Exceeding the Limits: Teaching and Assessing Information Literacy within Blackboard

Authors

Jon Ritterbush, University of Nebraska-Kearney

Keywords

information literacy, library orientation, library instruction, academic libraries, higher education, college students, computer assisted instruction, web based instruction, online courses, learning management system (computer software), integrated learning systems

Abstract

Many librarians can relate to the pedagogical limitations of one-shot classes and the challenges of reaching large numbers of first-year students. The Library Research Tutorial at the University of Nebraska-Kearney was designed to go beyond time and space constraints to orient new undergraduate students to library resources and research methods using self-paced modules within a Blackboard course. Since Fall 2011, over 2,400 students have been enrolled in the Tutorial at the request of their course instructors, who in turn receive students’ Tutorial quiz scores for use as graded credit. This paper describes the Tutorial’s contents, enrollment and grading processes, instructor responses, student outcomes, and future directions for continued development.

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Recommended Citation

Ritterbush, Jon (2015) "Exceeding the Limits: Teaching and Assessing Information Literacy within Blackboard," Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings: Vol. 5: No. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2160-942X.1052