TEACHING THE TEACHERS: INTEGRATING INFORMATION LITERACY INTO THE TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUMVanessa Earp

Assistant Professor

Liaison Librarian for Education

Kent State University

LOEX April 2009

IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION LITERACY @ KENT STATE

Project SAILS

Interview presentation topics

ILILE (Institute for Library & Information Literacy Education)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, & HUMAN SERVICES

3 departments & 3 schools

Undergraduate & graduate

Total enrollment = 5,051 Graduate enrollment = 1,895 Undergraduate enrollment = 3,156 Teacher prep enrollment = 1,513 (47%)

TAG Courses (Transfer articulation guidelines) 4 courses (Education in a Democratic Society,

Educational Technology, Educational Psychology, and Introduction to Exceptionalities)

ILILE

Institution for Library & Information Literacy Education

2006 Information Literacy in Teacher Education Grant 2 tracks

Candidate as learner Candidate as teacher

$3,500 award

KENT’S GRANT PROPOSAL

Submitted under track 1 Originally wanted to work with Education in a

Democratic Society ~ there were issues! Revised based on feedback from faculty and

department chair Final proposal includes all TAG courses

2 workshops for faculty (August & December 2006) Faculty were awarded a $200 stipend for attending We also fed them!

FIRST WORKSHOP AUGUST 2006

21 faculty members attended Introduced the concept of information

literacy Examined syllabi to find assignments where

information literacy was already in place.

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE FIRST WORKSHOP

Communication is key

What they covered, types of assignment

Issues they had with students

Faculty were unaware that the library would provide instruction for their students Prior to this meeting the librarian had only

conducted 1 class for undergraduate teacher ed students!

FALL 2006 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

Be careful what you wish for! 27 in class sessions were taught 512 students enrolled in those 27 classes Faculty were very positive and happy

Issues with the instruction TAG courses aren’t sequenced A lot of information was repetitive

SECOND WORKSHOP DECEMBER 2006

How did the semester go? Faculty’s response to instruction Students’ response to instruction Librarian’s response to instruction

Possible revisions for Spring 2007? Move to a workshop format instead of in class

instruction? What to do about students who have already had

instruction? What topics should be covered?

SPRING 2007 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

Workshop format Topics

Navigating Education Databases (12) Savvy Internet Searching (10) APA Citation Style (8) Reading & Abstracting Research Articles (9)

Registration & tracking of students? Faculty comments Student participation – 518

Navigating Education Databases Savvy Internet Searching APA Citation Style Reading & Abstracting Research Articles

SUMMER 2007

No workshops held Revised existing workshops

Navigating Education Databases Online modules

Savvy Internet Searching Online modules

FALL 2007 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

Same four workshops Navigating Education Databases (in person or online) Savvy Internet Searching (in person or online) APA Citation Style (in person) Reading & Abstracting Research Articles (in person)

Complications of online modules

Student participation & response Approximately 91 students

SPRING 2008 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

Workshops reduced to 3! Navigating Education Databases (in person or online) Savvy Internet Searching (online only) APA Citation Style (in person or online)

What about Reading & Abstracting Research Articles?

Student participation Approximately 103 students

FALL 2008 LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

All online? Are you crazy?

Why?

Student participation? Approximately 216 students

Faculty thoughts?

WHERE WE ARE TODAY

Spring 2009 participation approximately 153 students

Testing in WebCT with quizzing Total number of participating students since

spring 2007 1,081 (many students have completed all the

workshops) Assessment?

ISSUES WE ENCOUNTERED

With faculty Not assigning specific workshops Not handing out instruction sheet Not allowing the TAG courses to be sequenced

With students Complaints about out of class work Complaints about online system Complaints on having to repeat workshops

How did we handle these?

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

For Fall 2009 all online modules will be embedded into WebCT with quizzing.

Over the summer more interactivity will be incorporated into the modules

New instruction program for Orientation courses will impact this project.

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?

Questions?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Institution for Library and Information Literacy Education (ILILE) http://www.ilile.org/

Project SAILS https://www.projectsails.org/ KSU Library modules

http://www.library.kent.edu/page/10773