Document Type
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-25-2016
Keywords
assessment; educational psychology; library instruction sessions; metacognition; pedagogy; reddit; TIL
Abstract
A case study of a library instruction teaching experiment using the “Today I Learned” forum on the website reddit.com, this article addresses teaching and assessment methods intended to promote self-monitoring in both the library instructor and student. After experimenting in the context of one-shot, lower-division, library instruction sessions, the TIL structure demonstrated strong opportunities for (a) eliciting declarative feedback from students about what they learn in library instruction sessions, (b) discussing how appropriate resource selection can effectively support a claim, and (c) modeling behaviors of lifelong learning while introducing unfamiliar students to an online forum founded in that spirit.
Citation
Gibeault, M. (2016). Embracing Geek Culture in Undergraduate Library Instruction: The TIL Subreddit for Resource Evaluation and Qualitative Assessment. The Reference Librarian, 57 (3), 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2015.1132182
Comments
This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in The Reference Librarian on February 25, 2016.