Presented a the CONUL Annual Conference 2016, Athlone

1. The story of GAeL (Graduate Attributes eLearning):
Embedding Information Literacy through Critical Skills, Collaboration and a new Curriculum
Lorna Dodd & Dr Brian McKenzie
Maynooth University
CONUL Conference, June 1-2, 2016, Athlone

2. Key Conditions for Collaboration
Seismic shift in
curriculum
Interdisciplinary
learning
Resource
scarcity
Commitment to
information
literacy

3. A new curriculum with a key focus on
critical skills

4. Maynooth University
Graduate Attributes
“…graduates are expected to
be… capable of gathering and
critiquing information from a
variety of sources”
(Maynooth University, 2014)

5. Deep
Knowledge &
Critical
intellectual
skills
Autonomous
and
responsible
learners
Breadth of
perspective
Skills for life
and work
A Maynooth Education

6. Content Vs Skills

7. Information
Literacy
Problem Solving
Independent
Learning
Critical Thinking
Analysis
Reflection
Communication
Skills
Understand
academic
standards
Ethical
Responsibility
Critical Skills in the new Curriculum

8. An opportunity for the Library
to be heard….

9. 1. Managing the transition and becoming an
independent learner
2. Mapping and evaluating the information
landscape
3. Researching within the disciplines
4. Managing and presenting information
5. Understanding the ethical and social
dimensions of information
Five Key Competencies

10. • Mapping & evaluating
the information
landscape
•Managing & presenting
information
•Managing the transition
•Understanding ethical
& social dimensions of
information
•Researching within the
disciplines
Deep
Knowledge &
Critical
intellectual
skills
Autonomous
and
responsible
learners
Breadth of
perspective
Skills for life
and work
Information Literacy Framework for
‘A Maynooth Education’

11. Train the trainer – master classes for tutors
Guides and supports illustrating how information
literacy can be integrated with other critical skills
and embedded into content
Tutorials and quizzes that can be customised and
embedded into Moodle
Instructional videos and online guides
Embedding information literacy evaluation into
assessment
New Resources

12. Collaboration Affects Curriculum: Writing Wikipedia
Feedback,
Confidence,
Team Work
IL, ICT
Writing
“The entropic library is one in
which the library is not only a
physical destination and an
institutional cornerstone, but
also is a gravitational force in
the digital scholarly life of the
campus.”
Andrew Ashton, Director of the Libraries,
Vassar College

13. Collaboration Affects Curriculum: Writing Wikipedia
Wikipedia Critical Skills Group Project

14. Assessment Rubric
Managing the transition and
becoming an independent learner
Managing and presenting information
Mapping and evaluating the
information landscape
Researching within the disciplines
Understanding the ethical and social
dimensions of information

15. Teaching Fellowship
A suite of tutorials,
videos and guides
that support the
development and
assessment of key
Information Literacy
skills and the
Maynooth Graduate
Attributes

16. GAeL (Graduate Attributes eLearning)
1. Using problem solving to find relevant information
2. Critically thinking to evaluate information and its
source
3. Framing your Research Question
4. Understanding Plagiarism
5. Paraphrasing Vs. Quoting
6. Referencing information appropriately using
bibliographic software
7. From Research to Writing

17. The new curriculum opened
up a new model for
collaboration…..
…moving away from the
traditional Library model of
disciplinary service