(via Jane Hammons, The Ohio State University)
All are invited to join us for the free webinar “Crossing Information Literacy Thresholds: A New Model to Scaffold Learning-An Initial Conversation”. Hosted by The Ohio State University Libraries, the webinar will take place on Thursday, May 22, from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM CDT.
The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education articulates the ways of thinking, knowing, and doing valued in the academic community through the definition and description of six threshold concepts. While the articulation of these threshold concepts is beneficial for making these ways of thinking, knowing, and doing transparent, they primarily represent expert ways of engaging with knowledge. Furthermore, the Framework doesn’t provide guidance for how instructors and librarians can help learners, particularly novices, to cross these information literacy conceptual thresholds.
How do we scaffold that learning? How do we develop appropriate learning outcomes and activities? How do we assess student learning? In this workshop, we will begin with an overview of epistemological development models and their relationship to information literacy. Then, the Crossing Information Literacy Thresholds model will be presented as a strategy for scaffolding information literacy-related learning that is rooted in both threshold concept theory and epistemological development models.
Please register here. The presenter is Amanda Folk, Head, Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University Libraries.
This workshop is being offered as part of the Information Literacy Virtual Workshop Series at Ohio State. Information on additional upcoming workshops in the series is available here: Information Literacy Virtual Workshops. Participants who attend workshops can earn credit toward the Teaching Information Literacy Certificate, being offered for free from The Ohio State Libraries Teaching & Learning Department.
For any questions, contact LIB-Teach@osu.edu.