New avenues for integrating information literacy into the curriculum

Authors

Abigail Hawkins Gonzales, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
P. S. McMillen, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jennifer L. Fabbi, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Ian Gibson; Roberta Weber; Karen McFerrin; Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis

Document Type

Postprint

Publication Date

3-2-2009

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education

Publisher

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

First page number:

1639

Last page number:

1644

Abstract

A generally understood mission of library instruction programs is to promote information literacy (IL) and critical thinking across the curriculum. The majority of programmatic IL collaborations with higher education core curricula are found in introductory composition or communication courses. Other more unconventional avenues offer potentially more effective ways to teach students the basic IL concepts and skills. At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), conversations with College of Education faculty helped librarians identify a strategic and unique point of entry for IL instruction. Using the ADDIE model as a conceptual framework, librarians and an instructional designer met with the course coordinators for the Valuing Cultural Diversity course to collaboratively develop tools and assignments that deconstruct and scaffold the research process for students. The systematic approach for identifying this course, developing the partnership, creating the assessment tools, and refining instruction and assignments based on our findings will be discussed.

Keywords

Curriculum planning; Information literacy – Study and teaching; Lesson planning; Library orientation

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Information Literacy | Library and Information Science | Other Education

Language

English

Comments

Presented at: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009, Charleston, SC, USA

Attached file: Poster presentation

Publisher Citation

Gonzales, A.H., McMillen, P. & Fabbi, J. (2009). New Avenues for Integrating Information Literacy into the Curriculum. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 1639-1644). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Repository Citation

Gonzales, A. H., McMillen, P. S., Fabbi, J. L. (2009). New avenues for integrating information literacy into the curriculum. In Ian Gibson; Roberta Weber; Karen McFerrin; Roger Carlsen & Dee Anna Willis, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 1639-1644. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/301