How can you support your students as they navigate today’s evolving, chaotic, information ecosystem? Part of an instructor’s role is to introduce students to the disciplinary literature and conversations in their field. As the breadth of scholarly publications, tools, and resources grows, this becomes increasingly challenging. Additionally, students are entering the classroom familiar with generative AI research tools that interact with traditional resources in new and unexpected ways. In short—chaos barely begins to cover it!
Given all of this, it’s important not to focus solely on teaching students specific tools that will rapidly change. Librarians at Michigan Tech have a stated goal to support students as they become well-rounded seekers, users, and creators of information who can go beyond tools to ask critical questions of information sources, including generative AI. In this session, learn how to incorporate those skills into your assignments and learning outcomes, helping students succeed in the course and future challenges they will undoubtedly face.
In this session librarians will share best practices, lead a discussion about collaboration, and introduce brief activities that will help you rethink your own assignment outcomes. As academic librarians, our work is heavily informed by the Association for College and Research Libraries’
Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, so participants can also expect a brief primer on this excellent resource as part of the session!
