Little and often: exploring the potential of information literacy mini-lessons - Leah Emary, Clare McCluskey & Victoria Watt
1. Little and often
Exploring the potential of information
literacy mini lessons
Leah Emary, Clare McCluskey, Victoria Watt
LILAC, Sheffield Hallam University
24 April 2014
2. Background
• Little and often = bite size
• Bite size sessions and learning objects are
used at other HE institutions
• Born of pragmatism
• But is there theory behind it?
3.
4. Interleaving vs Massing
• Kornell and Bjork 2008
– ABC, ABC, ABC vs AAA, BBB, CCC
• Spacing (Roediger 2012)
• Long 2013
• Pashler 2007
5. Length on its own is not the key
rather
Responsiveness and diversity of what we
offer
6. Cepeda, N. et al., 2006. Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative
synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), pp.354–380.
Kornell, N. & Bjork, R., 2008. Learning Concepts and Categories: Is Spacing the “Enemy of
Induction”? Psychological Science, 19(6), pp.585–593.
Landauer, T. & Bjork, R., 1978. Optimum rehearsal patterns and name learning. In Practical Aspects
of Memory. London: Academic Press.
Long, M., 2011. The psychology of education, London : Routledge, 2011.
McCluskey, C., 2013. Mapping and evaluating the information landscape. In J. Secker & E. Coonan,
eds. Rethinking Information Literacy: A Practical Framework for Supporting Learning. London: Facet,
pp. 41–53.
Pashler, H. et al., 2007. Enhancing learning and retarding forgetting: Choices and
consequences. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14(2), pp.187–193. Available at:
http://www.pashler.com/Articles/Pashler.Rohrer.Cepeda.Carpenter_2007.pdf.
Rhem, J., Deep/Surface Approaches To Learning In Higher Education: A Research Update. Essays on
Teaching Excellence. Available at: http://teaching.uchicago.edu/oldsite/pod/09-
10/Rhem.html [Accessed April 2, 2014].
Roediger, H. et al., 2012. Applications of cognitive science to education. In S. Della Salla,
ed. Neuroscience in Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
https://www.zotero.org/groups/bite_sized_information_literacy_bibliography
10. “We have noticed a big
improvement in the use of
resources in this module.
Appropriate and wide-ranging.”
11. Image Sources
• Phone Call by Lobna
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lobnapics/265931206/
• Dunkin’ Donuts Sign – Latham New York by MJBarnes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33445721@N04/8984938659/
• Michael Falling Off a Cliff by Nailz1000
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nailz1000/3228696928/
• Empty Theatre Red Seats by Eric Broder Van Dyke
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericbvd/4324724233
• Hand Grab by Sandor Weisz
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37961843@N00/393009070
Hinweis der Redaktion
Potential benefits both pragmatic and theoretical
Focussing on interleaving
Clare - Mini lectures in BA Primary Education
Next steps – ethics approval to analyse bibliographies. Compare years 2 and 3? Run from scratch with another large programme?