Do-It-Yourself Information Literacy: Using LibGuides to Foster Self-Directed Learning at a Distance

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

• Julie LaDell-Thomas, Central Michigan UniversityFollow

Copyright

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Location

Room 1005

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

The growth of distance education and the increasing numbers of nontraditional students now learning in a web-based environment have motivated distance librarians to develop a variety of online tools to help students identify, access, evaluate and use information resources in the online learning environment. This presentation describes the development of a web-based learning module that guides students through the challenging process of researching and writing a graduate level literature review. The presenter discusses the use of LibGuides to create a self-paced instruction tool that is compatible with the theory of self-directed learning, allowing students to diagnose their own learning needs, examine multimedia tools and resources that address a variety of learning styles, select appropriate learning strategies, and evaluate learning outcomes.

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

LaDell-Thomas, Julie, "Do-It-Yourself Information Literacy: Using LibGuides to Foster Self-Directed Learning at a Distance" (2011). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 21.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2011/2011/21