Eberly Center

The Design and Implementation of Integrated and Interdisciplinary Information Literacy Instruction

Gainey, M., Bharti, N., Marsteller, M., Wang, H., & S. Young

Library faculty are well-poised to collaborate with other departments to provide information literacy and digital scholarship instruction. In 2017, we were invited to teach information literacy in two required MCS classes, EUREKA! and PROPEL. Our primary challenge was developing content that would keep students engaged and have a broad interdisciplinary scope. We closely collaborated with faculty in MCS to develop lesson plans that included a number of active learning exercises, including speed databasing, role-playing, mystery article, and an information scavenger hunt. While student engagement appeared variable across sections and exercises, an attitudes post-assessment suggested that a majority of students found active learning helpful for learning information literacy concepts. In fall of 2018, we introduced a learning pre- and post-assessment which will allow us to systematically assess the effectiveness of our active learning exercises. This poster will highlight our design and assessment of active and interdisciplinary information literacy lessons.

Melanie A. Gainey, University Libraries

Neelam Bharti, University Libraries

Matthew R. Marsteller, University Libraries

Huajin Wang, University Libraries

Sarah Young, University Libraries