Teaching Information Literacy Online

Courses delivered via an online or hybrid platform are by no means a new concept. From the onset, however, librarians and educators grappled with achieving the same levels of knowledge transfer, critical thinking, and information literacy (IL) as achieved by conventional classroom teaching. Mackey (interim dean, Ctr. for Distance Learning, SUNY Empire State Coll.) and Jacobson (head of user education programs, SUNY at Albany) have assembled a veritable bible on how to do it right by providing eight original models of IL best practices and successful online implementations. The book is organized into two types of learning: "Blended & Hybrid" and "Open & Online," i.e., a self-paced model integrating IL, communication, and technology. Chapter components include recent or related literature, collaborative efforts between faculty and librarians, impact on student learning, assessment methodologies, and appendixes of any tools (e.g., surveys) used to measure the outcome.