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Sneakin’ it in: Finding
opportunities for Information
Literacy
Alicia Hansen
Teri Gallaway
Loyola University New Orleans
February 25, 2009
History of our Info Lit program
• 10 years of integrating Media Services &
Instructional Technology into our public
services
• Worked toward our current Learning
Commons model
• Monroe Library’s philosophy of Information
Literacy
Philosophy of Information
Literacy
To provide our campus community with the skills and
knowledge needed to effectively identify, find, evaluate,
create, share, and use information for academic
success, and also to support lifelong learning; this
information literacy includes educational technology as
well as technology in general. Our team emphasizes
active learning, and incorporates the latest trends in
technology and pedagogical approaches.
-Paraphrased from http://library.loyno.edu/researchtech/instruction/
More history
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Blackboard run by the library
Staffing: both tech and info lit
Instruction: both tech and info lit
Now: for-credit courses, taught by
librarians
Why “snuck in”?
• Courses were not originally intended to be
library-centered, Information Literacy
courses.
• When approached with original proposal,
we tweaked it to meet our goals and our
priorities.
• All parties happy with the outcome!
Technology for Music Students
• Required “technology competency” course
for all music freshmen
• Team-taught with Instructional
Technologist and Music Industry
technology professor
• Covers a broad spectrum of info and tech
lit
The syllabus
• Music equipment (our MacLab)
• Notation software for theory/composition
homework
• Music sequencing & digital audio
• Photoshop
• MS Office
The syllabus, cont’d.
• Library website, online catalog
• Music databases
– RILM, IIMP, ARTstor, JSTOR, & more
• Website evaluation, ethics (per info lit
standards)
• Bibliography
Introduction to Music Industry
course
• First session Fall 2006 - 3 x 3 week
session
• Students are predominantly Music Industry
Major in Music or Business or Jazz
Studies majors
• Models for class variable - 3 week, part of
some classes, Fridays
• Current model - 10 consecutive Fridays
Music Industry course syllabus
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Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Business letter to club owner
MRI+ exporting to Excel
Research databases for music
Catalog searching
APA citation formatting
Three page paper
Research & Technology
• Originally conceived as a course for the
evening division (City College)
• Non-traditional students
• Technology and academic success primer
• Enrollment did not reflect this concept
• Syllabus modification
Research & Technology course
syllabus
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Technology basics
Course management software basics
Research databases
Catalog searching
Citation formatting
Web page design with Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Audio and video creation for the web
Research & Technology
assignments
• Paper proposal - demonstrate use of Word
• Mail merge with Excel and envelope
printing
• PowerPoint article summary
• Research findings in a webpage
• Original audio and video clips embedded
into the webpage
Challenges
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Skill levels
Enrollment
No prerequisites
0/1 credit - no homework model
Hands on learning
Student Comments
• More Photoshop
• Less Office
• Prerequisites needed
Library Research 2.0
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New instructor
Course name change requirement
Office basics
Research basics
Web 2.0 tools
Library Research 2.0
• Reduced focus on Office more attention to Web
2.0 tools
• Same individual research topic throughout
course
• Create a blog about the research process
• YouTube video introductions
• Use RSS feeds to track research
• Posting to Wikipedia
• Evaluating a blog
Staffing for technology
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Job postings
Instruction and reference duties
Learning Commons model
Instructional Technologist
Learning Technologies Developer
Blackboard Manager
Team Support
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Web Team
Teaching and Learning Team
Technology Team
IT monthly meetings
Faculty status
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
First Year Experience (FYE)
Standing Council on Academic Planning (SCAP)
Common Curriculum
Thank you
Questions?
Alicia Hansen: [email protected]
Teri Gallaway: [email protected]
What did you think?
• Your input is important to us!
• Click on “Evaluate This Session” on the
Southwest Regional program page.