Charlet Key, Black Hawk College keyc@bhc.edu
Background
Readers Guide to Periodical Lit is
a thing of the past...a common interface.
Now we do Newsbank, LexisNexis, Ebscohost, JStor, Brittanica. No common interface these days.
Experience leads to knowing search
terms. Kids show up with no research
skills. No Child Left Behind gives them
Google experience. Adult learners are
terrified, intimidated that a younger person is showing them.
Microfilm, microfiche, etc. no
longer used. Now Phone has library app. which
reads to them.
EasyBib Trends in Info Lit: 66% of
students struggle with developing thesis.
57% of forms of literacy instruction are one-shots. Sufficient?
Ready for the information age??
Must expand it.
Typical Research Assignment
Number of pages, type/number of resources, limits access to some formats, documentation requirements (shuts down learning), scant on topic management (little space left to do this). When it’s online, teachers won’t often allow it. A dissertation found online would not work, while the same paper in-person was OK. Drove to Iowa to find out it didn’t check out.
Number of pages, type/number of resources, limits access to some formats, documentation requirements (shuts down learning), scant on topic management (little space left to do this). When it’s online, teachers won’t often allow it. A dissertation found online would not work, while the same paper in-person was OK. Drove to Iowa to find out it didn’t check out.
Topic Challenges
“I need an article that’s pro
police brutality.” “My topic is food.” Brains connect in different ways. Topic has potential, but needs to be scoped.
Citation Project
Very clear they don’t know how to analyze their sources. They often just cut and paste.
Very clear they don’t know how to analyze their sources. They often just cut and paste.
Intervention Needed
86,000 seconds in a day. Most squandered.
86,000 seconds in a day. Most squandered.
New approach
Topic brainstorming – Give choices. Personal stuff works, engages them in the
research even though it’s not usually allowed to use “you,” “I,” or “me.” Fills
up Presentation Content.
Research Support – Show what you’ve
got, then they have to say why they used it.
Or what they didn’t use. If they
care about it, they’ll put more work in.
Topics…College Core Values,
Internet overexposure, Problem-Solution-2nd Gen Problem. Hawaii rat
problem, bring in mongooses, nothing kills the mongoose. Red light cameras with increased
front/back-end accidents.
Faculty Perspective
Consistence from 101/102 Students
Student responses to past &
present topics
Alternate topic available (suggested
by previous students)
Some students have not written a
research paper by the time the get to english 101.
They have no familiarity with MLA or citing sources.
Librarian Perspective
It’s not information literacy but…
Connections are valuable
More time w/students allows for
reinforcing the message about the process.
WebMD is run by Big Pharma.
Medline Plus is better, in Spanish.
Be on tumblr, meet them where they are.
Accept that some topics are duds
Engage engage engage.
How Do We Make Them Care / Be Passionate About Their Education
Make it a contest that's about them? Part of education is learning the value of education. It will come to those that are open to it. Should be subtly worked into the curriculum. Connect it to something they can relate to. Need to persuade them that learning determines the world, makes the biggest difference. They put the effort in and care.
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