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Collaboration for Information Literacy
Report, Demo, Invitation
Using Brief Hybrid Workshops (BHWs) with the
Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices
from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Educause Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008
Thursday, January 16, 2008 2:30 - 3:15PM ET
Harborside Ballroom B

Log in for online Adobe Connect Pro Session: 
http://connectpro86502729.acrobat.com/bhw/

  • Steve Gilbert, President, TLT Group

  • Sheril Hook, Coordinator of Instructional Services University of Toronto at Mississauga (via Internet - Adobe CP)

  • Stephanie Brasley, Manager, Information Literacy Initiatives, CSU, Office of the Chancellor (via Internet - Adobe CP)

Purpose:  Information Literacy - by almost any name and any definition - is more important than ever for undergraduate education.  Brief Hybrid Workshops (BHWs) can be used to encourage and enable faculty, librarians, IT professionals and other academic leaders to work together to  advance Information Literacy at their own colleges and universities.  BHWs offer a way of building and assembling new kinds of resources based on the 10 Categories offered in ACRL's "Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline" developed by the Best Practices Initiative - and the work of ACRL's Institute for Information Literacy.

This work builds on the excellent Best Practices in Information Literacy Project of ACRL, but is not authorized or approved in any way by ACRL.

 

Sheril Hook

 

Steve Gilbert

  

Intended Audience:  Mostly Non-Librarians; Prerequisites:  Interest in Information Literacy
Conditions:  2 Presenters via Internet
TMI/TMO/TLT = Too much information. Too many options. Too little Time
Usage Restrictions:  Creative Commons License
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Plan for 2:30 - 3:15 PM Eastern January 16, 2008

handouts -  copy of 10 categories + URL for this page + Copy of discussion questions + Registration for BHW online sessions (and topics)  + Contact Sheril Hook or Steve Gilbert if interested in helping with this initiative

sheril.hook@utoronto.ca

gilbert@tltgroup.org

I.  Orientation/Intro (5-10 Minutes)
Steve Gilbert/eClip #1

  • Overview today
  • BHWS (=/= eClips)
  • Non-Librarian part of BPIL initiative
  • Goal is to develop BHWS - resources useful for librarians and non-librarians
  • Info Lit began with (and still led by) librarians but now essential to engage many professionals in many roles;   + Activities + ???
  • 10 BHWs + "Case Studies"  + Combination
  • People could be encouraged to select some of each that would be helpful
  •  Introduction of a new exploratory collaborative development project intended to increase awareness and use of the ten categories by producing very brief "eClips" and "Brief Hybrid Workshops." for some of the ten Best Practices categories. - Steve Gilbert

II.  "Why anyone should care" Intro to IL, BPIL, Categories, emphasis on Collaboration (10-15 Minutes)

  • Frame, Value of Info Lit - Stephanie Brasley
  • Brief explanation of the origin and recommended use of the ten categories from the ACRL Best Practices in Information Literacy Guidelines - Sheril Hook
  • Fuller explanation of the Collaboration Category and its implications and opportunities - Stephanie Brasfield

III.  Collaboration Category  (No. 6) eClip (5 Minutes)

IV.  Think Pair Share (15 Minutes)

Invite suggestions, requests

V.  How to go further - Next Steps (5 Minutes)

See below

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 Synchronous (Inter)Activities

Think-Pair-Share

A.  1 Minute - Think about these questions;  jot some notes if you wish.  They will not be collected.

  • Topic
    Describe a topic for an eClip that would be especially important at your own institution to encourage and enable improvement of undergraduate information literacy.  Do you or your colleagues find too many undergraduates misusing information resources in some particular way?

  • Features
    Describe some elements of that eClip that would be especially important for you and your colleagues (qualifications of the presenter, duration, media, humor, case study examples ...). 

  • OPTIONAL:  Other Resources
    Describe one or two additional resources that would be especially helpful in your situation and how you might use them.

B.  3-5 Minutes - Discuss your thoughts with one or two people sitting near you.  Were there some interesting similarities among your individual thoughts?  Any interesting differences?  Identify someone in your group willing to report a few of your conclusions.

C.  5-10 Minutes - Report one or two of your findings.  If someone from another group announces one of your findings, don't report that one.

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eClips

 

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 Closely Related Resources

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 Future Activities, Additional Resources, Feedback Options

Opportunities

A.  Join those working to help develop, implement, support, and disseminate additional eClips and Brief Hybrid Workshops in support of ACRL's Categories for Best Practices in Information Literacy.

Contact Sheril Hook or Steve Gilbert:

sheril.hook@utoronto.ca

gilbert@tltgroup.org

B.  Participate in other ACRL Information Literacy activities

Visit the ACRL Information Literacy Website

C.  Participate in other TLT Group work & events

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 Other Resources

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