The ICT-PBL Literacy Project is a problem-based learning approach to integrating information and communication technology literacy into the curriculum at Purdue University. This project uses the PBL model for information and communication technology literacy to incorporate cognitive and technical skills over a fifteen-week semester in a First-Year Composition course. During this time, students learned how to define their information needs from real-world problems, identify and test possible solutions, and communicate the results using available digital technologies – within the context of an existing curriculum. Dr. Macklin will describe the development of the project, and the results of ICT tests that she conducts in the course. Does the project produce the desired results? Check out the recording and hear what Dr. Macklin discovered through her research. Continue reading Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy Instruction: Using a Problem-based Approach to Address Learner→

The designers of web-based library instruction products traditionally pay too little attention to educational learning theories. Instead, their design approach is modeled on print resources. Paying more attention to pedagogy would result in the production of superior web-based learning experiences for library users. This session focused on why those librarians creating instructional tools should be exploring learning theories for maximum benefit to both themselves, and their users. Continue reading Designing Deliberately–Putting Pedagogy Into Your Library Instruction→

This talk, “Can You Use A Design Approach? Design Thinking for Blended Librarians”, featured a presentation and discussion about design thinking for librarians. The discussion was led by Steven Bell and John Shank. Their presentation provided an introduction to design thinking and how it can be used by librarians to design better services. What is design thinking? In short, the discussion examined how librarians can approach problems the way designers approach problems. They explored the connections between design thinking and Blended Librarianship. Continue reading Can You Use A Design Approach? Design Thinking for Blended Librarians→

Featuring John Law, Director, Strategic Alliances & Platform Management, ProQuest CSA Continue reading Observing Student Researchers in their Native Habitat→

This is a recording of a session that featured George Lorenzo of Lorenzo and Associates and Educational Pathways. During the session George discussed his research on Information Literacy as well as other studies recently published as well as ongoing research in the area of Information Literacy. Continue reading Surfing Through Noise→

This blended librarian Webcast focused on the areas of disconnect as identified by McDonald and Thomas in their Educause Quarterly article entitled Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values. Research libraries were among the first to embrace and exploit the potential of the World Wide Web after its debut in the 1990s. They quickly began constructing virtual information landscapes, including policies, services, and collections that not only shaped but also defined the realms of possibility within such terrain. In their roles as both terra-formers and cartographers of these spaces, libraries generally modeled the virtual terrains as electronic counterparts of physical libraries. Continue reading Discussing the Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values→