Adapting the Framework at JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies: A Collaboration between Instructional Designers and Librarian Liaisons
Type of Presentation
Poster Session
Type of Presentation
Poster Session (45 minutes)
Conference Strand
Ethics in Information
Target Audience
Higher Education
Relevance
Unavailable
Proposal
At James Madison University (JMU), a small team of faculty members in Libraries & Educational Technologies (LET) collaborated to develop new information literacy student learning outcomes based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Task Force was tasked with unifying the conversation around information literacy within LET and providing student learning outcomes that educators will be able to adapt into content, activities, and assessments. Instructional designers and librarians worked together to explore the framework in the diverse context of the JMU community. We will share how the unique collaboration between instructional designers and librarians created opportunities and challenges and how we approached building organizational consensus throughout the process. We also outline potential future uses of the new outcomes and goals. Since all institutions have unique challenges and opportunities, we will also provide prompts for participants to brainstorm practical approaches to writing institutionally focused goals and outcomes and build organizational consensus, which they can then take back to their institutions.
Short Description
Come learn how a small team of instructional designers and librarians have adapted the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education at James Madison University. We will outline our participatory process for adapting information literacy goals and outcomes to flexibly meet the diverse needs our community. Both instructional designers and librarians contributed professional expertise throughout the process. We will highlight strategies for engaging fellow colleagues in the application of the framework into their work.
Session Goals
Share our overall process to develop information literacy goals and outcomes from the ACRL Framework and invite discussion from participants about this process at their own institutions.
Describe the unique collaborations between librarian liaisons and instructional designers.
Describe the process we developed to build consensus within a diverse library organization.
Explore the application of the newly created goals and outcome and envision future work.
Keywords
information literacy; Framework; learning outcomes; instructional designers; academic library
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Willey, Malia, "Adapting the Framework at JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies: A Collaboration between Instructional Designers and Librarian Liaisons" (2018). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 118.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2018/2018/118
Adapting the Framework at JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies: A Collaboration between Instructional Designers and Librarian Liaisons
At James Madison University (JMU), a small team of faculty members in Libraries & Educational Technologies (LET) collaborated to develop new information literacy student learning outcomes based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Task Force was tasked with unifying the conversation around information literacy within LET and providing student learning outcomes that educators will be able to adapt into content, activities, and assessments. Instructional designers and librarians worked together to explore the framework in the diverse context of the JMU community. We will share how the unique collaboration between instructional designers and librarians created opportunities and challenges and how we approached building organizational consensus throughout the process. We also outline potential future uses of the new outcomes and goals. Since all institutions have unique challenges and opportunities, we will also provide prompts for participants to brainstorm practical approaches to writing institutionally focused goals and outcomes and build organizational consensus, which they can then take back to their institutions.
