Information Literacy @ UPRM

A workshop given by Craig Gibson for

University of Puerto Rico/Mayaguez
March 8, 2008
1-4pm

Introduction

1. The State of Higher Education (1-1:20pm)

• Demographic changes
• Technological impacts
• Globalization/International reach
• Interdisciplinarity
• Emerging pedagogies
• Collaboration: opportunities and barriers

2. Information Literacy: Origins of a Movement and Definitions (1:20—2:00pm)

• Library-sponsored (“bibliographic instruction,” “library instruction”)
• Fluencies (technology, visual, data analysis)
• Allied educational reforms (problem-based learning, cased-based
  • Reasoning, evidence-based pedagogies, clinical/field work;
  • Writing-intensive courses; service learning)
• Convergences of literacies and fluencies (information literacy, IT fluency, media literacy, participatory culture)

3. “Bibliographic Instruction,” Pedagogies, and Academic Programs (2:00—2:30pm)

• Lack of connection to student-centered learning agendas
• Institutional/Academic Programs’ Learning Outcomes Provide
  • Connection between curriculum and “bibliographic instruction”
• Blended literacies
  d. Transforming bibliographic instruction into information literacy

Break (2:30—2:45pm)

4. Information Literacy: Programmatic Challenges (2:45—3:30pm)

• Use of Information Literacy Standards in the Curriculum
• Developing developmentally appropriate learning outcomes
• Linking learning outcomes with assessment, instructional design for courses
• Vertical reach, horizontal scope
• All stakeholders assume responsibility/faculty development issue

5. Information Literacy: The Central Conceptual Challenges for Students (3:30—3:45pm)

• Information landscape: constant change and fluidity
• Understanding “information flows”
• Knowing how to position research question within the landscape
• Knowing how to shape the research question
• Knowing how to change/adjust the research question
• Resource evaluation challenge (no criteria or contextualization)

6. Models of Successful Information Literacy Programs (3:45—4:00pm)

• Structures
• Mission Statements/Program Goals
• Program Evaluations & Assessment

Handouts:

• Presentation
• So Whatsa Program?
• Executive summary of the handbook. MSCHE. Developing Research & Communication Skills: Guidelines for Information Literacy in the Curriculum. Full document available for download at the Middle States Web site.
• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. ARCR. 2000