Libarian Instruction Professional Development

In this module you'll have the opportunity to investigate best practices in LibGuide design that support not only more effective LibGuides, but also more engaging ones.  Then, you'll apply that learning in 1-2 LibGuides of your choice, which you'll be working with across the retreat (not just this module).

There are a series of short readings/resources -- all of which you are asked to explore. There is also an optional Springshare webinar recording.

The two activities ask you to identify LibGuides that you'll work on during the retreat, and then to analyze those LibGuides according to the prompt and based upon the module learning materials. We'll be using Camino discussion forums for those activities.

Review the SCU Style Guide for LibGuides, first articulated in 2015. 

You've flagged 1-2 LibGuides to work on throughout the retreat.  Now, having spent some time exploring the best practices materials in this module, answer the following prompts in the forum below. 

1. Which practices does your guide embody well?  Which ones need to be incorporated more? Be sure to address a range of practices (from layout design, content, media, language, naming conventions, etc.)
2. How might incorporating some of these additional best practices support greater student engagement with your guide?

We'll be talking about student engagement throughout the retreat. Here's a concise definition:

In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education. Generally speaking, the concept of “student engagement” is predicated on the belief that learning improves when students are inquisitive, interested, or inspired, and that learning tends to suffer when students are bored, dispassionate, disaffected, or otherwise “disengaged.” Stronger student engagement or improved student engagement are common instructional objectives expressed by educators.

Help create discussion across our retreat by replying and responding to some of your colleagues as they post.