LIS-S 573 Education of Information Users
3 credits
- Prerequisite(s): LIS-S 500, LIS-S 507
- Delivery: Online
- Semesters offered: Spring (Check the schedule to confirm.)
Description
S573 introduces students to the roles of librarians in adult education in university and college libraries and in public libraries. The course explores information literacy, library instructional models, education and training theories, and practical approaches for optimizing learning opportunities in library-based settings. Information literacy standards from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and others are explored and applied to instructional design and practice. S573 also introduces students to outcomes-based planning and evaluation, a process for planning library-based educational programs with outcomes, or specific learning objectives in-mind. This course is intended as a place for you to get theoretical and more practical exposure to the work of liaison and teaching librarians in academic library settings as well as librarians who teach (or do programming) in public libraries. Through the semester you go through the entire “life cycle” of developing and assessing instruction within the context of adult education.
Program Learning Goals Supported
Instructors map their courses to specific LIS Program Goals. Mapped program goals drive the design of each course and what students can expect to generally learn.
- Connect Core Values and Professional Ethics to Practice
- Lead and Manage Libraries, Archives and Other Information Organizations
- Conduct Systematic Research to Inform Decisions
- Innovate Professional Practice with Information Services and Technology
Learning Outcomes
Instructors develop learning outcomes for their courses. Students can expect to be able to achieve the learning outcomes for a given course after successfully completing the course.
- Justify Information Literacy as a core component of critical thinking.
- Connect Information Literacy standards to library instruction.
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
- Develop both class and program-level outcomes.
- Evaluate education and training theories in the context of adult education.
- Design assessment of library educational services (for advocacy and program improvement).
Course Overview
Instruction is in Canvas. Lessons are organized into Modules whose length may vary.
Module 1: Introduction: The Role of Librarians in Adult Education
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
Module 2: Education and Training Theories within the Context of Adult
- Evaluate education and training theories in the context of adult education.
Module 3: Information Literacy Standards, Critiques, & Buy-In
- Justify Information Literacy as a core component of critical thinking.
- Connect Information Literacy standards to library instruction.
Module 4: Optimizing Learning Opportunities and Thinking Programmatically
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
- Develop both class and program-level outcomes.
Module 5: Information Literacy Applied to Instructional Design
- Connect Information Literacy standards to library instruction.
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
- Develop both class and program-level outcomes.
Module 6: Library Instruction Models
- Connect Information Literacy standards to library instruction.
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
- Develop both class and program-level outcomes.
Module 7: Outcomes-based Planning & Evaluation
- Design assessment of library educational services (for advocacy and program improvement).
Module 8: Putting It all together: From Instruction to Evaluation
- Interpret library instruction models in a variety of settings and user populations.
- Develop both class and program-level outcomes.
- Design assessment of library educational services (for advocacy and program improvement).
Policies and Procedures
Please be aware of the following linked policies and procedures. Note that in individual courses instructors will have stipulations specific to their course.