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Latisha Reynolds & Anna Marie Johnson University of Louisville

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

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Latisha Reynolds & Anna Marie Johnson University of Louisville

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  1. Wikipedia, iPods, and Chickens: An Active Learning Exercise to Teach Evaluation of Information Latisha Reynolds & Anna Marie Johnson University of Louisville

  2. 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

  3. Communications 111/112 • Speech class • Traditional assignment/library session • Problems with plagiarism and boredom • New assignment/session

  4. 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

  5. The Session • Interactive • Librarian as facilitator not lecturer • Hands-on but not tool-based

  6. The Session Part II

  7. Chickens!

  8. Some of our other examples… • Wikipedia • Jayson Blair/NYT • Scholarly journal example/iPods

  9. 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.

  10. Strengths & Weaknesses • Critical thinking • Interactivity • Group work • Assessment isn’t long term; doesn’t generate data • Amount of time that the exercise takes

  11. Assessment • Talk about what we’re doing • Spend 3 minutes brainstorming other types of assessment one could do with this class • Share your brainstorming

  12. 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/

  13. Adiós • If you want our materials electronically, write your e-mail on our sheet.

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