(via Tish Hayes, Moraine Valley Community College)
The 17th Annual Information Literacy Summit, themed “Teaching for Curiosity, Creativity, and Action”, will take place on Friday, April 20, from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The event will be held on the Moraine Valley Community College campus and is co-sponsored by the DePaul University Library and Moraine Valley Community College Library. The keynote speaker is Char Booth, Associate Dean of the University Libraries at California State University San Marcos and an ACRL Immersion Institute faculty member. More information about Booth is available here.
Call for Proposals
We are seeking presenters to lead engaging and interactive discussions about information literacy and library instruction. We are especially interested in breakout sessions and panels which focus on this year’s theme: Teaching for Curiosity, Creativity, and Action. How might we engage our learners to help them develop curiosity and creativity? What role does information literacy play in taking action and making change in our communities? How might our own teaching practice reflect these dispositions? We hope to foster conversations across all types of libraries, schools, and other organizations and encourage a diversity of perspectives in this proposal call.
The Summit is a regional conference which will be held at the Moraine Valley Community College campus. If you wish to propose more than one breakout session, please fill out a form for each topic. Breakout sessions and panels will be 50 minutes long and should include audience interaction or discussion. Panel discussions should have a three person maximum. Hands-on lessons and demonstrations (and/or practical takeaways) are encouraged. Sessions typically have 20-40 participants.
The submission should include a 200-300 word description of your session. Please include learning outcomes and a brief explanation of why people should attend your session and what they will take away. A shorter abstract (around 100 words) for publication in the Summit programming will be required as well.
Please fill out this Google form to propose a breakout session. Note that the deadline to submit proposals has been extended to Friday, January 19.
Some possible topics for sessions include:
- Social Justice
- Service Learning
- Student Curiosity and Creativity
- Student Centered Teaching and Learning
- Students as creators
- Critical Information Literacy
- Critical Pedagogies
- Reflective Practice
- Communities of Practice
- Applications of the Framework for Information Literacy
- Programmatic assessments
- Instructional design