Setting Trends in Information Literacy Instruction SUNYLA 2012
- FIT Trudi Jacobson Allison Hosier Greg Bobish University at
Albany
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One professor attests The students expressed how much fun they
were having and that they felt like they were learning more (often
much more) than in other classes. B. Rio, Social Work professor,
University at Albany
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Key Design Principles RAP = Readiness Assessment Process
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You will now read a short article about Team-Based Learning You
have X minutes to complete the reading
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YOU WILL NOW TAKE A SHORT QUIZ INDIVIDUALLY 2 MINUTES
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TIMES UP!
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YOU WILL NOW TAKE THE SAME QUIZ IN YOUR TEAMS 6 MINUTES
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TIMES UP!
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Readiness Assurance Process for one course unit
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Team-Based Learning Sequence
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Application Phase Use the content, working in teams Answer
questions Solve problems Create explanations Make predictions
(Michaelsen, Knight, and Fink, 2004, p. 10)
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Application Exercise Prep Assume that, in your teams, you have
just explored two databases and compared the: Search capabilities
Results Options for refining searches Ease of finding the items
Given your expertise, we dont feel compelled to make you do the
actual comparison
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Application Exercise Work in your team Determine the three most
important things a novice searcher needs to know in order to do an
effective database search (regardless of database) Record your list
on a handy piece of paper You have 5 minutes
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Application Exercise Work in your team Determine the three most
important things a novice searcher needs to know in order to do an
effective database search (regardless of database) Record your list
on a handy piece of paper You have 5 minutes TIMES UP!
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Simultaneous Reporting Take a minute to compare your teams
response to those of the other teams In actual class, a gallery
walk follows the reporting
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Finding and Evaluating Books: Step 1 In your team, take a look
at the record you have been given for a book that is in the library
catalog. Evaluate the usefulness of this source to someone who is
doing research on the topic given. As a team, grade the source
based on your evaluation. Be prepared to discuss your grade.
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Finding and Evaluating Books: Step 1 Each team should write
down their grade on the supplied writing surface. Everyone will
hold up their grades at the same time.
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Application Exercise 3 We will assume you have the knowledge to
skip over the readiness assessment used in class: Students have
read and taken a RAT on a short reading about primary and secondary
sources. This exercise follows that preparation.
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Application Exercise 3 In your teams, discuss the following
source examples and decide if they are primary or secondary. Be
prepared to provide 2-3 reasons why your team made the choices you
did. You will have 2 minutes per source. Write your teams answers
on scrap paper so you remember them.
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An article in a medical journal commenting on the possible
impact of a new surgical procedure
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TIMES UP!
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A collection of photographs of firefighters found on
flickr
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TIMES UP!
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A letter from Maxim Gorky to Leo Tolstoy expressing Gorky's
opinions on Tolstoy's new novel
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TIMES UP!
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Simultaneous Reporting Hold up the card that says Primary or
Secondary when the presenters ask for your teams decision on each
source. Check to see if your team agreed or disagreed with the
other teams votes. Discussion follows as teams provide the
reasoning behind their decisions.
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4 Ss for In-Class Activities
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Team-Based Learning Sequence
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Peer-assessments
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Example of the type of feedback students get on the mid-term
peer assessment
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Example of the type of feedback students get on the final
peer-assessment
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Team-Based Learning Sequence
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How we use TBL in our courses Spring 2012: Team The
Seymours
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One credit, 7-week course Class 1: Team formation and name
selection iRAT & tRAT based on syllabus Classes 2-6: 2-3 more
sets of RATs Application exercise(s) each class based on homework
Team work time (research guide project)
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Class 4 Midterm assessment Just prior to class 7 Final peer
assessment Class 7 Team presentations of research guide
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Student Project Example Sample team project home page. This
team created a folder within PBWiki, and subpages.
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Student Project Example This Prezi was embedded in another
teams wiki page, and used as a presentation tool in class.
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Student Project Example Team opted to use Weebly website for
their platform.
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TBL in One-Shot Sessions Work with instructor Select teams, if
needed, with instructors help RAP process assign homework iRAT and
tRAT (fewer questions) Clarification, if needed Application
exercise
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QUESTIONS?
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Selected Resources TBL Information Team-Based Learning
Collaborative
http://tblc.roundtablelive.org/http://tblc.roundtablelive.org/
Michaelsen, Larry K., Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink, eds.
Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in
College Teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2004. TBL in Information
Literacy Courses Jacobson, Trudi E. Team-Based Learning in an
Information Literacy Course. Communications in Information Literacy
5.2 (2011), 82-101. Web. 21 May 2012.