How to deliver an effective course: A student\u27s perspective

Certain course features, such as engaging delivery, can benefit student learning. This essay presents one student’s opinion of what made for an effective introductory psychology course. The student provides his perspective on various features of the recently completed psychology course and how those elements supported his learning. The elements he identified included various ongoing knowledge checks, test reviews, tests, in-class engagement, personalized touchpoints, scaffolding, and student feedback. For each, the course instructor explains the pedagogical underpinnings of her choices. Faculty may find a student’s perspective on courses valuable as they consider their pedagogical decisions in terms of course design and delivery

Your Information Literacy Practices (YILP) : une nouvelle mesure pour la maîtrise de l’information

Post-secondary students bring with them unique skills and knowledge which may affect their learning. Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities which permits the discovery of information as well as using this information to create new knowledge (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). While IL abilities are heralded as important, it is difficult to find a simple measure of information literacy, especially since its conceptualization as a framework (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). In this paper, we propose a new online measure of information literacy—Your Information Literacy Practices (YILP)—which aligns with the new framework. We compare it to another published measure of IL and student resourcefulness. Implications and recommendations for its use are discussed.Les étudiants postsecondaires apportent avec eux des connaissances et des habiletés uniques qui peuvent influencer leur apprentissage. La maîtrise de l'information représente un ensemble de compétences nécessaires pour découvrir de l’information et l’utiliser de façon à créer de nouvelles connaissances (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). Quoique développer ces compétences soit important, il est difficile de trouver une façon simple de mesurer la maîtrise de l’information, surtout depuis sa récente conceptualisation sous forme de cadre (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). Ici, nous proposons une nouvelle façon en ligne pour mesurer la maîtrise de l’information - Your Information Literacy Practices (YILP) - qui s’aligne au nouveau cadre. Nous comparons cet outil à un autre déjà publié et examinons sa relation avec la débrouillardise. Les implications et les recommandations pour son utilisation sont discutées