Students can use these players in the library to listen to ESL podcasts, listening activities on CD, or other audio programs. Use technology to create an e-book. Let students choose their own books. Have students “follow” those experts, as well as others interested in course topics (including others at your own institution). @article{dd323dde8e5444609b6055cba8ae946a. Easily integrating information competency into the classroom: Best practices and practical assignments.

The basic role of instruction is still essentially that of structuring opportunities for students to learn and being able to demonstrate their learning. As students read the posts and other contributions of those in their PLNs, they will get a sense of who might be a potential resource down the road. These segments should address the information literacy standards mentioned in the previous paragraph. Dive into the research topics of 'How to encourage students in a library instruction session to use critical and creative-thinking skills: A pilot study'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Consider how your particular course fits into your students’ developmental trajectory, and assess only those skills you have decided to target in your course. Today, the library is home to an incredible collection of documents and photographs (above) that tell the story of civil rights activism for following generations. Assignments indicated what specific (mostly print) resources formed the “universe” from which students could choose and they, sometimes with the assistance of a librarian, would go directly to the desired books or journals. By continuing you agree to the use of cookies. How to encourage students in a library instruction session to use critical and creative-thinking skills: A pilot study. How to encourage students in a library instruction session to use critical and creative-thinking skills : A pilot study. (2000). One approach is to create a template based on the information literacy standardsdeveloped by the Association of College and Research Libraries (2). title = "How to encourage students in a library instruction session to use critical and creative-thinking skills: A pilot study". Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'How to encourage students in a library instruction session to use critical and creative-thinking skills: A pilot study'. Problem-based learning at the University of Delaware. I tell my students that the first step in writing a research paper is to admit you have a research paper.Write up a schedule with a series of milestones to accomplish by a specific date (e.g. (2011). The fourth step was to encourage parents to get involved with the local library. Ask students to summarize each source they include in their bibliographies, as well as to assess the source’s credibility and potential use in their papers. A few years ago, when the information world was highly structured and key resources could be found on the shelves of any respectable college or university library, getting students to use scholarly and other resources was a rather straight-forward matter. Learning these skills will help students understand how to ask questions of themselves in assessing which information sources to use for class assignments in the future. The first two PBL tasks students face are “What do I need to know in order to address the problem?” and “Where will I find the information?” With PBL, students take ownership of their own learning, and therefore explore the problem more deeply (6). Find or create a problem for students to solve based on upcoming course content rather than just explaining it to them. Solving problems offers a good opportunity for students to apply, and extend, their cognitive energies. Fortunately, digital technologies can also be useful tools for meeting this challenge in online and blended learning environments. Encourage students to interact (professionally, of course) with these individuals, asking questions and seeking help at appropriate times. Ask Students to Map the Big Picture: Once students have curated a set of useful resources on a given topic, there’s still the challenge of synthesizing the information provided by those resources. Consider Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL is an approach that introduces students to a problem or dilemma prior to studying the relevant material.

4. However, the controlled, comfortable world of academic resources has given way to an open-ended, highly diverse, and often surprisingly rich universe of information. If time permits after students have written their papers, have them revise their bibliography to detail why and how they used each source—or why they chose not to use a given source (8).