Class Guides Course Guides e aching or yranny

Class. Guides & Course. Guides e aching or yranny Nancy Noe Auburn University Libraries Instruction West 2016

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nce upon a time…

Librarians Love Lib. Guides

Librarians Love Lib. Guides a nd, by extension, Class/Course Guides

But what about the research? v Subject guides

But what about the research? v Subject guides - Created by librarians; used by librarians - Low usage among students - Student understanding of subject/discipline

But what about the research? v If Subject guide-like… - Sage on the stage - Critical pedagogy Alison Hicks Jon Giullian & Ernest Zitser

But what about the research? v Learning and Assessment My findings Your responses

But what about the research? v Learning and Assessment Authority is constructed & contextual Information creation as a process Information has value Research as inquiry Scholarship as conversation Searching as strategic exploration

But what about the research? v Learning and Assessment Page clicks Affective

Oh dear, oh dear Web evaluation. Easy embed google forms formative&summative Bernie Morrissey Harker School http: //library. harker. org/web 6 Lists of articles to review for authority is textual Easy link – reminder after class of eval criteria. http: //libraryguides. library. clark. edu/cap 080 -may-varas. Laura Nagel Clark College Scaffolding – starting points. Joint research writing guide. Wasy back after class Sue Gilroy Harvard What resources do students need – generate list of resources. Group work, students select and discuss why they made selection, Ryne Leuzinger Cal State Monterey Bay Another way to view, incorporate guide pages – process James Sponsel Davidson View Hist 244, Thoughts about research process; questions before getting into sources Ann Zawistoski Carleton College Embed Padlet for live topic development, Liz King Texas State University Amanda Scull article – have students create Ruth Baker article – use platform for online tutorials Other suggestions: use for flipped classroom – use for work prior to attending library session, Create in collaboration with faculty, construct more meaningful comment boxes, focus on process over content. Hist 267

Other thoughts Aaron Bowen research. No pedagogical advantage to libguides over webpages. Librarians view Lib. Guides as somehow magical. What, if instead, we stated that we were creating class webpages. Libguides are webpages. Consider the sharing/coping of guides. Critics would suggest that by doing so our class/course guides are devoid of creativity, diversity and any real meaningful thought or consideration.

nce upon a time, three weeks ago…

nd students learned happily ever after Nancy Noe noenanc@auburn. edu @Nancy. Noe. WDE

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