Information Literacy Modular Activities through Blackboard

Carol FranckSUNY Potsdam

CIT 2002

Driving Forces

• SUNY Potsdam General Education

• Middle States

• SUNY Administration– GER (General Education Requirements)– GEAR (General Education Assessment

Review)

• Employer Expectations of Graduates

Information Literacy

• ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

– http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilcomstan.html

Information Literacy

Formulating questions Knowing what type of resources to look for Knowing how to look for those resources Evaluating search results Interpreting the information found

The Past - One shot library sessions

The Future - A coordinated, programmatic, and developmental approach.

The Project

Goal:

To provide instruction in basic Information Literacy skills/concepts that is flexible, assessable, and reduces duplication on the part of the student.

The Project

• Objectives:– To determine what constitutes the core set of

“basic” skills and concepts– To create an electronic tutorial for each item in

the core set– To incorporate interactive assessment measures

within each tutorial– To be able to track which students have

successfully completed each tutorial

The Project

The Reality

• Existing online tutorials

• Blackboard

Blackboard

PROS

• Familiar to students

• Familiar to faculty

• Assessment features built in

• Grades recorded automatically

Blackboard

CONS

• Not designed for content, designed for access

• Limited flexibility