Is your library instruction engaging or are your students bored? Do your students feel like they’re your captive audience and do you feel trapped along with them?
As I developed an information literacy program and looked for ways to provide information literacy across the curriculum at my institution, I began to find ways to actively engage students with everything from self-guided ‘mystery’ tours, 2-day Library Open Houses, to in-class research team group activities, peer-to-peer class assignments, and flipped classroom instruction via LibGuides.
From Trapped and Bored to Interested and Informed: library instruction that engages students in active learning
1. From Trapped and Bored to Interested and Informed:
library instruction that engages students in active learning
Nancy Crabtree
Reference & Instruction Librarian
George A. Spiva Library
crabtree-n@mssu.edu
libguides.mssu.edu/Brick2017
5. My New Roles
Instruction Librarian
Information Literacy Program Creator
Reference Department Manager
student workers – professional staff
large Reference collection
Webpage Developer
Oh my!!
6. About Today – Session Objectives
Creating an Information Literacy Program
7. About Today – Session Objectives
One-shot sessions
Library Mystery Tour
Library Open House
ENG 101 Group Activities
ENG 102 Flipped Instruction
Class Assignment LibGuides
Video Tutorials
8. About Today – Session Objectives
Creating an Information Literacy Program
OR
Updating/Revising an existing Information Literacy Program
AND
Active Learning activities (both in and outside the classroom)
9. From Trapped and Bored to Interested and Informed:
library instruction that engages students in active learning
Nancy Crabtree
crabtree-n@mssu.edu
libguides.mssu.edu/Brick2017
68. Resource List
Burkhardt, Joanna M., et al. Teaching Information Literacy: 35 Practical, Standards-Based Exercises for
College Students. American Library Association, Chicago, 2003.
Cook, Douglas, and Ryan L. Sittler. Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors :17 Innovative Strategies to
Improve Student Learning. Association of College and Research Libraries, Chicago, 2008.
Gradowski, Gail, et al. Designs for Active Learning :A Sourcebook of Classroom Strategies for
Information Education. The Association, Chicago, 1998.
Loyola Marymount University Reference Department. “Form a Research Question.” ENGL 110: College
Writing LibGuide. Web. 3/23/2013. < http://libguides.lmu.edu/c.php?g=323167&p=2173967 >.
Loyola Marymount University Reference Department. “Keywords Worksheet.” ENGL 110: College Writing
LibGuide. Web. 3/23/2013. < http://libguides.lmu.edu/c.php?g=323167&p=2173913 >.
McDevitt, Theresa R. Let the Games Begin! :Engaging Students with Field-Tested Interactive Information
Literacy Instruction. Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 2011.
Sittler, Ryan L., and Douglas Cook. The Library Instruction Cookbook. Association of College and
Research Libraries, Chicago, 2009.
Veldof, Jerilyn R., and Inc ebrary. Creating the One-Shot Library Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide.
American Library Association, Chicago, 2006.
70. From Trapped and Bored to Interested and Informed:
library instruction that engages students in active learning
Nancy Crabtree
crabtree-n@mssu.edu
libguides.mssu.edu/Brick2017