Learning Environment Architect…

Mara Bordignon, B.Sc., M.I.St.Seneca Libraries, Seneca College

WNYO ACRL/OCULA Spring Conference: Bring it On! Shaping the Future of Academic Libraries

April 27, 2012

moving from lecture

to experience

The Foundation

Architectural drawing

Drawing revision: Threshold Concepts

Information Literacy Thresholds

Format as process

Authority is constructed & contextual

Information is a commodity

Primary Sources & Disciplinarity

Library = part of the research process

Format as process

Creation

processinstead

of formats

Information = commo

dityNot

“unique” to

libraries

New Building Materials: Transliteracy

Effective

information use

requires

several information

sources.

Information resources

do not stand alone,

they interact.

Navigating the

interaction requires transferable skills.

Harness the power of what your students

already know!

“It’s not answering the question…It’s questioning the answer”

Heavy lifting required: New building techniques

Behaviorism

“transmitting

information & basic skills in a

well organized manner”

Student Centere

dLearning

Problem based

learning

Collaborative learning

Discovery

Constructivism

“learning is

Doing”

… shift from a focus on delivery of knowledge

…

… to discovery of knowledge.

Problem-based learning

Provide an information “artefact”Learners will be able to:Locate the artefactIdentify the context in which the artefact was createdEvaluate quality based on pre-determined criteria

AfterCollaborative Group

Work

Sociology

Professor Discussion:

Face-to-face

& online (wikis, blogs,

discussion forums)

Me

Building, growth = Learning environment architect