Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information...
-
Upload
nayeli-dickinson -
Category
Documents
-
view
217 -
download
2
Transcript of Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information...
![Page 1: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Evidence of Impact:
Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning toUnderstand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction
LOEX-of-the-West
Mount Royal University, Calgary AB
June 12, 2010
![Page 2: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Introductions & Intentions
• Introductions– Becky Willson, Mount Royal University Library– Richard Gale, Mount Royal University Institute for Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning
• Intentions– What is scholarship of teaching and learning?– How does it work in ILI?– Why should this matter to you?
![Page 3: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
• Ubiquity of inquiry and improvement• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
– Surveys and studies on faculty work (pre 1990)– Scholarship Reconsidered (1990)– Scholarship Assessed (1997)– Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(1998-2005)
• Canadian Leadership Forums on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2005 & 2010)
![Page 4: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Useful Distinction
• Skillful Teaching … actions demonstrating awareness, excitement, preparation, reflection, responsiveness, and more … fosters critical engagement and active learning … includes thoughtful assessment
• Scholarly Teaching … instruction informed by the latest ideas in the field … using insights/innovations about teaching/learning from the field … striving for improvement of teaching/learning for the field
![Page 5: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Useful Distinction
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning … rigorous evidence-based research conducted by teachers in their own classrooms … seeing, gathering, interpreting compelling evidence of student learning … peer reviewed and publicly disseminated findings and insights about how, where, why students learn … influences teaching, learning, scholarship beyond the local … operates through an ongoing cycle of inquiry
![Page 6: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Describing the Cycle of Inquiry
• Observation – what you see leads to questions about learning
• Investigation – what you need to know leads to inquiry into learning
• Examination – what you find leads to a claim about learning
• Validation – what you offer (question through claims) for peer review
• Dissemination – what you share to prompt greater understanding
• Observation – what else you see as a result of previous research
![Page 7: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
• The view from the classroom– What techniques do students use to cultivate intentional and
integrative learning in GenEd– What process do engineering students go through when
visualizing 2-D drawings in 3-D?– What meta-cognitive reading strategies do students demonstrate
and value?– How do computer simulations help physics students learn
disciplinary thinking?– How do clinical experiences generate nursing student
involvement in patient advocacy?
![Page 8: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
SoTL in ILI
• New teacher at MRU• Interested in improving ILI
– Rearranged classes– More independent work
• Wanted to know what students do during ILI
• Research component to position
![Page 9: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
SoTL in ILI
• December 2009– Started the Teaching and Learning
Scholars Program
• September 2010– Data collection will begin
• Project development required– Examining my interests and teaching– Getting familiar with SoTL research– Discussion with other SoTL researchers– Collaboration with librarians
![Page 10: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
SoTL in ILI
• Refining the research question– Originally: How do students engage with
one-shot ILI sessions?– Currently: Is giving students time to
work independently on their research during a one-shot ILI session, combined with scaffolding, an effective way to prepare students to do individual research?
![Page 11: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
SoTL in ILI
• Finding appropriate research instruments– Originally: web surveys and focus
groups • using other librarians’ classes
– Currently: research logs, web surveys, field notes, student interviews
• in my own classes
![Page 12: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
How do you know?
• One learning observation– A memorable
event you’d like to understand
– A persistent question you’d like to answer
– A driving frustration you’d like to address
• Reframe as a “what” question– What happens
when students learn …
– What works to help students learn …
– What if students were given chances to learn …
![Page 13: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Pairing and Comparing
![Page 14: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Considering Context
• MRU recognizes the importance of IL– 2 out of 6 university-wide learning outcomes are IL related
• MRU is student focused– Much ILI, Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning
• MRU librarians are faculty who can choose to be engaged in scholarship
![Page 15: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Challenges
• It is a new field of study for many of us– Defining SoTL as research and not assessment or professional
development– Not always understood by institutions, HREBs, chairs and deans,
etc.
• SoTL in ILI different than other disciplines– Often see students only once in a formal setting– Often do not have the kinds of data often used in SoTL research– Often the learning occurs within the context of other learning
![Page 16: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Opportunities
• Move from assessment to research– Shift from attempting to prove ILI is useful to a deeper understanding
of student learning– Acknowledgement of the intellectual work inherent within ILI
• Way to conduct significant research that is already seen as part of faculty work
• Collaboration with other librarians, institutions and disciplines
• A natural connection with the wider research community
![Page 17: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Resources & Connections
• Organizations, Wikis and Blogs: (also mtroyal.ca/isotl)– CLA's Evidence Based Librarian Interest Group
(http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Evidence_Based_Librarianship)
– CLA's Evidence Based Librarian Interest Group wiki (http://eblibrarianship.pbworks.com/)
– libraryassessment.info - A blog for and by librarians interested in library service assessment, evaluation, and improvement supported by the Association of Research Libraries (http://libraryassessment.info/)
– Evidence Based Toolkit for Public Libraries wiki (http://ebltoolkit.pbworks.com/)
![Page 18: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Resources & Connections
• Journals: (also mtroyal.ca/isotl)– Evidence Based Library and Information Practice – Library Hi Tech - publishes articles on evidence-based
librarianship– Journal of Academic Librarianship and Reference Services
Review– International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning– Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning– Mountainrise
![Page 19: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Resources & Connections
• Books and Articles: (also mtroyal.ca/isotl)– ACRL Academic Librarianship and the Redefining Scholarship
Project report http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/whitepapers/academiclibrarianship.cfm
– Booth, A. (2006). Clear and present questions: Formulating questions for evidence based practice. Library Hi Tech Journal, 24(3), 355-368. doi: 10.1103/07378830610692127
– Booth, A., & Brice, A. (Eds.). (2004). Evidence-based practice for information professionals. London: Facet Publishing.
![Page 20: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Resources & Connections
• Books and Articles: (cont.)– Eldredge, J. D. (2000). Evidence-based librarianship: An
overview. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88 (4), 289-302.
– Eldredge, J. D. (2006). Evidence-based librarianship: The EBL process. Library Hi Tech Journal, 24(3), 341-354. doi: 10.1108/07378830601692118
![Page 21: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Take-away
• What scholarship of teaching and learning is and does, why it matters, how it works
• Where scholarship of teaching and learning fits into the seeing and changing process
• How scholarship of teaching and learning functions in context and within caveats
• Improving students’ learning, teachers’ teaching, librarians’ scholarship
• Influencing students, colleagues, programs, institutions, and policies
• Changing instructional practice within the field, region, nation, world
![Page 22: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Acknowledgements
LOEX-of-the-West
Mount Royal University
The Library
The Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
![Page 23: Evidence of Impact: Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Understand and Improve Information Literacy Instruction LOEX-of-the-West Mount Royal.](https://reader038.fdocuments.net/reader038/viewer/2022110116/551ac82b55034606048b4d83/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Questions & Comments