Technology
Provides flexibility and customization as well as the means to consistently reach students of every learning style and ability level.
Social Media
Asserting Value/Promoting Services
- Information Overload
- Emphasizing Our Value
- Countering "The Googlization of Everything"
- Using Technology Efficiently and Effectively
Engage, Communicate, Promote
Integrated Instruction and the Library Day Program afford us an opportunity to:
- Assert our value as assets whose role on campus is to enable academic success for all students
- Introduce ourselves and form personal connections
- Promote the wide array of UMD library services and programs.
Integrated Instruction
Information Overload
Library SheepTwitter: 218 followers
Collaboration
Hundreds of Databases, Thousands of Websites, Millions of Search Results
Equals:
- Stronger, More Effective Instructional Design
- Coordinated Assessment Projects
- Superior Student Outcomes
Effective use of Technology can supplement and enhance face-to-face instruction
Take it away, Jing!
Emphasizing Our Value
Converting Low Investment Students
Into High Investment Students
- Integrated Instruction
- Asserting Value/Promoting Services and Availability
- Technology
The 'Googlization' of Everything
Technology: Using it Effectively and Efficiently
"I started off doing what most kids in my generation do; I Googled 'adolescents Facebook use and self-esteem.' Interesting enough this worked very well."
-Anonymous Undergrad, 2013
- Thorough Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Targeted, Efficient Application
- Balance =
Confronting the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Thank You for Your Time!
Questions?
Information Literacy Instruction
Opportunities & Challenges