Teaching Tips

Teaching Resources

• Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching - Covers key topics such as Lesson Planning, Delivery and Evaluation and also includes examples of teaching materials.
• Teaching Tips Index - Find quick links to a variety of teaching topics from how to ask effective questions to how people learn.
• Active Learning – A series of techniques to actively engage students in information literacy skills.
• Research Strategy Worksheet – A worksheet designed to help students develop good search strategies.
• Teaching about Wikipedia:
• The Office – Michael Scott talks about the value of Wikipedia.
• The Colbert Report – Stephen Colbert edits Wikipedia pages.
• The Onion Celebrates 750 year anniversary of Wikipedia.
• Scholarpedia – an alternative to Wikipedia.
• Evaluating Websites:
• Fake Websites
• CACAO – a Flash tutorial on evaluating websites.

Assessment Resources

• Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning - American Association of Higher Education principles of assessment.
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
• Information Literacy Outcomes with Ideas for Active Learning & Assessment