Lori Lysiak

Reference and Instruction Librarian

Penn State Altoona

lal29@psu.edu

814-949-5252

Valerie Lynn

Head Librarian

Penn State Hazleton

vag3@psu.edu

570-450-3172

If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It!

How to Develop Information Literacy Online Modules

PaLA Annual Conference

Reaching New Heights!

October 17, 2016

Session Overview

• Original Concept

• Online Modules

• Sustainability

• Future Goals

• Storyboard Scenarios

Original Concept

Original Concept

• Standardized library instruction

• Benchmarking other institutions

• Target audience

• Nursing research course curriculum

Course Content Development

Online Modules

Online Modules

Online Modules

Online Modules

Online Modules

Online Modules

Sustainability

Future Goals

Storyboard Scenarios

• What will your group’s online modules look like:

• Biology

• Engineering

• English

• Marketing

• Political Science

• Other (select your subject)

An instructor asks you to teach a series of library information

literacy classes for a [select subject] course. The instructor

would like it to be available in the online environment.

• Group Storyboarding: (35 min.)

• Concept

• Name of course

• Overall goal for course

• Online modules

• Learning objectives

• Content

• Interactivity

• Assessment

• Group Reports: (2 min. per group)

• Describe your Storyboard Scenario.

Storyboard Scenarios

Reflection

• Do you see online modules working at your institution?

• Why / Why not?

• Who would you partner with at your institution?

Helpful Resources

Blevins, A., & Inman, M. (Eds.). (2014). Medical Library Association Books

Series: Curriculum-based library instruction: From cultivating faculty

relationships to assessment. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Farmer, L. S.J. (2011). Instructional design for librarians and information

professionals. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.

Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2009). Information Literacy

Sourcebooks: Information literacy instruction: Theory and practice

(2nd ed.). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.

Kaplowitz, J. R. (2014). Designing information literacy instruction: The

teaching tripod approach. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Markey, K., Leeder, C., & Rieh, S. Y. (2014). Designing online information

literacy games students want to play. Lanham, MD: Rowman &

Littlefield.

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