Embracing Geek Culture in Undergraduate Library Instruction: The TIL Subreddit for Resource Evaluation and Qualitative Assessment. Issue 3 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gibeault, Michelle J.
• Is Part Of: Reference librarian. Volume 57:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 205
• Page End: 212
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: assessment -- educational psychology -- library instruction sessions -- metacognition -- pedagogy -- reddit -- TIL; Reference services (Libraries) -- Periodicals; Library administration -- Periodicals; 025.5205
• DOI: 10.1080/02763877.2015.1132182
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3877

Abstract

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.