dateline: a new journalism program at Stony Brook
Aimee deChambeau's presentation on devising an information literacy component to a journalism program at Stony Brook:
Aimee defined some opportunities to promote info literacy
-- SCLD's initiatives to promote info lit competencies across the curriculum
-- survey of the literature
-- journalism program needed a lot of resources, since it was getting started right from the beginning
Some observations:
-- consult with the faculty of the department, in this case journalists and journalism faculty
-- very busy!
--become visible, go to department meetings
--Project Sails --> Kent State's assessment tool for info literacy programs
Team teaching research modules for the journalism program:
-- collaborate with faculty
--look at ACRL standards
-- lecture and lab
5 modules --> bio info, demographic info, legal & court info, business info, school districts & related local info
--midterm related to the research component of the journalism class
--BlackBoard was used --> handouts from librarian and postings by students (chat room or discussion board part)
Develop info lit curriculum for the skills classes which precede this one:
--pursue integration of skills into more classes
--create tutorials w/Camtasia
--develop stand-alone research modules which instructors can use
Collaboration is key! This was evident by Aimee's presentation -- a lot of what was done was a collaborative effort between interested faculty and the librarian(s). A second key point was the idea of integrating the information literacy into the curriculum of the department, not just standalone, one-shot, 50 minute session, once a semester.
Collection development policies need to be written to justify money for the new collection; work with the department faculty to create a core list
Media literacy programs (or, News Literacy) programs in Higher Education --> what is going on nationally? Should information & news literacy be merged in this way?
This all requires time and attention (much like farming organically)!
Aimee defined some opportunities to promote info literacy
-- SCLD's initiatives to promote info lit competencies across the curriculum
-- survey of the literature
-- journalism program needed a lot of resources, since it was getting started right from the beginning
Some observations:
-- consult with the faculty of the department, in this case journalists and journalism faculty
-- very busy!
--become visible, go to department meetings
--Project Sails --> Kent State's assessment tool for info literacy programs
Team teaching research modules for the journalism program:
-- collaborate with faculty
--look at ACRL standards
-- lecture and lab
5 modules --> bio info, demographic info, legal & court info, business info, school districts & related local info
--midterm related to the research component of the journalism class
--BlackBoard was used --> handouts from librarian and postings by students (chat room or discussion board part)
Develop info lit curriculum for the skills classes which precede this one:
--pursue integration of skills into more classes
--create tutorials w/Camtasia
--develop stand-alone research modules which instructors can use
Collaboration is key! This was evident by Aimee's presentation -- a lot of what was done was a collaborative effort between interested faculty and the librarian(s). A second key point was the idea of integrating the information literacy into the curriculum of the department, not just standalone, one-shot, 50 minute session, once a semester.
Collection development policies need to be written to justify money for the new collection; work with the department faculty to create a core list
Media literacy programs (or, News Literacy) programs in Higher Education --> what is going on nationally? Should information & news literacy be merged in this way?
This all requires time and attention (much like farming organically)!
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