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Strengthening Information
Literacy Instruction Through New
Campus Partnerships
Pamela Jackson, Information Literacy LibrarianSan Diego State University
SCIL WorksFebruary 5, 2010
Trends in Higher Education
Shrinking budgets Expanding class sizes Increasing hybridization and
completely online courses Heavier reliance on technologies for
teaching
San Diego State University Apx. 33K students Average Age:
Undergraduates: 22.4 years Graduates: 30 years
89% smart classrooms Blackboard Use: 94% of faculty; all
students 1300% increase in the number of
online summer classes in past 2 years
Key Players
Why Collaborate?
Strengthen student learning and effective teaching practices
Leverage resources and expertise for pedagogical design and instructional materials selection/development
Move toward common goals for student learning and faculty development
Infusing collaboration into planning, delivery, and support embodies the approach we want faculty to take with their peers and students
Changes in Roles for Faculty
Credit: Jim Julius, Associate Director of ITS
From… To…
“Sage on the stage” “Guide on the side”
Teaching Learning
Instructor as gateway to knowledge
Instructor as manager of learning opportunities
“Covering content” Developing student capabilities, competencies, and capacities
E-Learning’s Impact on Libraries
Move from mediated to embedded resources
Collaborative integration of services and resources
Growing roles for librarians from curator to mediator to partner
Evolution of Roles for the 21st Century Library
Librarian-As-Curator [Anticipates Needs] collect resources provide access
Evolution of Roles for the 21st Century Library
Librarian-As-Mediator [Intervention for students] teach research skills reference (in-person and online) point-of-need guidance curator
Evolution of Roles for the 21st Century Library
Librarian-As-Partner [Integrated Curriculum Design Collaborator] embedded into classes
constructing curriculum with faculty and instructional designers
scaffolding information literacy & 21st century skills into curriculum
mediator
curator
Evolution of Roles for the 21st Century Library
Librarian-As-Curator
[Anticipates Needs]
• collect resources
• provide access
Librarian-As-Mediator
[Intervention for students]
• teaching research skills
• reference (in -person and online)
• point -of-need guidance
• curator
Librarian-As-Partner[Integrated Curriculum Design Collaborator]
• embedded into classes
• constructing curriculum with faculty and instructional designers
• scaffolding information literacy & 21st century skills into curriculum
• mediator
• curator
Librarian-As-Curator
[Anticipates Needs]
• collect resources
• provide access
Librarian-As-Mediator
[Intervention for students]
• teaching research skills
• reference (in -person and online)
• point -of-need guidance
• curator
Librarian-As-Partner[Integrated Curriculum Design Collaborator]
• embedded into classes
• constructing curriculum with faculty and instructional designers
• scaffolding information literacy & 21st century skills into curriculum
• mediator
• curator
What Librarians Bring to the Table
Expertise in: research methods and the vast world of
information helping people manage their information
(information consultants) a variety of learning styles and less-
traditional teaching methods observing students and their research habits collaborating with administrators, faculty,
staff, and students web 2.0 technologies
Teaching and Learning Collaborations
at SDSU
Course Design Institute (CDI)
ITS, pICT, CTL, the College of Education and the Library work together
to shape and deliver the annual SDSU Course Design Institute, an intensive fellowship program that assists faculty in redesigning theircourses to include blended, and occasionally fully, online instruction.
The CDI includes:
hands-on workshops; sustained coaching on course design from ITS
Infrastructure, motivation, and management of the design process
Resources and materials, ongoing workshops and webinars
Stipends to help defray the cost of presenting or publishing results from their course design project
Course Design Institute (CDI)
Goals for Library Involvement:
Actively construct curriculum with faculty and instructional designers
Embed library resources and services into classes
Scaffold information literacy & 21st century skills into curriculum
Develop strong partnerships with campus teaching & learning units
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Cross-disciplinary groups of subject faculty, library faculty, and instructional designers
Explore course design in a semi-structured way
Explore how we can improve the design and delivery of our courses
Librarians co-facilitated the pilot PLCs and subject librarians regularly participate in the communities
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Goals for Library Involvement:
Facilitate more librarian involvement in campus teaching & learning endeavors
Actively construct curriculum with faculty and instructional designers, including the use of appropriate technology
Embed library resources and information literacy instruction into classes
Scaffold information literacy & 21st century skills into curriculum
Center for Teaching & Learning Lunch and Learning Networks
Series
A series of 12 to 15 Lunches on Learning each semester.
Categorized into six tracks: Provost's Lunches on Learning Learning 2.0 Student Diversity and Success Architecture of the Curriculum Learning Stories: Adventures in Course New Faculty Lunches
Librarians serve on steering committee partner with ITS to lead the Learning 2.0 track.
Center for Teaching & Learning Lunch and Learning Networks
Series
Goals for Library Involvement:
Provide outreach to faculty and staff about library resources and services
Facilitate more librarian involvement in
campus teaching & learning endeavor
Develop strong partnerships with campus teaching & learning units
Research Guides and Learning Management Systems
Librarians collaborate regularly with ITS to determine which methods are best for including library services and resources on Blackboard, and work to understand the numerous third-party software packages that integrate with Blackboard.
Research Guides and Learning Management Systems
Goals for Library Involvement:
Embed library resources and services into classes
Develop SDSU's students‘ information literacy skills
Develop strong partnerships with campus teaching & learning units
Virtual Worlds
Librarians work with pICT to explore Second Life and to evaluate the teaching and learning possibilities in a
variety of other virtual worlds.
Goals for Library Involvement:
Explore new collaborative and social technologies
Develop strong partnerships with campus teaching & learning units
Actively construct innovative curriculum with faculty and instructional designers
Informal Partnerships
Collegial bonds / Networks Community built around the
scholarship and practice of teaching and learning
Challenges
Collaborations of this magnitude take time
Less time for traditional “core library functions”
Educational values Organizational culture/structure
Tips Rethink traditional library roles Appoint a library liaison to campus
teaching and learning units Inject yourself into teaching and learning Read up on instructional design and trends
in higher education Attend campus events and professional
organization meetings Make yourself visible
