Title: Enhancing Student Learning Through Information Literacy and Technology
Sponsor: LIS and Dean’s Office
Facilitator(s): Andi Beckendorf, Diane Gossman, Christine Vivian
Workshop Dates: July 13 & 15 (Mon, Wed), 2015; 9:00am-12:00pm + project time with your LIS team
Location: Preus Library

Registration deadline: May 4, 2015 (8-12 participants max). Application required.

Description:
With a focus on student-centered learning, information literacy provides a way to consider and enhance integration of critical thinking and technology proficiency into our courses. The three workshop tracks offer faculty an opportunity to select a level of depth while breadth is gained through an overview of information literacy and its relationship to critical thinking, research, and departmental curricula. The tracks also give the facilitators flexibility to tailor the experience to faculty needs. During the workshop, participants will consider course-specific information literacy principles in the context of departmental/program goals for students (at the beginning, intermediate or advanced levels), and teaching goals in relation to use of technology (multimedia, social media, new media literacies, hardware, software, etc.). Faculty who select Track 2 or Track 3 will be provided with technology equipment to assist in developing new approaches to pedagogy.

Implementation outcomes should include:

• articulation of information literacy-related performance outcomes
• assessment tool(s) related to technology and information literacy skills
• examples of assignments that integrate technology and information literacy skills into the coursework

Participants will select one of the following three tracks:

1. Seminar (stipend of $50)
   • attend two ½ day workshop sessions
   • contribute to a larger conversation about technology and pedagogy during 2015-2016
2. Seminar and Assignment/Unit Planning (stipend of $150 + up to $400 in technology equipment/software)
   • participate in Track 1 Seminar
   • collaborate with LIS team members (multimedia, instructional technology, library liaison, etc.) during one additional ½ day session Monday or Tuesday of the workshop week
   • implement and assess your revised assignment(s) in at least one course during 2015-2016
   • participate in a larger campus conversation about technology and pedagogy through a Faculty Development session during 2015-2016
3. Seminar and Course Planning (stipend of $300 + up to $400 in technology equipment/software)
   • participate in Track 1 Seminar
   • collaborate with LIS team members (multimedia, instructional technology, library liaison, etc.) during one additional ½ day session Monday or Tuesday of the workshop week
   • engage in additional course planning with LIS team members during 2015-16 (up to 15 contact hours)
   • teach the revised course during 2015-2016
   • participate in a larger campus conversation about technology and pedagogy through a Faculty Development session during 2015-2016

Previous Workshop Participants
Anita Carrasco (Anthropology), Maryna Bazylevych (Anthropology & Women's Studies), Lori Stanley (Anthropology), Ben Moore (Art), Mark Johns (Communication Studies), Thomas Johnson (Communication Studies), Sarah Wilder (Communication Studies), Nick Gomersall (Economics), Craig Rabe (Economics & Business), Barb Bohach (Education), Odette Bruneau (Education), Deb Fordice (Education), Jodi Meyer-Mork (Education), Nancy Barry (English), Brian Solberg (HPE), Elizabeth Steding (Modern Languages), Brooke Joyce (Music), Linda Martin (Music), Steve Smith (Music), Jayme Nelson (Nursing), Holly Moore (Philosophy), Pedro dos Santos (Political Science), Wanda Deifelt (Religion), Ginger Meyette (Social Work), Britt Rhodes (Social Work), Tom Berger (Theatre/Dance), Jeff Dintaman (Theatre/Dance), and Lisa Lantz (Theatre/Dance)

To submit your application, visit Summer 2015 Faculty Workshop Application.