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How the Library can support your instruction
Library Instruction Options
- Digital Modules/Tutorials
- High-quality, multimodal tutorials on a range of topics related to information literacy and research.
- Provides knowledge checks for checking students’ understanding
- Embed resources right into D2L
- Stronger information literacy and critical thinking skills lead to higher retention
- Offers ADA compliant resources
- Good option if you feel too pressed for time to address information literacy concepts during class meetings. Also a good way to introduce and assess students to MLA/Citation information.
- Class sessions with a librarian, tailored to your syllabus and assignment
- Must share assignment guidelines and syllabus before session confirmation
- Good option for students who all have similar assignments
- Personal research consultations or small group instruction
- Students meet individually or in small groups with a librarian to discuss topic, search strategies and locate relevant research.
- Students can book consultations here: http://gcsu.libcal.com/
- Course guide creation
- A great place for housing links, readings, complementary course materials, open access educational resources. Also fully integrated within D2L.
Assignment Design: Things to Consider
- Scaffolding
- How does this assignment/class session support your syllabus and learning outcomes?
- Is this assignment/session building on foundational skills?
- Have you provided feedback or opportunities for peer review to students on smaller research or writing assignments?
- Timing of session/assignment
- Does the timing of the assignment/session make sense with respect to the semester?
- Available research
- Is research about the topics or readings you assign readily available within library databases?
- Does the assignment lend itself well to the skills of students doing academic research and writing for the first time?
Research Design Checklist
Research Paper Alternatives
- Annotated bibliography
- Literature review
- Evaluate and edit an article in Wikipedia
- Case study analysis
- Compare and contrast
- A reference book and a journal article
- An article and a book
- A popular article and a scholarly article
- Identify primary and secondary source relevant to a specific person, place or event
- Poster session
- Mini-conference
- Creative projects
- Video/Photography
- Visual art
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Creative nonfiction
- Music
- Website
- Online portfolio
- Grant proposal
- Curate an exhibit
- Recommend the purchase of a resource in a specific discipline
- Stage a debate
- Write a rebuttal
- Research and predict the impact of new or proposed policies/legislation
- Propose a new topic for the course
- Track uses of scientific research in the popular publications
- Conduct a SWOT analysis comparing two companies
- Review a book or film
- Compare film to source material
