Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Session Five Breakouts
Abstract
In Spring and Summer 2020 librarians at a mid-size university created online information literacy course modules with auto-graded content. These digital learning objects were designed to be used as graded content within courses across disciplines. In Fall 2020, the first iteration of the online course was piloted in several courses ranging from second-year undergraduates to first-year graduate students. One of the courses that participated in the pilot was a graduate-level course in the media specialist program. These students used the information literacy course both as a way to learn how to use the library and as a learning object for them to critique. In this presentation, the librarian who designed the course will co-present with the professor of the media specialist course and a graduate student test-driver. The librarian will show the course and briefly explain how it was designed. The professor of the media specialist course will discuss how it was integrated into the graduate-level course and give an overview of student feedback. The graduate student will focus on their experiences with the course both as a means to help them learn how to use the library and as a model for a learning object they might want to adapt for use in a PK-12 school library media center. Session attendees will also learn about next steps in the evolution of the course modules and how they can access the content to modify for their own institutions.
Presentation Description
In Fall 2020 a mid-sized university library piloted online information literacy modules in their course management system (CMS). This presentation features the librarian who created the course and a professor whose course participated in the pilot. Session attendees will also hear from a graduate student who participated in the pilot as a requirement for a course in their School Library Media program. Attendees will learn how they can access the content to upload into their own CMS.
Keywords
online learning object; media specialist; academic library; asynchronous instruction; remote learning
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Barnhart, Anne; Lewis, Melanie; and Parker, Maurine, "Test-driving the pilot: experiences creating and using a digital information literacy course" (2021). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 28.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2021/2021/28
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons
Test-driving the pilot: experiences creating and using a digital information literacy course
Session Five Breakouts
In Spring and Summer 2020 librarians at a mid-size university created online information literacy course modules with auto-graded content. These digital learning objects were designed to be used as graded content within courses across disciplines. In Fall 2020, the first iteration of the online course was piloted in several courses ranging from second-year undergraduates to first-year graduate students. One of the courses that participated in the pilot was a graduate-level course in the media specialist program. These students used the information literacy course both as a way to learn how to use the library and as a learning object for them to critique. In this presentation, the librarian who designed the course will co-present with the professor of the media specialist course and a graduate student test-driver. The librarian will show the course and briefly explain how it was designed. The professor of the media specialist course will discuss how it was integrated into the graduate-level course and give an overview of student feedback. The graduate student will focus on their experiences with the course both as a means to help them learn how to use the library and as a model for a learning object they might want to adapt for use in a PK-12 school library media center. Session attendees will also learn about next steps in the evolution of the course modules and how they can access the content to modify for their own institutions.
