Episode 21: Winging it

Steve Lawson joins us to discuss winging it: low- and no-prep instruction sessions.

Links we mentioned:

• Steve’s blog: See Also…
• Pegasus Librarian by Iris Jastram
  
• The Improbable Source by Wayne Bivens-Tatum

(Apologies if some of the audio is slightly rough: in keeping with the theme of the show, Rachel and Jason had to improvise some of their podcasting equipment this month.)

MP3 link

Episode 20: The End of Tax Season (for Instruction Librarians)

Listen to Episode 20 (mp3, ~55 minutes)

Rachel, Jason, and Anna are ecstatic to have guest, Mary MacDonald, Associate Professor and Head of Instructional Services and Information Literacy Librarian at the University of Rhode Island. 

Show Notes:

• University of Rhode Island's Plan for Information Literacy
• URI 101: Traditions and Transformations -- Library Experience Session (LibGuide), used in conjunction with the Cephalonian Method
• Innovative library induction: Introducing the 'Cephalonian Method'
• LIB 120: Introduction to Information Literacy at URI
• Burkhardt, J. M., MacDonald, M. C., & Rathemacher, A. J. (2010). Teaching information literacy: 50 standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago: American Library Association.   

Instruction materials Mary recommends: 

• Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section. Analysis of instructional environments. American Library Association (Last accessed: 2010 November 23);
• Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press;
• Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2001). Information literacy instruction: Theory and practice. Information literacy sourcebooks. New York: Neal-Schuman;
• Proceedings from LOEX Conference;
• List-Handley, C. J. (2008). Information literacy & technology. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt (and all her earlier works!!!); and
• Check out resources reviewed by ACRL Instruction Section's Teaching Methods Committee.

Episode 19: This Time It's A Reunion

Listen to Episode 19 (mp3, ~56 minutes)

Rachel, Jason, and Anna invited past guests back to chat, and it was not only informative and educational, but great fun!  Joining us for this episode:

• Chad Mairn, Librarian and Part-time Faculty Member at St. Petersburg College
• Twitter: cmairn

• Peter Larsen, Physical Sciences & Engineering Librarian & Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island

• Stephen Francoeur, Information Services Librarian at Baruch College
• Twitter: s_francoeur
• Blog: Digital Reference
• Blog: Beating the Bounds

Show Notes:

• Database Troubleshooting Guide at St. Petersburg College
• PollEverywhere
• Yuuguu -- screen sharing software 
• California Open Source Textbook Project (COSTP) 
• Google Docs -- shared workspace for students
• LIB 120: Introduction to Information Literacy at URI
• A Better System for Classifying Sources
• Bizup, J. (2008). BEAM: A rhetorical vocabulary for teaching research-based writing. Rhetoric Review, 27 (1), 72-86.
• New Podcast Alert: The WGIL Room Issues in library instruction, information literacy, and emerging technology. Give it a listen!

Episode 18: This Really Is September's Episode

Listen to Episode 18 (mp3, ~44 minutes)

Rachel, Jason, and Anna talk about expanding their teaching repertoires:

• transliteracy endeavors,
• upperclass/advanced student teaching methods, and
• guiding from the side

Show Notes:

• Swiss Army Librarian;
  
• Libraries and Transliteracy;
• Jason at Georgia COMO; and
• Rachel's biggest tip when creating active learning exercises [paraphrased].

Episode 17: Collab-o-rama

Listen to Episode 17 (mp3, ~54 minutes)

Rachel, Jason, and Anna talk collaboration -- with faculty, with graduate students, with community organizations, with other librarians, etc.

Show Notes:

• Brad Sucks via Magnatune;
• Jason's excellent collaboration: History of New Media LibGuide;
  
• New Orleans Research Collaborative
  
• Jason's writing a Zotero book

Episode 16: Digital Reference Instructional Strategies

Episode 16 (59 minutes, mp3)

Jason and Rachel are joined by Stephen Francoeur, and discuss "Instructional Strategies for Digital Reference: Methods to Facilitate Student Learning".

It's helpful but not necessary to read the article beforehand.

Full citation:
Oakleaf, M., & VanScoy, A. (2010). Instructional Strategies for Digital Reference: Methods to Facilitate Student Learning. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 49(4), 380-390.

July episode coming soon, article discussion

Hi, folks -- the July episode will be posted very soon. This month we tried something a little different: we're discussing and critiquing an excellent article on incorporating instructional practice into instant message reference services.

We tried to keep the discussion accessible for listeners who haven't read the article, but it's available open-access via RUSQ.

Instructional Strategies for Digital Reference: Methods to Facilitate Student Learning by Megan Oakleaf and Amy Van Scoy (or PDF version)

Episode 15: Technology, Students and Instruction

Listen here (60 minutes, mp3)

In this episode, Jason and Rachel interview Chad Mairn, and we talk about a variety of technology issues and questions, including bringing technology to new populations, QR codes, the future of technology, research, and the library, and how to teach Wikipedia. Oh, and how to update an information literacy tutorial.

