[Asis-l] ALA offers eCourse on Metaliteracy

[Tom.Mackey at esc.edu]

CHICAGO ? ALA Editions announces a new facilitated eCourse Metaliteracy: 
Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners. Trudi Jacobson and 
Thomas Mackey will serve as the instructors for a four-week facilitated 
eCourse starting on Jan. 5, 2015.
In this eCourse, Trudi Jacobson and Thomas Mackey, authors of the book "
Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners," will 
cover everything that you need to know about metaliteracy?from theory to 
practice.
Jacobson and Mackey will show you how to expand the scope of traditional 
information skills to include the collaborative production and sharing of 
information in the participatory digital environments which are prevalent 
today.  They will also offer you several real-world examples of how 
metaliteracy can be applied to your teaching practices, both in the 
classroom and online.
Each week of the course will include an optional live session. These 
sessions will take place from noon - 1 p.m. Eastern on:
Monday, Jan. 5
Monday, Jan. 12
Thursday, Jan. 22
Friday, Jan. 30
Please note that all sessions will be recorded and archived for those who 
cannot attend the live events. 
After completing this eCourse, you will be able to:
identify the major pieces of the metaliteracy framework;
reflect on individual and peer opinions about metaliteracy components;
describe options for how to teach metaliteracy;
identify connections between metaliteracy and the ACRL Information 
Literacy Framework;
adapt instruction using metaliteracy learning objectives;
analyze how metaliteracy informs instructional practices;
understand competency-based digital badging;
revise or create new assignments based on metaliteracy.
eCourse outline
Week 1: Why metaliteracy? How does it differ from information literacy? 
What are metaliteracy?s goals and learning objectives?
Learning Objectives
After this week, you will be able to:
identify the major pieces of the metaliteracy framework;
reflect on individual and peer opinions about metaliteracy components;
analyze metaliteracy learning objectives;
engage in informed discussion about metaliteracy?s goals and objectives;
apply metaliteracy in digital badging quest.
Live Session:  Mackey will discuss the genesis of metaliteracy and its 
need in today?s collaborative, open, online environment, and Jacobson will 
explain the development of the metaliteracy learning objectives.
Week 2: The changing nature of literacy in today?s participatory 
information culture
Learning Objectives
After this week, you will be able to:
examine the impact of social media and participatory culture on student 
perceptions of their roles in these environments;
understand the role that metaliteracy plays in how students perceive 
themselves as active participants;
recognize and evaluate multiple options for teaching metaliteracy;
analyze competency-based digital badging;
apply metaliteracy in the design of a competency-based digital badging 
quest.
Week 3:  Metaliteracy in practice
Learning Objectives
After this week, you will be able to:
analyze connections between metaliteracy and the ACRL Information Literacy 
Framework;
compare and contrast metaliteracy and information literacy;
apply new knowledge about metaliteracy to envision changes to your 
teaching;
analyze metaliteracy learning objectives and apply in instructional 
setting;
revise or create new assignment based on metaliteracy.
Live Session: Jacobson and Mackey will provide you with a short 
introduction to this week?s topic.
Week 4:  Putting it all together
Learning Objectives
After this week, you will be able to:
demonstrate your understanding of metaliteracy by successfully adapting 
existing instruction using metaliteracy learning objectives;
recognize differences between metaliteracy and information literacy;
evaluate the impact of metaliteracy on teaching practices;
apply metaliteracy in teaching;
synthesize the theory and practice of metaliteracy.
Live Session:  Closing remarks
About the Instructors
Thomas P. Mackey, PhD, is Interim Vice Provost at SUNY Empire State 
College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His teaching and research interests 
include metaliteracy, information literacy, blended, open, and online 
learning, and social media. He has co-developed a Metaliteracy MOOC with 
Jacobson and others, is a member of the editorial team for Open Praxis, 
the international scholarly journal about research and innovation in open, 
distance, and flexible education, and is a member of the SUNY Faculty 
Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology and the SUNY Learning Network 
Advisory Council. He is the co-editor, with Jacobson, of five books about 
faculty-librarian collaboration and the author of numerous research 
articles.
Trudi E. Jacobson, MLS, MA, is distinguished librarian and head of the 
Information Literacy Department at the University at Albany, SUNY, where 
she teaches undergraduate information literacy courses. Her interests 
include the use of critical thinking and active learning activities in the 
classroom, and she was the principal investigator for a recent SUNY 
Innovative Instruction Technology Grant that created the Metaliteracy 
Learning Collaborative. She is the co-author, with Lijuan Xu, of 
"Motivating Students in Information Literacy Classes"; co-editor, with 
Mackey, of five volumes that explore information literacy?related 
collaborations between faculty and librarians; and author of many 
published articles. She won the 2009 Association of College and Research 
Libraries Instruction Section?s Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award.
Registration for this ALA Editions facilitated eCourse, which begins on 
Jan. 5, can be purchased at the ALA Store. Participants in this course 
will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection for 
online message board participation, viewing online video, listening to 
streaming audio (MP3 files), and downloading and viewing PDF and 
PowerPoint files.
ALA Editions publishes resources used worldwide by tens of thousands of 
library and information professionals to improve programs, build on best 
practices, develop leadership, and for personal professional 
development. ALA authors and developers are leaders in their fields, and 
their content is published in a growing range of print and electronic 
formats. Contact ALA Editions at (800) 545-2433 ext. 5843 or 
editionscoursehelp at ala.org.
ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness, and accreditation programs 
for library professionals worldwide. 
ALA Publishing
ALA Units: 
ALA Publishing
ALA Editions

Contact:
Dan Freeman
eLearning Manager
ALA Publishing
editionscoursehelp at ala.org 

Thomas P. Mackey, Ph.D.
Interim Vice Provost
Academic Programs
Office of Academic Affairs
SUNY Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-587-2100 ext. 2790
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/asis-l/attachments/20141229/3791517d/attachment-0001.html>