Crossing the Threshold Workshop 3

Sarah Shujah (York)Whitney Kemble (UTSC)

Tuesday August 19, 2014

Workshop Outline

Learning outcomes

Small group discussion

Class activity

Teaching activity w/ mini poster session

Wrap up

Learning Outcomes

Discuss the two highlighted ACRL Threshold Concepts in order to develop a better understanding of the Concepts and Framework.

Create strategies and/or learning outcomes for the highlighted Threshold Concepts in order to implement them in your own teaching practice.

Searching as Exploration

Information discovery is nonlinear and iterative, requiring the use of a broad range of information sources and flexibility to pursue alternate avenues as new understanding is developed.

Information has Value

The creation of information requires a commitment of time, original thought, and resources that need to be respected by those who use or adapt it. Information may be valued differently based on its creator, audience, or message.

Find Your Match: Speed Searching

Group A’s have a research task

Group B’s are a type of resource

Move around and talk to each other to find your match! Mortensen, 2013. The New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/magazine/who-made-speed-dating.html?_r=0

Find Your Match: Speed Searching

www.yorku.ca/spark

Teaching Activity

Think of a class that you teach

Choose one of today’s concepts, write a learning outcome and create an activity for it

Share your work in the mini poster session

Wrap Up

Please fill out the evaluation form

THANK YOU!!!