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Information Literacy Fundamentals @ Pitt: Further Reading

This guide defines information literacy and discusses strategies to incorporate information literacy into sessions for students.

From the Information Literacy Weblog

From the ACRLog

From In the Library with the Lead Pipe

From the Connecting Librarian

Active Learning

Active Learning
Guide from UT-Austin.

Anecdotes

What to Do With Wikipedia
By William Badke in Information Today, Inc.

Classroom Management

Teaching Methods & Stategies from Pitt's Teaching Center
From the Center for Teaching & Learning. Includes resources and articles on active learning, class discussions, motivating students and more.
Solve a Teaching Problem
An interactive problem solving guide from CMU.

Teaching Discipline Specific Information Literacy

Information Literacy in the Disciplines
Wiki from ACRL.
Discipline Specific Information Literacy Standards
Standards from ACRL.

Teaching with Outcomes

Goals and Objectives
Defines goals and objectives with examples. From UT-Austin.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning developed by Benjamin Bloom in 1956.
Writing Measurable Objectives
Guide to writing measurable objectives from ACRL.
Writing Instructional Goals and Objectives
Includes an interactive quiz. From PSU.

Tools and Tutorials

Creating WebQuests
Includes WebQuest Templates.
bubbl.us
An online brainstorming tool.
MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT)
Peer-reviewed, open access, online publication from MERLOT.
IL Mind Map
Visual map to information literacy.

Working with Faculty

Contacting the Faculty Member
Questions to ask a faculty member when planning an instruction session from UT-Austin. Includes a sample email to a faculty member.