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Laying the foundation on how faculty-led information literacy (IL) Instruction improves student success - Alexandra Hamlett
1. LAYING THE FOUNDATION ON HOW FACULTY-LED
INFORMATION LITERACY (IL) INSTRUCTION IMPROVES
STUDENT SUCCESS
ALEXANDRA HAMLETT
GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CUNY
LILAC 2022
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2. SHARED OWNERSHIP OF INFORMATION LITERACY
Limitations of one-shot on student learning
IL instruction in the context of the course
Disciplinary faculty-taught IL instruction
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3. GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Opened August 20, 2012
Located in Midtown Manhattan
Student body (Fall 2020)
1,018 total enrollment
93% between the ages 18-21
55% female, 45% male
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
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4. GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
First-Year Experience (FYE)
Remediation folded into credit bearing interdisciplinary courses
Students attend courses in a learning community full-time
Some FYE courses taught by an instructional team
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5. CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
Incentivize faculty to embed scaffold IL instruction across the course
Grant money ($1000 each)
Better student work
A line on their CV
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6. CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
1. Librarians review Composition instructors’ syllabi
2. Faculty attend a PD session on techniques to teach IL
3. Librarians create and tailor lesson plans and assignments
4. Suggest active learning strategies
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9. FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
Define Information Literacy
Model lessons
Common student challenges
Task definition / topic formation
Forming keywords and effective search strategies
Identifying information formats
Matching information need with appropriate resources
Evaluating resources
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16. FACULTY FOCUS GROUP / FEEDBACK
Students still struggling to dig-deep into research
Faculty perceived students’ final work stronger
Syllabi review by librarian proved most useful
Faculty IL Toolkit excellent teaching resource
Faculty felt they more intentionally sequenced IL skill development
Plagiarism / In-text citation still student challenge
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19. REFERENCES
Badke, W. (2012). Teaching research processes: The faculty role in the development of skilled student
researchers. Witney, UK: Chandos Publishing.
Farrell, R., & Badke, W. (2015). Situating information literacy in the disciplines. Reference Services Review,
43(2), 319-340.
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20. Alexandra Hamlett
Information Literacy Librarian
Guttman Community College, CUNY
Email: alexandra.hamlett@guttman.cuny.edu
Telephone: 646.313.8184
Twitter: @alliebkln
Institution
Notas do Editor
Follow up on reviewed syllabus
Suggestions
Lesson plans
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