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Sat May 5 9:50am-10:40amBreakout A
Blending, Mixing, and Processing: Strategies Used to Engage Students in
the ClassroomMark Aaron PolgerInstruction/Reference LibrarianCollege of Staten IslandCity University of New [email protected]/~polger
Karen Okamoto, Interlibrary Loan, Reference, & Instruction LibrarianLloyd Sealy LibraryJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeCity University of New [email protected]
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Agenda
• Our Institutions
• Obstacles
• Your obstacles?
• Blending
• Mixing
• Processing
• Your teaching strategies?
• Conclusion
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• Founded in 1847
• City University of New York (hereafter CUNY) is an urban public university consisting of 24 institutions
• Campuses across five boroughs of New York City.
• 11 senior colleges, seven community colleges, a graduate school, a law school, and a journalism school.
• CUNY serves 540,000 students
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• Senior college spread over 200 acres
• Largest CUNY college (in size).
• Offers Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. programs in various programso Strengths: Nursing, Education, Business
• Targeted one-shot classes (ENG 111).
• 10 teaching librarians (12 full time)
• Approximately 300 Library Instruction classes taught per academic year.
College of Staten Island (CSI)
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John Jay College
• Senior college• Approximately 15,000 students• Criminal justice focus• Targeted one-shot classes• 11 teaching librarians
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• 3000 students enrolled in 20 college programs
• Campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn
• Information Literacy is part of Core Competencies Division
• 2-credit course taught by librarians
• Every student is required to take this class
• Full semester course (15 weeks) for 2 hours a week
• Core Competencies Division also offers courses such as Freshmen Skills and Career Development
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Obstacles
• Students may not feel engaged or motivated becauseo Classes are non-credit bearing o They are not evaluated on their performance. o Why am I here?o Isn't LIB 100 a "library" course?
• Trouble getting “buy in” from academic departments and individual teaching faculty.
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Obstacles
•• No “relationship building” between student
and librarian.
• Students may be overwhelmed by too much information.
Students may forget everything afterwards.
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Obstacles
• Students need to learn different interfaces that may not be user-friendly.
• Librarians providing instruction for large Undergraduate classes (in an auditorium/theater) is a challenge.
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Obstacles
• What obstacles do you face in your library instruction classes?
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Blending
Integrate different strategies to start the class and blending students' lives into the class
• Icebreakers
• Storytelling
• Visuals
• Colorful handouts
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Blending
• Scaffolded learning
• Theatricso Information Cycleo Acting Outo Humoro Email and Phone Etiquette
• Embed yourself into a course
• Experiential learningo Hands-on learningo mini researcho investigative assignment in-class
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Mixing
• Mix Media and Methods• Make the lesson memorable• Media Literacy
o different news sources covering the same story
o Show videos, a LibGuide, etc.. o Wikipedia assignmentso Facebook profiles used to
teach citationso Flickr tags to teach subjectso Break up lecture time
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Mixing
Don't sit still! Move around..
• Engage students
• Inspire and empower
• Don't talk down
• Create a dialogue
• Ask questions
• Kinesthetic learningo Boolean demonstration o Writing keywords on the white boardo Show peers how to use a resource
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Technology & Realia
• Document projectoro library card, book, mobile device
• Realiao journals and magazines, books
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Processing
Incorporate critical thinking exercises and group work
• Metacognitiono Tell students what they will learn
• Practice, exercises, activities,group work
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Processing
• Mnemonics -- memory retentiono CRAAP test --> Compare Web Sites
• Group discussionso Learn from each othero Feedbacko Teamwork
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Processing
Critical Self-Reflection •Journaling•Problem solving •Critical thinking•"Thinking about thinking"•Conceptualize, Apply, Synthesize,
and Evaluate
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Your teaching strategies
1. On the handout, please write down some teaching strategies you use to engage students.
2. We will then ask you to share and discuss these strategies with the person sitting closest to you.
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Conclusion: Assessment & Follow-up
• Assessment tool such as a quiz or questionnaire
• Informally testing students’ comprehension of the material is important. • Emphasize importance of the tailored handout and contact information.
• Emphasize our availability via phone, in-person, or email
• We need to promote ourselves
• We encourage them to follow-up with us.
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Thank you for your attention!
Mark Aaron PolgerInstruction/Reference LibrarianCollege of Staten IslandCity University of New [email protected]/~polger
Karen Okamoto, Interlibrary Loan, Reference, & Instruction LibrarianJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeCity University of New [email protected]