School Librarians
Houston, TX – April 27, 2008
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
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 one’s 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
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
– Bloom’s Taxonomy
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 building’s history, materials etc. (ACRL
Standard 2)
• Students formulate searches using AND and OR
(ACRL Standard 2)
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)
Selected Learning Outcomes
• Students evaluate websites, books, and articles for
authority, accuracy, bias, currency and relevancy
(ACRL Standard 3)
• Students differentiate between scholarly and nonscholarly sources (ACRL Standard 1)
Active Learning
Create learning outcomes for your assignment
•
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
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, 1minute essay, faculty feedback, etc.
• Assessment tied to learning outcomes: Pre &
post-tests, research logs, etc.
Wrap-up
• Questions
• Session Evaluation
• Presenters:
AJ Johnson & Michele Ostrow
Library Instruction Services
University of Texas Libraries