This experience is a peer teaching program where upper-level students go through an internship experience teaching them pedagogy as well as information literacy (IL) concepts so that they can eventually teach these concepts to first-year/introductory students. While they are completing the curriculum, which can take one to two semesters depending on student availability, peer teachers teach information literacy in introductory classes as well as provide peer reference consultations. After they complete the curriculum, peer teachers are available for any teaching librarian to collaborate with in either teaching or co-teaching introductory courses. (Information literacy is the set of competencies needed to find, use, and evaluate information ethically and effectively.) Students participating in as peer teachers gain valuable presentation and research skills.
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Instructor/Program Director: Sara Lowe mlowe@iupui.edu
Length:
Semester, Academic Year, Summer
Achievement category:
Internships/Career Development
Compensation:
Hourly Employment
Additional details:
Non-credit Bearing, Communicator, Problem Solver, Fully On-Campus