One tool vastly underutilized in the classroom is the library guide. With a library guide tailored for your course, you can coach students through research assignments.
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Because of my new role as a director of an academic library, I have been taking deep dives into how libraries can help in the classroom. While I have always appreciated the role of the library, I now have a better understanding of libguides and how they can serve you and your students.
I was probably typical of most college students. I used Google and the general library database search engine. I was unaware of what libguides were and how they could help me.
Instructors are in the best position to guide students to these tools. Libguides can help reduce cognitive load as well as teach students about resources used in a discipline.
This episode will take a closer look at libguides. Specifically, we will examine why you would want to use a libguide for your course as well as ways to develop a libguide that will be used.
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Additional Reading
- ITC: 41 – Using Backward Design to Build Better Courses
- ITC: 102 – Teaching Information Literacy in Your Classroom
- Connecting with Faculty and Students through Course-Related LibGuides
- LibGuides by Design: Using Instructional Design Principles and User-Centered Studies to Develop Best Practices
- LibGuides to the rescue: The cure for the same old boring papers
- Designing LibGuides as Instructional Tools for Critical Thinking and Effective Online Learning
- LibGuides in Political Science: Improving Student Access, Research, and Information Literacy
- Reaching Out with LibGuides: Establishing a Working Set of Best Practices
- LibGuides: Customizing Subject Guides for Individual Courses
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