GAAILS 2021
Greater Austin Area Information Literacy Symposium Presentation Materials
Highlights-
Sparking interest: Using Adobe Spark, Canvas, and Active Learning Strategies to Boost Participation in a First Year Writing Information Literacy Instruction Partnership
Amy James - Director of Instruction and Information Literacy, Baylor University
An Introduction to the Hip Hop Libguide
kYmberly Keeton, African American Community Archivist, Austin History Center
Let's Talk About Moving Instruction Online!
Gwendolyn “Wendy” Thompson, Instruction Librarian, Texas State University, Round Rock
Tricia Boucher, User Experience Librarian, Texas State University, San Marcos
Vija G. Mendelson, Reference Librarian, Austin Public Library
Donna Dean, Information & Undergraduate Services Assistant, Texas State University, San Marcos
Jodi Brown, Collection Development Librarian, Texas State University, San Marcos
Meeting the Needs of Students Through Virtual Reading Rooms
Linda Kay, Librarian, Ridgeview Middle School, Round Rock ISD
Amy Lott, Librarian, Pearson Ranch Middle School, Round Rock ISD
Laura Stiles, Librarian, Canyon Vista Middle School, Round Rock ISD
Learning and Student Success: Presenting the Results of the 2019 Key Issues Survey
The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) continues its annual Key Issues in Teaching and Learning survey. We have tallied the results for 2019 and are pleased to present them to the community. Our Key Issues web page is now fully updated and ready for review.
Presenting the most significant issues, by the numbers: For those interested in exploring our longitudinal data, we have also updated the spreadsheet that contains all Key Issues survey results from 2011 through this year. This spreadsheet now contains two tabs: the first tab lists the overall rankings for each year, and the second tab lists the demographic information of the respondents. (Note: We began collecting demographic information in 2017, so this second tab presents results for the years 2017–19.)
(Malcolm Brown, Director of Learning Initiatives at EDUCAUSE)
Megan Hodge
mlhodge@gmail.com
Most librarians are required to take classes on reference, collection development, and information organization in library school; courses on pedagogy, on the other hand, are usually optional, if they’re offered at all. This leads most librarians who end up with instruction duties to learn on the job. Activities and assessments can be learned on the fly fairly easily, but these often have little to no bearing on how much students actually absorb and recall weeks later because alone, they are usually insufficient to ensure deep learning. This chapter seeks to add the basics of pedagogy, a subject comprehensively covered in K-12 teacher preparation programs, to the librarian’s instructional repertoire.