While students' information literacy (IL) skills are traditionally measured using standards and performance indicators, the relatively new ACRL Framework for understanding and teaching IL is a flexible, adaptable framework that allows instruction librarians to "locally" measure student proficiencies in IL according to one's learning goals.
A concise, step-by-step guideline for accessing, evaluating, and using information effectively
Teaching & Learning Principles:
A comprehensive toolkit providing instruction librarians various links to teaching guidelines, best practices in instruction, learning tutorials, opportunities for professional development, and other great resources to learn more about the academic or research library's significance in higher education.
great resource for instruction librarianship. The IS Committees tab leads users to a comprehensive list of IS committees, with each committee page containing links to archived materials and, more importantly, links to various resources including current or ongoing committee projects, Adobe-based discussion series, tips and trends lists, newsletters, programs, reading lists, bibliographies, and so on. For example, the Instruction for Diverse Populations committee provides a direct link to their Bibliography, which contains valuable information and additional links to Zotero-based bibliographies with resources on first-year students, underrepresented groups in higher education, and transfer students.
This website provides a well-organized table containing resourceful links on teaching and learning. Topics include educational administration, learning theory, assessment, organizational learning, and other important areas in education. The table was constructed by Richard Culatta, the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education.
Backward Design
A guideline for understanding the concepts of backward design. Originally posited by Wiggins and McTighe, backward design "begins with the end in mind," meaning that learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and evidence of understanding are determined prior to delivering instruction. This PDF provides instruction librarians with questions to ask oneself during the instructional design process and stages to help organize one's instruction session.
Inquiry-Based Learning
This paper discusses the educational practices best suited for information literacy instruction. It specifically focuses on inquiry-based learning and how this style of learning can be used to support teaching information literacy.
The Academy of Inquiry Based Learning is an organization focused on improving teaching and learning in higher education mathematics. AIBL supports college math instructors via professional development and learning communities to effectively and equitably implement IBL methods in undergraduate mathematics courses. Good teaching is good teaching, whether it is in person or online or some mix. Good teaching can be done in large or small classes, with rooms designed for collaboration or in rooms with fixed seats designed for yesterday’s lectures. No matter the situation, there exists a spot under the IBL “Big Tent” for college math instructors to implement IBL successfully.
As a part of ACRL, the PRIMO Committee’s freely accessible database is an amalgam of teaching materials for instruction librarians. It contains tutorials on citation styles and management, intellectual property issues, effective research practices, and even materials for more specific subjects such as writing literature reviews. It also has learning tutorials for certain disciplines. The database can be used as inspiration for one’s instructional methods.
CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments) is similar to PRIMO in that it is an open access database dedicated to providing faculty and librarians with effective lesson plans or assignments involving research. These materials contain critical feedback from Project CORA's online community members and are great for engaging students with information resources.