Library and Information Science

Teaching Resource

Ideas for embedding library instruction into courses. Includes a section for online learning.

Teaching Resource

Collects ideas for interactive information literacy lessons.

Teaching Resource

Roadmap specifically for librarians who are new to instruction, or who are charged with training someone who is new. Includes sample lesson plans and activities, observation form, training checklist, etc.

Teaching Resource

Strategies to guide students towards meeting instructors' expectations for critical thinking. Includes sections on active learning, assessment, and the ACRL Framework.

Teaching Resource

Article by Renee Hobbs and Sandra McGee that traces the origins of teaching and learning about propaganda, examining some instructional materials produced in the 1930s by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA).

Teaching Resource

Founded and directed by Renee Hobbs, the mission of the Media Education Lab is to improve digital and media literacy education through scholarship and community service.

Teaching Resource

Practical, ready-to-use activities from Professor of Communication Constance Staley.

Teaching Resource

Combines theory with specific lesson plans and assessment options related to ACRL's threshold concepts.

Teaching Resource

Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts provides a balance of theoretical and practical to help readers both conceptually and pragmatically with their work in supporting student learning, including chapters in

Assignment

This activity/assignment was designed for a first year composition course in collaboration with an English/Writing instructor. It could be used in an information literacy credit course, First Year Experience course, or in another discipline-specific context. The purpose of the lesson is to lay the foundation for students to be able to read scholarly work more effectively and critically.

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