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Participation and Presence: Interrogating Active Learning
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Hicks, Alison; Sinkinson, Caroline – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Active learning forms a common teaching method within information literacy instruction. Commitment to participatory models of teaching and learning requires critical vigilance, however, particularly given changing information environments and broader educational priorities. This theoretical paper interrogates active learning and its prevalence…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Problem Based Learning
"Google Reigns Triumphant"?: Stemming the Tide of Googlitis via Collaborative, Situated Information Literacy Instruction
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Leibiger, Carol A. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2011
Googlitis, the overreliance on search engines for research and the resulting development of poor searching skills, is a recognized problem among today's students. Google is not an effective research tool because, in addition to encouraging keyword searching at the expense of more powerful subject searching, it only accesses the Surface Web and is…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Information Literacy, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Problem Based Learning
Active Learning in the Library Instruction Environment: An Exploratory Study
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Ross, Alanna; Furno, Christine – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
This paper describes an exploratory study investigating the impact of problem-based learning and clicker technology as active learning strategies at the American University of Sharjah Library, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Studies compared traditional and active learning classes. The present article maps the successes and challenges of these unique…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
Problem-Based Learning for Engineering Students: An Evidence-Based Comparative Study
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Hsieh, Cynthia; Knight, Lorrie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2008
This paper describes two studies, one a pilot and the second, an enhanced study, that compare problem-based learning and lecture-based learning in library instruction for first-year engineering students. Two distinct assessment strategies were used to provide empirical evidence that supports the use of problem-based learning as an effective…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Lecture Method, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction
Problem-Based Learning in the Library: Evolving a Realistic Approach
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Pelikan, Michael – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
This article examines issues encountered over a two-year period by a faculty librarian at the Penn State University Libraries while developing and delivering course-related library instruction employing problem-based learning (PBL) in the First-Year Seminar (FYS) of the Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST). The process of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, State Schools, First Year Seminars, Problem Based Learning
Customer or Refined Student? Reflections on the "Customer" Metaphor in the Academic Environment and the New Pedagogical Challenge to the Libraries and Librarians.
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Tovote, Christina – 2001
This paper discusses customer services in academic libraries. The first section addresses the concept of the "customer." Thereafter, the paper applies the metaphor of the producer and its consumers to the relationship between a university and its students. The second section looks at education as a process of refinement. Next, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education