Using the I-LEARN Model to Design Information Literacy Instruction

• In Event: SMT - Instructional Design in Teacher Education

Short Description

Given the proliferation of information and the lifelong importance of information literacy and critical thinking skills, instructional designers, school media specialists, and librarians need to determine how to best design information literacy instruction in order to help students locate, evaluate, and use information effectively. This presentation will describe the first experimental research study conducted to determine how instruction designed using the I-LEARN model could increase student understanding and application of information literacy concepts.

Author

• Stacey Greenwell, University of Kentucky