Adopt, Adapt, Improve: Program Outcomes

Adapted from ACRL Standards and Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators

Module 1: Information literacy integration skills

Outcomes  

After completing this module, librarians will be able to:

1. Describe the role of information literacy at COD and the patrons, programs, and departments they serve.
2. Demonstrate how librarians collaborate with classroom faculty to integrate appropriate information literacy competencies, concepts and skills into library instruction sessions, assignments and course content.
3. Explain how librarians communicate with classroom faculty to collaboratively plan and implement the incremental integration of information literacy competencies and concepts within a subject discipline curriculum.

Module 2: Instructional design skills

Outcomes

After completing this module, librarians will be able to:

1. Define expectations and desired learning outcomes in order to determine appropriate information literacy proficiencies and resources to be introduced in library instruction.
2. Sequence information in a lesson plan to guide the instruction session, course, workshop, or other instructional material.
3. Create learner-centered course content and incorporate activities directly tied to learning outcomes.
4. Assist learners to assess their own information needs, differentiate among sources of information and help them to develop skills to effectively identify, locate, and evaluate sources.
5. Scale presentation content to the amount of time and space available.
6. Design instruction to best meet the common learning characteristics of learners, including prior knowledge and experience, motivation to learn, cognitive abilities, and circumstances under which they will be learning.
7. Integrate appropriate technology into instruction to support experiential and collaborative learning as well as to improve student receptiveness, comprehension, and retention of information.

Module 3: Presentation skills

Outcomes

After completing this module, librarians will be able to:

1. Make the best possible use of voice, eye contact, and gestures to keep class lively and students engaged.
2. Present instructional content in diverse ways (written, oral, visual, online, or using presentation software) and select appropriate delivery methods according to class needs.
3. Use classroom instructional technologies and make smooth transitions between technological tools.
4. Seek to clarify confusing terminology, avoid excessive jargon, and use vocabulary appropriate for level of students.
5. Practice or refine instruction content as necessary in order to achieve familiarity and confidence with planned presentation.

Module 4: Teaching skills

Outcomes

After completing this module, librarians will be able to:

1. Create a learner-centered teaching environment by using active, collaborative, and other appropriate learning activities.
2. Modify teaching methods and delivery to address different learning styles, language abilities, developmental skills, age groups, and the diverse needs of student learners.
3. Participate in constructive student-teacher exchanges by encouraging students to ask and answer questions by allowing adequate time, rephrasing questions, and asking probing or engaging questions.
4. Modify teaching methods to match the class style and setting.
5. Encourage teaching faculty during the class to participate in discussions, to link library instruction content to course content, and to answer student questions.
6. Reflect on practice in order to improve teaching skills and acquire new knowledge of teaching methods and learning theories.
7. Share teaching skills and knowledge with colleagues.