Sharing success across national boundaries: the Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching Nigel...

Sharing success across national boundaries: the Handbook for Information

Literacy Teaching

Nigel MorganLOEX of the West, Calgary

June 12th 2010

Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching

Outline:What it is and what it is forWhat it containsHow we set about creating itHow it has spread its wingsWhat you can do with it!

Great Britain

Wales

Cardiff London

A user-friendly handbook which supports librarians by equipping them with skills and techniques to – promote information literacy– prepare learning outcomes – deliver and evaluate appropriate learning experiences.

What is the Handbook for

Information Literacy Teaching?

Distinguishing features

– non-prescriptive

– consistent style and tone

– pioneering?

– concise / practical

– current (now in 4th edition!)

– defies trends and fashions!

i.e. it appears in PRINT!

• Provides cornerstone of IL librarians training • Equips new / experienced IL librarians with skills

• Ensures consistency of quality in IL instruction across library sites

• Encourages, supports & empowers librarians

Why is the Handbook considered necessary and

who writes it?

The Handbook team

1. Information Literacy: Key issues

2. Library Orientation

3. Lesson Planning

4. Lesson Formats

5. Teaching Technologies

6. Lesson Delivery

7. Assessment

8. Evaluating your Teaching

What kinds of content and materials does the Handbook contain?

• hints and tips • example lesson plans• practical exercises• marking schemes• student feedback forms• case studies• ... and much more!

It’s a complete toolkit for IL librarians

What kinds of content and materials does the Handbook contain?

• Used plain English• Complied with guidelines for the visually

challenged • Chose simple layout and structure • Practical emphasis (further reading

suggestions point to the theory)• Ensured it is attractive to use

What did we do to make the Handbook user

friendly?

New decade, new look

• Content reviewed after each internal evaluation (3 to date)

• Externally evaluated to– assess whether the Handbook was transferable

– identify what changes needed to improve its usefulness beyond Cardiff University

• Made available on web due to demand from IL community

How has the Handbook been evaluated and how have we

responded to feedback?

• Used across the UK• McGill University, Canada• St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin,

Ireland • University of Stockholm • Stop Press: Spain • Finnish translation launched in Helsinki,

April 2009. Now in 2nd edition.

Where has the Handbook travelled?

IL-opettajan käsikirja on osoittautunut erinomaiseksi käytännön työkaluksija sopii kaikille, jotka haluavat kehittää opetustaan. Käsikirja on erityisen yödyllinen niille, jotka ovat vasta aloittelemassa uraansa IL-opettajina tai joilta puuttuu opettajan pätevyys. Suosittelen kirjaa kaikille IL-opetuksessa toimiville."

Päivi Hollanti, Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu

HILT has proved to be a wonderfully useful hands-on tool for all interested in developing the quality of their teaching.

It is particularly useful for those of us who lack formal pedagogical training and for those just starting out as IL-

teachers. I recommend this handbook to everyone involved in IL-training.

Päivi Hollanti, Police College of Finland,Tampere, Finland.

• Available for any educational institution to use / amend / adapt / repurpose

• It’s for sharing – Use content for non-profit making purposes

– Creative Commons licence permits use and adaptation of materials providing Cardiff University is acknowledged.

How can the Handbook be of use to you?

Question 3How should you go about finding textbooks?

A. Check on Amazon B. Ask lecturer / librarian C. Perform a Voyager keyword search

D. Waterstones E. Don’t bother using textbooks

E.g. Garg, A.K.Bone biology, harvesting, grafting for dental implants. 2004.

Thank You!

MorganNJ@cardiff.ac.uk