Double, Triple, Quadruple the Recipe: Serve Library Instruction to a Crowd (and Assess It, Too!) with LibGuides and PollEverywhere Melissa Bowles-Terry.

Double, Triple, Quadruple the Recipe: Serve Library Instruction to a Crowd (and Assess It, Too!) with LibGuides and PollEverywhere

Melissa Bowles-TerryKennedy Penn-O'Toole

PollEverywhere How To

• Text your responses to 37607 or

• Visit pollev.com/wyo

Poll: Tell us about your experience with PollEverywhere

Poll: Do you see your students using their cellphones in class?

Background

Poll: What's the biggest class in which you've done library instruction?

Challenges

• Large class size• Auditorium as classroom• Integrating active learning

Solutions

• Online guide• Drop-in library time• PollEverywhere

Students will:1. identify sources that meet their information

needs.2. evaluate information sources for relevance and

authority.3. learn about additional information sources they

may not have considered before.

What is the name of the newspaper your article came from?

Why would you use or reject the article you found?

What is the subject of the books in JF2112?

Feedback

Republican candidates at a Fox News Debate in 2011 | AP Photo

Recommendations• Focus on a specific issue• Connect activity to course content• Mix up groups of students

What worked well• Discussion facilitated by PollEverywhere• Over 80% of students answered factual questions

correctly; so the self-guided nature of the assignment worked fine

• Accountability through PollEverywhere registration

Library Instruction: Serving the Greater Good

It helped me broaden my knowledge of the tools I can use to make a political decision.

I learned a lot about some of the candidates.

Poll: Do you have ideas for designing or adapting library activities for a large class?

Questions?

Melissa Bowles-Terry: [email protected] Penn-O’Toole: [email protected]