“Hay! Library Instruction Teams!”
Pony Up Your Activities & Corral your Curriculum
Natalie Bennett, Online Services Librarian
Lane Wilkinson, Director of Library Instruction
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Library Instruction at UTC
UTC
10,500 FTE
375 infolit sessions
5 librarians
ENGL 1010 & 1020
180 sections per year
What we’re talking about
• How we redesigned our curriculum
• Workshop: Icebreaker
• Workshop: Lesson plan review
• Discussion
Chapter One
How this all started
How this all started
The annual redesign: A Sisyphean effort
How this all started
The constant redesign:
• Time consuming
• Did not match teaching styles
• Instructor dissatisfaction
How this all started
A one-size-fits-all curriculum
just wasn’t working.
How this all started
The realization…
We’ve got a ton of
classroom activities.
How this all started
The realization…
We’ve got a ton of
classroom activities.
Bake
The
And
Using
Up
Textlinker
dozens
Some
OmniFile
more…
Research
Cards
What
The
are
The
What’s
Game
these
Google
in
of
articles
Google?
Research
Bucket
anyway?
Chapter Two
What we wanted
What we wanted
A standardized curriculum,
that accommodated
individual teaching styles,
but kept outcomes
consistent.
I can has?
Chapter Three
Standardization
Standardizing Outcomes
Setting comprehensive,
agreed-upon, measureable
outcomes.
Standardizing Documentation
Standardizing Documentation
Standardizing Activities
Learn!
Actively!
Standardizing Activities
Learn!
Actively!
Standardizing Activities
Learn!
Actively!
Chapter Four
Curriculum Mapping
Peer Review
Consistency,
agreement,
improvement
Setting up a map
Outcomes, activities,
and the big picture
Chapter Five
Curriculum à la carte
Constructing a class
Choose learning outcomes
Choose modules
Teach, reflect, and enjoy
Constructing a class
Natalie’s ENGL 1020
Lane’s ENGL 1020
Popular vs. Scholarly
Credibility Conversation
Choosing the Perfect Database
The Very Lonely Get It Button
Info Needs, Types, Qualities
Choosing the Perfect Database
Textlinker Cards
Curriculum à la carte
Flexible instruction
Happy librarians
Easier onboarding
Strategic activity design
&
Ability to adapt to new
standards/frameworks
Chapter Six
Your turn
Icebreaker
1. Reflect on your own teaching style.
2. Introduce yourself to your group: name,
institution, your favorite teaching method.
Instructions: Module Write Up
1. Use a blank template to write-up your favorite
activity for teaching foundational research
skills.
Instructions: Peer Review
1. Choose a recorder for your group.
2. Peer-review
• Round Robin: Each person describes their activity
and the learning objectives it meets.
• Discussion: Group provides feeback and comes to
a consensus.
3. Recorder fills in blank chart as you go around.
Mock-up a class plan
1. You’ve got a class coming in that is working
on an annotated bibliography requiring a mix
of credible popular and scholarly sources.
2. Can you put together a 50 minute class plan
using your group’s modules?
Discussion