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Bergstrom-Lynch, Yolanda – Public Services Quarterly, 2019
LibGuides are an essential resource in academic libraries. Although librarians use LibGuides primarily as instructional tools there is little discussion about the application of pedagogical and learner-centered design principles to the design of LibGuides. Current research focuses almost exclusively on issues of usability, resulting in best…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Guides, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design
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Transue, Beth M. – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
Connectivism is an emerging learning theory positing that knowledge comprises networked relationships and that learning comprises the ability to successfully navigate through these networks. Successful pedagogical strategies involve the instructor helping students to identify, navigate, and evaluate information from their learning networks. Many…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Library Instruction
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Avery, Susan; Hahn, Jim; Zilic, Melissa – Public Services Quarterly, 2008
Given the many changes in our students and their study and research practices, libraries are finding it necessary to seek new ways to reach these students. The Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a new model to do so. Librarian's Office Hours are a hybrid of reference and instructional services that…
Descriptors: College Students, Research Papers (Students), Study Habits, Educational Change
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Goebel, Nancy; Neff, Paul; Mandeville, Angie – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
Augustana (located in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, and formerly known as Augustana University College) is an undergraduate liberal arts and sciences faculty of the University of Alberta with an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students. The fall of 2001 marked the inception of for-credit discipline-specific information literacy (IL) course offerings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Instructional Development, Curriculum Implementation