Community of Practice on Information Literacy
Do you wish your students were better at finding and using outside resources? Learn how you can help them by joining the Community of Practice (CoP) on Information Literacy!1
This CoP is composed of faculty and librarians from IUPUI and other universities, who meet once or twice a month. As a CoP, we have three objectives: group discussion of a common problem, scholarly inquiry aimed at discovering causes or solutions, and dissemination of findings. We’ve done really exciting work and have interesting plans for the future!
Our CoP projects have included:
- Information literacy workshops about infusing research knowledge and practices across the curriculum as well as in faculty assignments
- Participation in student and faculty surveys to gauge information literacy teaching practices
- Completion of a book chapter in Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines, which was published in 2017
- Sharing our collection of classroom strategies and online resources
- Regular Lunch and Learn Series
Our projects for the coming year include:
- Exploration of a badge system for faculty to learn about infusing research practices into the curriculum
- Workshops for faculty and librarians
- Continuation of faculty Lunch and Learn series
- Exploration of an assignment repository of information literacy assignments
If you have questions or are interested in joining this CoP, please contact Mel Wininger or Sara Lowe.