Collaborate!

Asako Yoshida - University of Manitoba

Librarian-Faculty Collaboration: Creating a More Learner-Centered Environment to Facilitate Students' Research Skills Development

-    Constructivist theory and alignment (Biggs & Tang, 2011)

-    what are you trying to teach and expecting students to learn

-    are we facilitating student learning through our library instruction?

-    librarian and faculty collaboration, 4th year research seminar course, required course

-    observed that students were surface learning, not deep learning, not exhibiting a strong connection to the learning outcomes

-    used research skill development framework, a pedagogical and curriculum developing tool to guide students to undertake a research project (framework and Bloom's Taxonomy)

•      https://www.adelaide.edu.au/rsd/framework/  

-    supervisor initiated (prescribed, bounded, scaffolded), researcher initiated (open research), or discipline building (adopted, enlarging research)

-    this framework can be used for students, scholars and researchers

-    as a result: gained a better understanding of the nature of the project the students are undertaking

-    common objective of facilitating student learning

There were two sessions in a row on constructivist theory.  This instructor was in heaven!!!!