Dialog: Integrating information literacy into the academic curriculum.
Project coordinator
First name Alexandra
Last name Angeletaki
Address Kalvskinnsgt. 1B
Email address alexandra.angeletaki@ub.ntnu.no
A.3 Participants involved in project
Institution First name Last name Gender Degree Position
University of Alberta Nancy Goebel Female
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Vidar Gynnild Male
University of Texas at Austin Michele Ostrow Female
History and background
2008: The NTNU University library of Trondheim has initiated interdisciplinary project cooperation since 2008 with the Programme for teacher education, (PLU), in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management and the Institute of Archaeology and Religious studies (IAR), the Faculty of Arts, in integrating information literacy and assessment strategies in university curriculum programs. All three departments are under the same university. The aim of the project is to develop an information literacy program as a cross-campus enterprise with a wider ownership. The project is called “Dialog” (http://gunnerus-utln.blogspot.com/) and has almost completed its first phase of seminars and courses at the level of bachelors and masters. The courses have been designed collaboratively and 100 students have participated in it. The final aim of the project is to transform bibliographic instruction programs into an open collaboration program in order to design courses and assessment tools for teaching information literacy. The project has been supervised by the Library director of the NTNU library Lisbeth Tangen and Prof. Vidar Gynnild from the faculty of Social Sciences and Technology.
2009: Since January 2009 the project has established an international network of partners in order to develop an integration and assessment strategy of Information and Computer technology (ICT) courses based on the experience of other Universities. The network will enable librarians and university teachers to contribute with experience, successes and challenges on how to meet the complexities involved in delivering ICT instruction to university students. The network has an expanded focus on the possibility of transferring knowledge on assessment strategies established through ICT courses that have been designed, conducted and evaluated by other universities recently. This kind of practice will be a paradigm-shift for NTNU where faculty and library cooperation is established on the basis of collaborative university programs. Thus the action plan of “Dialog” is to create an academic forum of cooperation with the contribution of the assessment research group of the Canadian Universities under the International program “Info-lit” National Forum on Information Literacy, (through Augustana library) in a survey about librarians on their use/misuse/disuse of information literacy instruction assessment data.
2010: NTNU is planning a workshop at Trondheim, September 2010 for librarians, subject teachers and PHD students in Information literacy integration and assessment strategies in Trondheim. The main partner for the workshop is the " Programme of Teacher education at NTNU, which specializes in the following areas:
1. Teacher Education
2. Higher Education
3. The University's Resource Centre for Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology
The University Library and The PLU are currently discussing the possibility of developing a cooperative program of education in the area of Higher Education.
Thus is the University of Alberta Canada (Nancy Goebel) is invited to hold a workshop for the organizers of the above mentioned program.
Goals for cooperation
• Promoting information literacy in University environments nationally and internationally.
• Exchange international experience and develop competence in integrating strategies.
• Establishing international cooperation for developing digital assistance through open access recourses in order to enhances academic literacy and research competence in universities.
• Developing international partnerships and academic collaboration of professionals on information literacy that can be used by university teachers, librarians and students
September 2010-Workshop: A workshop is intended to be organized by the NTNU library and University library of Alberta (Nancy Goebel, Head Librarian/Human Rights Advisor, Augustana Campus,University of Alberta) in Canada for library and faculty staff in September 2010. The purpose of the workshop is to establish an international inter-disciplinary forum and discuss the didactic challenges of teaching Information Literacy in institutions of higher education. The outcome of the workshop is to design courses for master’s students with ICT learning goals embedded in the courses that will then be implemented by the participants of the workshop into their current assignment of semester teaching. The courses will be for master’s and PhD degree level and will be assisted by the coordinator and the supervisors of the “Dialog” project. The outcome of the implementation phase will then be evaluated by the program of University education of NTNU.
B.2.4 Cooperation plans and institutional strategy
By 2020 NTNU should be Internationally Outstanding and the strategies to achieve such an aim are stated below:
1. Strengthen recruitment and network building with other educational institutions, industry and society
2. Develop more education given in English especially at Master’s and PhD levels and implement measures to market this
4. Create an eminent learning environment in close cooperation with student organizations and the Student Welfare Organization
5. Coordinate and develop a comprehensive learning environment for quality in university education
6. Develop structures that promote interdisciplinary teaching and cooperation in supervision
The NTNU library as stated in its Institutional strategy-plan supports NTNU as an active collaborator in the area of Information and Communication technology ( ICT) and provides the resources required to reach its aims and goals as an Institution of Higher education of academic quality and promote research production and proficiency.
The library in order to achieve closer collaboration on the subject of Information literacy has established already in 2008 a cooperation with (PLU) Faculty of Social Sciences and The Institute of Archaeology and Religious studies (IAR) under the Faculty of Philosophy and History. A pilot-project of workshops was monitored by the cooperation board in order to be able to involve faculty members in designing ICT courses and evaluating them.
Currently (May 2009) the NTNU library and PLU are planning together seminars for new faculty employees on course development that enhance Information literacy and technology skills which will involve representatives from most of the NTNU faculties.
B.3 Relevant experience
B.3.1 Relevant experience
The project coordinator has been involved in teaching programs, has international background since she has studied in USA, Greece, Spain and Norway. She has experience with national and international collaborations. She has done interdisciplinary work the last 2 years at the academic library of NTNU, has designed and conducted many library instruction programs.
She has received the Athens scholarship in 1995 and Da-Vinci scholarship in 2003.
She will present a paper on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of an ICT pilot-project in QQML(http://www.isast.org/), which is an international conference in Crete 25th of May 2009, organized by ASMDA International Society organizing conferences on data analysis from 1981.
She is working for the board of Subjects librarians (Matrise) for the NTNU library of Trondheim developing education strategies on an institutional level and organizing seminars and workshops.
She is representing the NTNU library on the committee board organizing the International conference in Bergen 2010 : Creating Knowledge:
