A Film Professor, A Biology Professor, and a Librarian Walk into a Learning Community
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 1220 A/B
Abstract
In this panel a film professor, a biology professor, and an academic librarian teaching a first-year seminar course will discuss how they built an interdisciplinary learning community for first-year students at a public four-year college. The three of us realized that our students were struggling to develop their information literacy skills and understandings in the first year of college. We knew we needed to design and offer courses that acknowledge that first-year college students are novice researchers who struggle with the research process and that recognize that these students need scaffolded and intentional guidance and support if they are to engage with the interconnected concepts, knowledge practices, and dispositions that define information literacy. Our interconnected courses and integrated assignments create the opportunities and structures our first-year students need to develop the information literacy strategies and dispositions that are fundamental to lifelong learning and productive global citizenship. We will talk about our design process, including how we worked to align our student learning goals and outcomes and course schedules, how we developed our integrated assignments and activities, and our challenges and successes in implementing this work. There will be ample time for questions and discussion with panel speakers and participants.
Presentation Description
In this panel a film professor, a biology professor, and an academic librarian teaching a first-year seminar will discuss how they built an interdisciplinary learning community for first-year students at a public four-year college. We will talk about our design process, including how we worked to align our student learning outcomes and course schedules, how we developed integrated assignments and activities, and our challenges and successes in implementation. There will be ample time for questions and discussion with panel speakers and participants.
Keywords
STEM, Interdisciplinary, Film, Learning Communities
Publication Type and Release Option
Event
Recommended Citation
Harmer, Adrienne; Harrison, Elizabeth PhD.; and Williams, Danielle PhD., "A Film Professor, A Biology Professor, and a Librarian Walk into a Learning Community" (2017). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 24.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2017/2017/24
A Film Professor, A Biology Professor, and a Librarian Walk into a Learning Community
Room 1220 A/B
In this panel a film professor, a biology professor, and an academic librarian teaching a first-year seminar course will discuss how they built an interdisciplinary learning community for first-year students at a public four-year college. The three of us realized that our students were struggling to develop their information literacy skills and understandings in the first year of college. We knew we needed to design and offer courses that acknowledge that first-year college students are novice researchers who struggle with the research process and that recognize that these students need scaffolded and intentional guidance and support if they are to engage with the interconnected concepts, knowledge practices, and dispositions that define information literacy. Our interconnected courses and integrated assignments create the opportunities and structures our first-year students need to develop the information literacy strategies and dispositions that are fundamental to lifelong learning and productive global citizenship. We will talk about our design process, including how we worked to align our student learning goals and outcomes and course schedules, how we developed our integrated assignments and activities, and our challenges and successes in implementing this work. There will be ample time for questions and discussion with panel speakers and participants.
