Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Recent articles: Constructive alignment; metaliteracy; health literacy;

In volume 62 issue 1 of Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (a priced publication) https://utpjournals.press/toc/jelis/62/1:

- Using Constructive Alignment to Support Metaliteracy in International Classrooms by Schuster, Kristen; Stewart, Kristine. "Drawing on the first author's observational research and the second author's expertise in metaliteracy, we present a case study of international postgraduate students in an interdisciplinary department. The authors synthesize their different areas of work to describe how a fusion of metaliteracy, constructive alignment, and learning oriented assessments (LOA) facilitates student engagement with theories of knowledge organization and extensible markup language (XML) data-encoding standards. "
- Vital Signs: Health Literacy and Library and Information Science Pedagogy in the United States by Garwood, Deborah A; Poole, Alex H. "This research employs content analysis to explore the current state of health literacy training ¡n LIS programs. First, we define and contextualize health literacy. Next, we posit a health literacy framework comprising five attributes based on the American Library Association's (ALA's) core competencies and relevant scholarship. Third, we examine 118 health-related courses offered by 53 LIS programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Only 38 courses in 25 LIS programs incorporate one or more of the five attributes. "
- The Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation by Adle, Morgan. (Review of the book which looks at the ACRL IL Framework: Julien, H., Gross, M. & Latham, D. (2020). The Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefiel.

Photo by Sheila Webber: wisteria, May 2021

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