Show Notes:

• yuuguu: screen sharing software
• xkcd comic on piracy
  
• QR Codes - more information
  
• Beetagg - QR Code Generator for linking to personal contact information.
• NeoReader - QR Code generator for linking to just about anything.
• CGS 1060 (Basic Computer and Information Literacy) Diigo Group.

ALI episode 14: Zombie Invasion

Anna is out on maternity leave this month, but Rachel and Jason are joined by guests Margeaux Johnson and Missy Clapp from the University of Florida to talk about their student outreach and incorporating the library into UFL's zombie alternate reality game (ARG). We also answer some listener mail

Let this month's episode eat your brains aided by these links to some of the stuff we talked about:

• Zombie survival guide
• YouTube Video of Zombie Library event
• Flickr stream from the Party on the Plaza and Capture the Info Flag
• P21.org Framework for 21st Century Learning
  
• Participatory Culture (PDF link)

Download the MP3

Episode 13: April 2010 -- Buffy Hamilton, School Media Specialist

Listen to Episode 13 (~54 minutes, mp3)

Rachel, Jason and Anna are joined by special guest Buffy Hamilton. We discuss some of our favorite moments from Computers in Libraries, then talk with Buffy about her exciting high school capstone project, Media 21.

We had some minor technical difficulties with recording, so apologies for any small gaps in the conversation!

Links:

Media 21 project overview: http://theunquietlibrarian.wikispaces.com/media21capstone-buffy

Media 21 class website: http://sites.google.com/site/media21spring2010/
Media 21 veterans' issues project: http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/veterans-issues

Rachel is an Educator That Rocks

Rachel has been profiled by the findingEducation blog! Read Rachel's origin story, her campaign for information literacy at American U, and more:

Educators That Rock!: Rachel Borchardt

Episode 12: March 2010 -- Learning Objects

Listen to Episode 12 (mp3; ~56 minutes)

Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian and author of So You Want To Be a Librarian and Wikis for Libraries, from Wake Forest University, joins Rachel, Jason and Anna for an informative talk on Learning Objects: what they are, how we use them, their support in learning, where we find them, what we use to create them, and how we analyze their usage.  *PHEW*

Show Notes:

• Wake Forest University's Z. Smith Reynolds Library Toolkit
• CLIP: Cooperative Library Instruction Project
• Cardiff University's Information Literacy Resource Bank
• ANTS: Animated Tutorial Sharing Project
• MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
• PRIMO: Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online
• LION: Library Information Literacy Online Network
• Great example from Chad Boeninger of using a Youtube video of a news clip as an in-class exercise
• TILT: Texas Information Literacy Tutorial
• Common Craft's "In Plain English" videos
• LoLa Exchange: Learning Objects, Learning Activities  
• NCSU Tutorials: Overview in an In The Library With a Lead Pipe post
• Information & Communication Technology Literacy: From The California State University
• Information Literacy 11: Plagiarism and Citation Styles YouTube video from bbaker48
• PSU's Information Cycle - Introducing how an event turns into news and information

Note from Anna and Rachel: And a huge congratulations to our friend, colleague, ALI co-producer, and all around great person, Jason Puckett for being named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for 2010!

Episode 11: February 2010

Listen to Episode 11 (mp3; 1 hour, 3 minutes)

Sarah Steiner, Social Work and Assessment Librarian, from Georgia State University, joins Rachel, Jason and Anna for a great talk on all things assessment with library instruction (consultations, individual classes, as well as programmatic).

Show Notes:

• Virginia Tech Instruction Clearinghouse Initiative: Assessment Tools 
• Utah State University Assessment Page
• Radcliff, C. J., Jensen, M. L., Salem, Jr. J. A., Burhanna, K. J., & Gedeon, J. A. (2007). A practical guide to information literacy assessment for academic librarians. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited.
• Johnson, M. (2010). This book is overdue!: How librarians and cybrarians can save us all. New York: Harper. 
• Nominate your library's best LibGuides on Springshare's site: http://bestof.libguides.com

Episode 10: January 2010 - The "It's-Still-January" Episode

Listen to this episode (mp3, 1 hour, 1 minute)

Rachel, Jason, and Anna share their research interests, their latest instruction endeavors, and a bit about instructional strategies.

Show Notes:

• Computer Learning Center -- where Anna may start doing some outreach/workshops.
• Penn State's Information Cycle -- Uses Columbine to demonstrate "how today's events are tomorrow's information" (Rachel likes using Pluto as an example for science classes)
• PORT tutorial for PsycInfo from GSU library
• They're Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals [May 1 – 31, 2010]
  

Next Month's Episode: Assessment chat with a special guest! Make sure to tune in!