Hello!
We are excited to announce that The Ohio State University Libraries will be offering several free information literacy webinars this fall, as part of our Teaching Information Literacy Certificate program. All are invited. Upcoming webinars include:
Information Literacy: Definitions and Core Concepts
September 4, 2025
12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/ildefinitionsau25
Presenter: Jane Hammons, Teaching & Learning Engagement Librarian, University Libraries
What is information literacy? Why is information literacy important for students? In this workshop, participants will learn about several definitions of information literacy and develop an understanding of the key concepts, skills, and dispositions associated with information literacy. In addition, participants will learn why explicit information literacy instruction is crucial to students' academic and professional success and consider what their role in supporting students' information literacy development might be.
Teaching Information Literacy: Strategies and Resources
September 11, 2025
12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/ilstrategiesau25
Presenter: Jane Hammons, Teaching & Learning Engagement Librarian, University Libraries
How do we teach information literacy? In order to develop the habits and skills associated with information literacy, students need explicit guidance and support across their entire academic careers. In this workshop, participants will learn more about strategies and activities that they can use to teach information literacy in a variety of contexts. In addition, participants will become familiar with multiple resources available to help them integrate information literacy into their teaching practices.
Teaching Research Practices: Narrowing the Expert-Novice Gap
September 18, 2025
12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/researchdecoding
Presenter: Jane Hammons, Teaching & Learning Engagement Librarian, University Libraries
Instructors' expectations for student performance on research assignments is heavily influenced by their disciplinary expertise and their knowledge of academic research practices. However, because this knowledge may become tacit, instructors may have difficulty effectively teaching research practices and processes to more novice learners. The Decoding the Disciplines model, developed by Joan Middendorf and David Pace, has been shown to help narrow the gap between expert and novice thinking by providing instructors with a seven-step process that they can follow to identify and model their own thinking and practice. This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the Decoding the Disciplines model and will demonstrate how participants can use this process to identify student learning bottlenecks related to research and develop strategies for helping students move past these bottlenecks.
Should I Still Be Teaching That? Outdated Research Notions
October 2, 2025
12:00-1:00 pm (Eastern)
To register: https://go.osu.edu/outdatedau25
Presenters: Adrienne Warner, University of New Mexico Libraries; Jane Hammons, Ohio State University Libraries
Are .org sources more credible? Should students be discouraged from using Wikipedia or Google Scholar as part of the research process? Students, and sometimes even instructors, may have a wide range of misconceptions or outdated notions when it comes to information searching and research assignments. In this workshop, participants will learn about some common, but outdated, understandings about how to find, evaluate and use information as part of the research process, and become familiar with more updated guidance.
A full list of upcoming webinars is available here: Information Literacy Virtual Workshops
Recordings of past webinars are available here: Past Workshops
The Teaching Information Literacy Certificate program is free and open to all librarians, course instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and other interested participants. More information is available here: Teaching Information Literacy Certificate (Non-Ohio State Participants)
For questions, email LIB-Teach@osu.edu.
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Jane Hammons
Teaching and Learning Engagement Librarian
The Ohio State University
hammons.73@osu.edu------------------------------