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Charting Your Course:Using Curriculum Mapping to Enhance Information Literacy
Susan [Gardner] ArchambaultLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
DEVELOP procedure for reviewing & deconstructing curriculum
IDENTIFY “high impact” courses within each Dept. for embedding info lit
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LMU Curriculum Mapping Project
Why Curriculum Mapping?
Get to know curriculumfor each major orprogram of study
What’s the place ofinformation literacy in the curriculum as a whole?
Where is it most strategic to embed info literacy so more students benefit?
Work with faculty to avoid duplication and gaps in information literacy instruction
• Fill out a map for each Major/program of study
• List required “core” courses as well as “electives”
• Obtain copies of course syllabi for content analysis
• Identify learning outcomes and assignments related to LMU core info lit dimensions and map to course
• Meet with Chair/Department to discuss findings
Methodology
LMU’s Information Literacy “Big Picture”
In Search Of… Content Analysis
LMU CORE INFO LIT DIMENSIONS
Identify info need via research/hypothesis
Find info beyond assigned readings
Evaluate sources
Use evidence by integrating outside sources
Info ethics via proper citations
Excerpt from Mapping Instructions
Sample Curriculum Map
Dissection of CMST 204
Let’s Discuss:Where does your department build on foundational information literacy skills?
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
RHETORICAL ARTS
CMST 204
Example: Reinforcing & Building On
• 46 upper-level courses embedded info lit into learning outcomes
• New opportunities for faculty-librarian collaboration
• More sequential info lit across the curriculum
Outcomes (So Far…)
• ACRL-IS Management and Leadership Committee. (2010). Analyzing your instructional environment: A workbook. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/aie/aie.pdf
• Boss, K. & Drabinski, E. (2013). Looking for infoLit: Using syllabi to map strategic information literacy instruction. 7th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference, July 15-18, 2013, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Retrieved from http://eblip7.library.usask.ca/docs/Boss_Drabinski_EBLIP7_presentation
• Maki, P. (2010). Assessing for learning: Building a sustainable commitment across the institution. 2nd edition. Sterling, VA : Stylus Publishing.
• LMU Library. (2014). Curriculum mapping at LMU. Retrieved from http://libguides.lmu.edu/mapping2
Reader’s Advisory
• Moser, M., Heisel, A., Jacob, N., & McNeill, K. (2011). A more perfect union: Campus collaborations for curriculum mapping information literacy outcomes. ACRL 2011: A Declaration of Interdependence, March 30 – April 2, 2011, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/papers/more_perfect_union.pdf
• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment. (2012). Curriculum mapping tool kit. Retrieved from http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/Mapping.htm
• UNLV Libraries. (2011). UNLV Libraries instructional framework working group report. Retrieved from http://www.library.unlv.edu/about/instruction_framework
Reader’s Advisory
Thank You:William H. Hannon Library Research Incentive Travel Grant
Susan Gardner Archambault susan.gardner@lmu.edu@susanarcham