School of Library and Information Science

21:248 Information Literacy, Summer 2005

Syllabus

Class meeting: 9:00-10:50, Thursdays, June 9-July 21

Instructor: Mary Jo Langhorne

Telephone: Home 331-1659

Email: mjlanghorne@mchsi.com

Office Hours: 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays

11:00 a.m. to noon Thursdays

or by appointment

Course Goals:

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Define information literacy and discuss national information literacy standards

2. Describe models of the information search process and discuss their importance

3. Characterize the role of mediators in the process of information seeking

4. Apply instructional design principles in the development of information literacy instruction

Expectations:

The class will combine brief lectures and a seminar style that involves reading and discussing materials. Each class session is organized around a topic related to the teaching of information literacy in libraries. All class members are expected to do assigned readings and participate in class discussions and activities. Class members will complete the following assignments:

1. Two article summaries/responses. Identify two significant articles related to information literacy in your own setting (e.g., public, academic, special, school). Summarize articles (no more than two pages each). Include the following for each article:

· Bibliographic information:

· Thesis and major points made in the article

· What area of our class discussion does the article relate most closely to? (e.g. standards, learning theory, strategies for effective instruction, technology and IL, assessment, collaboration). Explain.

· Two key ideas from the article that you may be able to use in your own setting.

Article summaries will be due June 23 and may be shared in class.

2. Design a lesson for teaching information literacy in a student-defined setting. The plan will include objectives (related to a National Standard), teacher input, student activities, assessment, and description of the setting for the instruction. Lessons will be presented during the last two classes..

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Required Readings: Readings are online with URLS provided or available through EBSCO databases.

Evaluation: Article summaries 30 points

Class participation 20 points

Lesson 50 points

Course Schedule:

Date	Objectives	Readings
June 9	Why information literacy? What is information literacy? What are information literacy standards (AASL, ACRL) ?	Required Breivik, Patricia Senn. “21st Century Learning and Information Literacy.” Change. 37:2 (Mar/Apr2005), 20-28. Grassien, Esther. “Building on Bibliographic Instruction. American Libraries 35:8 (October 2004): 51-53. Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke. “Exaining the Context: New Voices Reflect on Information Literacy.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 42:4 (Summer 2003), 311-317 Recommended. Jenson, Jill D. “It’s the Information Age, So Where’s the Information?” College Teaching 52:3 (Summer 2004), 107-112. Standards: (Provided by instructor; take a look if time allows). http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/ilstandardlo.html
June 16	Mental models of the information search process Inquiry Critical thinking	Required Carey, James O.. “Michael Eisenberg And Robert Berkowitz's Big6 Information Problem-Solving Model” School Library Media Activities Monthly 19:5 (January 2003): 24-26. Callison, Daniel. “Information Fluency.” School Library Media Activities Monthly 20:4 (December 3003), 38-39. Kuhlthau: Information Search Process: A Search for Meaning Rather Than Answers.” http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/Search%20Process.htm Recommended. Milam, Peggy. “The Power of Reflection in the Research Process.” School Library Media Activities Monthly 21:6: 26-29.

June 23	Why and how do people learn? What makes good instruction? What is the relationship between technology and information literacy? Article Summaries Due	Required Newman, Fred M and Gary G. Wehlage. “Five Standards of Authentic Instruction. Educational Leadership (April 1993): 8-12. Weiler, Angela. “Information-Seeking Behavior in Generation Y Students: Motivation, Critical Thinking and Learning Theory.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 31:1 (January 2005): 46-53. Complete the following learning style inventories and bring results to class: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html Recommended. Wiggins, Grant. “The Futility of Trying to Teach Everything of Importance.” Educational Leadership. (November 1989) 47:3: 44-59. Lieb, Stephanie. “Principles Of Adult Learning.” http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm
June 30	How can we best deliver information literacy instruction in the K-12 or academic setting? Guest: Dr. Jean Donham; Director of the Library/Professor, Cornell College.	Grafstein, Ann. A Discipline-Based Approach to Information Literacy.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 28:4 (July 2002): 197-204. Muronaga, Karen and Violet Harada. “Building Teaching Partnerships: The Art of Collaboration.” Teacher Librarian 27:1 (October, 1999), pp. 9-14 Owusu-Ansah, Edward K. “Information Literacy and Higher Education: Placing the Academic Library in the Center of a Comprehensive Solution.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 30:1 (January 2004): 3-16.
July 7	How can we address ethical issues in information literacy? Copyright Plagiiarism Examine lesson plan outlines	Writing Program Administration Statement on Plagiarism. http://wpacouncil.org/positions/index.html Academic Integrity Policies http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/acadintegrity.html http://www.library.ucla.edu/bruinsuccess/
July 14	What about web-based instruction? How is information literacy instruction and programming assessed? Lesson presentations	Lindsay, Elizabeth. “Distance Teaching: Comparing Two Online Information Literacy Courses.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 30:6 (November 2004): 482-487. Try this one: http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/ Recommended. Donham, Jean. Assessment of Information Processes and Products.. McHenry, IL: Follett Software Company, 1998. (Provided by Instructor) Association for College and Research Libraries. “Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/characteristics.htm
July 21	How can we collaborate within the field to develop information literacy? Lesson presentations	Read at Least Two Barefoot, Betsy. “The First Year Experience: Are We Making it Any Better?” About Campus (January/February 2000): 12-18. Gordon, Carol. “A Room with A View: Looking at School Library Instruction from a Higher Education Perspective.” Knowledge Quest 30:4 (March/April 2002): 16-21. Herrington, Verlene J. “ Way Beyond BI: A Look to the Future. Journal of Academic Librarianship 24:5 (September 1, 1998): 381 ff. Smalley, Topsy N. “College Success: High School Librarians Make the Difference.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 30:3 (May 2004): 193197.