Pam McKinney liveblogging: Meredith Knoff and Margaret McLaughlin spoke about their project to develop research consultations using two pedagogies, inquiry based learning and dialogic learning. Often research consultations become very transactional, focusing on retrieving a specific resource, rather than focusing on developing approaches to research. Learning-centred pedagogies, that position the librarian as a collaborator can help address this. Inquiry based learning is all about developing curiosity, generating questions, and is linked to the ACRL information literacy framework. Dialogic learning is about collaborative interaction between teacher and student, ideas are created through this interaction, and encourages critical thinking. Teachers encourage questioning, argument, reasoning, and is developed through the 1-2-1 research consultation.
The learning commons research desk is the primary support point for students. The student sits next to the staff member, and they support brainstorming sessions, they help in developing research strategies, selecting material and evaluating it. The original consultation model relied on assumptions of student needs that were transactional, the new model begins with a dialog about the students needs, the student and librarian collaboratively identify research strategies and sources. This model encourages the development of transferable skills, so the student can replicate the process in future research tasks.
This approach helps students build skills that are prized by employers in critical thinking, self directed learning and collaborative interaction. It helps students make links between their information literacy practices in daily life to ones they use in their academic lives.
Photo by Pam McKinney: conference venue
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