Teaching Information Literacy Online (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555707354)

As online learning becomes increasingly popular and widespread, librarians and faculty need new models for developing information literacy instruction in online environments. In this book, Thomas P. Mackey, Interim Dean at the Center for Distance Learning, SUNY Empire State College and Trudi E. Jacobson, Dudley Award Winner and Head User Education Librarian at SUNY Albany explore innovative faculty-librarian partnerships for teaching information literacy online. This edited volume includes a foreword by noted online learning scholar Terry Anderson, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University. All of the contributions to this book are co-written by faculty-librarian teams, providing a global perspective from the UK's Open University and the University of Manchester, and from a number of U.S. institutions including the University of Central Florida, and Indiana State University. Each chapter fuses pedagogical, disciplinary, and technological issues and covers practical approaches to hybrid, blended, open, and fully online courses and programs. Several disciplines are represented at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Business and Accounting, Computer and Library Science, History, English, Women's Studies, Education, and Social Work, as well as Curriculum Instruction and Media Studies. To help readers replicate the models in this book, each chapter includes an emphasis on program planning, best practices, potential challenges, and effective assessment strategies for improving student learning. Author teams describe technology innovations using reusable learning objects, Web 2.0 tools, learning management systems, open wiki environments, online portals, and the virtual world of Second Life.

Author: Trudi E. Jacobson, Thomas P. Mackey
ISBN-10: 1555707351
ISBN-13: 9781555707354
Publisher: ALA Neal-Schuman
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2011
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.09h x 7.07w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/2011 pg. 102