Post on 02-Jan-2016
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Wikipedia, iPods, and Chickens: An Active Learning Exercise to Teach Evaluation of
Information
Latisha Reynolds & Anna Marie Johnson
University of Louisville
Information Literacy at UofL
• Fall of 2007: 21,689 students, FTE 17,214• 4373 degrees conferred in 2006-07• 312 IL instruction sessions in 2007• 8 librarians who teach
Communications 111/112
• Speech class• Traditional assignment/library session• Problems with plagiarism and boredom• New assignment/session
Our Influences• Meola, M. (2004). Chucking the checklist: a
contextual approach to teaching undergraudates web-site evaluation. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 4(3), 331-344.
• Keyser, M. W. (2000). Active learning and cooperative learning: understanding the difference and using both styles effectively. Research Strategies, 17, 35-44.
• Colleen Bell’s website at Oregon State University
The Session • Interactive• Librarian as facilitator not
lecturer• Hands-on but not tool-based
The Session Part II
Chickens!
Some of our other examples…
• Wikipedia• Jayson Blair/NYT• Scholarly journal example/iPods
Play along: aka Audience Participation
• Look at the article we gave you• With a partner or by yourself, come up with 2-
3 Guiding Questions for students at your institution based on your institution’s resources (8 minutes?)
• We’ll spend about 5 minutes sharing the questions we generated.
Strengths & Weaknesses
• Critical thinking• Interactivity• Group work
• Assessment isn’t long term; doesn’t generate data
• Amount of time that the exercise takes
Assessment
• Talk about what we’re doing• Spend 3 minutes brainstorming other types of
assessment one could do with this class• Share your brainstorming
Photo Credits• “Chickens”---Anna Marie Johnson• “Flower”---Anna Marie Johnson• “Talking
heads”---http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypic/1459055735/sizes/o/
• “Fireworks: Thunder over Louisville”--Arindam Das http://www.flickr.com/photos/arindam_soma/3464630370/sizes/l/
• “iPods”--http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicoelf/3305275656/sizes/l/
• “Kodak scales” – Captain Kodak http://www.flickr.com/photos/captkodak/272746539/sizes/l/
Adiós• If you want our materials electronically, write
your e-mail on our sheet.