This document summarizes a workshop on using open online learning objects from the New Literacies Alliance (NLA) to incorporate information literacy into instruction. The workshop outcomes are: 1) discussing strategies for using NLA lessons; 2) mapping NLA lessons to curriculum learning outcomes; and 3) creating action plans to modify instruction using NLA lessons. The document provides an overview of NLA's purpose in promoting critical thinking and reducing redundancy through open and collaborative practices. It also outlines how NLA lessons have been implemented and their impact, and provides examples of mapping lessons to curriculum and accreditation standards.

1. Critical Thinking for
Complex Times
How the New Literacies Alliance Uses OER
for Information Literacy …
and how you can, too!
Matt Upson, Oklahoma State University
Melissa Mallon, Vanderbilt University
Joelle Pitts, Kansas State University
More Resources: http://bit.ly/NLA_LILAC2019

2. Workshop Outcomes
● Learning Outcome 1:
Workshop attendees will discuss strategies for incorporating open online
learning objects, such as the New Literacies Alliance lessons, into their
instruction.
● Learning Outcome 2:
Workshop attendees will map learning outcomes from the NLA lessons to
the curriculum of one class, workshop, or department with which they work.
● Learning Outcome 3:
Workshop attendees will create an action plan for modifying and
augmenting an existing instruction session(s) using online learning objects.

3. Action
Plan!
★ Identify a teaching opportunity (e.g. a
course/program, a one-time instruction
session, an undergraduate workshop) at your
institution in which you would like to try using
an NLA lesson.
★ What are your learning goals for the course,
workshop, etc.?
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make a copy of the “NLA Action Plan” document!
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4. NLA Purpose
● Information literacy + critical thinking
● Reduce redundancy/maximize resources
● Broader perspectives
● Open + collaborative practices
● ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

5. NLA Scope
Agnostic content
● Technology
● Vendor
● Institution
LMS integration
10 national partners
CC-licensed online
lessons
11 lessons and
growing
National repositories

6. NLA Impact Lessons taken 32,680
times since August 2015
Have been used in every
U.S. state and 83
countries
2016 Innovation Award
Shifts in instruction
practices

7. Recent Lessons
● Fact-Checking/Web Literacy
(Coming Soon)
● Reading Scientific Research
● Evidence-Based Practice
● Citations
● Information Access
● Scholarly Conversations
● Types of Information
● Search Strategies
● Question Authority

9. Why Scaffold?
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10. Using the Lessons
● Establishing foundational concepts
● Reviewing concepts or information practices
● Preparing for a class discussion or activity
● Self-paced online learning

11. Using the Lessons
LTI Links

12. Using the Lessons
Score Center

13. Critical Thinking Connection
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Mix & match lessons to
meet course learning
goals …..
Want students to
analyze how information
evolves over time,
depending on who’s
talking about it? Use:
● Scholarly
Conversations +
● Question Authority

14. Mapping to the Curriculum: Program Requirements
HOD 2500 Systematic InquiryHOD 1250 Applied Human Development
HODL 3204 Leadership Theory & Practice
HODL 3264 Evidence-based
Practice in Organizations
● Develop research strategies
● Differentiate types of sources
● Synthesize information
● Establishing research methods
● Evaluating sources
● Identifying published research
● Appraising research studies
● Creating interventions
● Secondary & case study research
● Problem solving and analyzing
problems
Search Strategies
Types of
Information
Evidence Based Practice
Data, Info, Knowledge & Reason
Reading Scientific Research
Types of Lessons
Scholarly Conversations
Ask the Right Questions
Sample curriculum from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College, HOD Major

15. Mapping to the Curriculum: Accreditation Standards

16. Action
Plan!
★ Which information literacy frameworks or
concepts apply to your project (e.g. critically
evaluating information; gathering evidence;
scholarship as conversation; creating
information)?
★ Which NLA lesson(s) would best meet your
learning goals?
★ Who are the potential partners involved in the
implementation of this lesson? What
strengths do they bring to the partnership?
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