OELMA Conference 2010: Today’s first year college students arrive on campus underprepared for the academic demands that await them. Despite the dedicated efforts of high school librarians, research continues to illustrate that students lack basic information literacy skills crucial to their academic success in higher education. In this session high school and academic librarians will explore this issue with participants to identify key deficits in students’ 21st Century Skills.
The presenters will share their insights on college professors’ expectations and offer best practices for educating tomorrow’s college students. Presenters will provide ideas for lesson plans and assessment; actual college assignments will be shared.
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Strategies for Teaching 21st Century Skills to Tomorrow's College Students
1. Strategies for Teaching 21st Century Skills to Tomorrow’s College Students OELMA Conference October 13, 2011 Ken Burhanna, Joanna McNally, Jennifer Schwelik & Ann Marie Smeraldi
2. Presenters Joanna McNally School Librarian Orange High School216.831.8600 x2431 / x2432 jmcnally@orangecsd.org Jennifer Schwelik PreK-12 Technology & Professional Development ManagerWVIZ/PBS & WCPN/NPR ideastream 216-916-6342Jennifer.Schwelik@ideastream.org Ann Marie Smeraldi First Year Experience Librarian Cleveland State University 216.687.5020 a.smeraldi@csuohio.edu Kenneth Burhanna Associate ProfessorHead, Instructional Services Kent State University 330.672.1660kburhann@kent.edu Academic and high school librarians working together.
3. Essential Questions Ideally, what research skills would you like 1st Year College Students to arrive with from high school (that they currently might lack)? Professors’ Expectations Video created by Okanagan College, Canada
4. Current Research More than 25 percent of the students mentioned they chose a Web site because the search engine listed it as the first result, suggesting to the student there was considerable trust in the Web search via the search engine. EszterHargittai, Lindsay Fullerton, Ericka Menchen-Trevino and Kristin Yates Thomas, Northwestern University, “Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content” International Journal of Communication 4 (2010), 468–494.
5. Current Research They (students) tended to overuse Google and misuse scholarly databases. They preferred simple database searches to other methods of discovery, but generally exhibited “a lack of understanding of search logic” that often foiled their attempts to find good sources. Reporting on Ethnographic Research in Illinois Libraries (ERIAL) Steve Kolowich, Searching for Better Research Habits, Inside Higher Ed, September 29, 2010 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/29
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7. “They’re basically taking how they learned to research in high school with them to college, since it’s worked for them in the past,” Alison J. Head.“Lessons Learned: How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age,” Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, Project Information Literacy First Year Report with Student Survey Findings, University of Washington's Information School, December 1, 2009
10. Only 40% knew how to use multiple terms to narrow searchStudy included: 1,016 high-school students, 753 community college students, and 4,585 four-year college and university students.
11. 21st Century Skills Mastery of core subjects Learning & innovation skills Information, media and technology skills Life & career skills The Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/
19. College Goes to High School Create a College Experience in the High School Media Center Virtual Experiences Classroom Experiences Transitioning to College www.transitioning2college.org Video Conference visits Know How to Go http://knowhow2go.org Mapping Your Future http://mappingyourfuture.org Interviews of recent graduates and/or college professors Preparing a College Research Paper Searching the College Library Catalog – Library of Congress System Reviewing College Library Databases (INFOhio - EBSCO Academic Search)
25. Example: Know/Want to Know; Exit Slips Assessment of learning Occurs at end of learning and teaching process Evaluate overall progress One point in time Example: TRAILS www.trails-9.org
