From general library orientations for new students to data visualization to advanced coding, libraries host a variety of in-person and online instruction offerings. Sage Campus content can inspire and complement this instruction on a range of topics including navigating information, critical thinking, conducting research, and data literacy.
Librarians can create learner profiles on Sage Campus to experience the content themselves, either to brush up on a topic before teaching a workshop or to find specific modules or activities to use as part of their lesson plan. Campus content can be used as pre-work for a flipped classroom approach, in-workshop activities, and as follow-up work for learners looking to dive deeper into a given topic. Campus courses cover a wide range of competency levels, from the novice student in need of critical skills to the experienced scholar looking to dive deeper into research methodology, making them ideal for all levels of library instruction.
Below are several ways to incorporate Campus content into library instruction.
Instruction Inspiration and Planning
When planning for a new instruction session, librarians can take related Campus courses as part of their planning process. For example, when planning a session on artificial intelligence, librarians can take the recently updated Campus course Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for background information and inspiration on the structure and topics to cover. Certain elements of the course, such as the section on Unethical AI: Issues and Concerns, could be used by participants in the class.
Pre-work/Flipped Classroom
Use bite-size chunks of courses as pre-work to cover essential skills that you can build on during in-person instruction. For instance, assign the module Boolean Logic Searches before a library orientation for undergraduates so they come to class already familiar with the terms, freeing up instruction time to highlight key resources and share applications directly related to their specific course.
Learn by Doing with In-Workshop Activities
The interactive activities within courses are ready-made for active learning. With downloadable sample data, the structured activities within the Introduction to Data Visualization course provide an opportunity to practice hands-on during a workshop while receiving real-time feedback from an in-person instructor.
Provide a Deeper Dive Post-Workshop
While library workshops on topics can provide solid introductions to topics and skills such as Data Visualization, some learners will want to take a deeper dive. Librarians can recommend Sage Campus courses as a follow-up to workshops for further learning. For example, students can continue to develop their data viz skills with more advanced courses like Interactive Visualization with R.
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