Build the knowledge and skills needed to create and deliver successful and innovative, culturally competent information literacy instruction within the library and information environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Organize and manage different components of pedagogy in order to develop your own instructional identity and path for lifelong learning.
- Implement instructional design models into your own teaching in order to link best practices with appropriate teaching scenarios.
- Develop quality and effective interactive, online learning objects.
- Design, deliver and evaluate information literacy lessons for diverse learners that incorporate the latest educational theories, standards and educational technologies.
- Evaluate your teaching philosophy situated in diverse, learner-centered needs through a critical lens in order to develop inclusive learning objects.
Certificate Requirements
The certificate requires 12 units including 9 units of coursework and 3 units of capstone or internship credit. You must complete all coursework within four years.
Curriculum
Instruction and Teaching for Librarians and Information Professionals Graduate Certificate students take the following four required courses:
Students are required to fill out an ePortfolio three times during the certificate program. They must identify what they have learned and what learning objectives they have fulfilled and how. These are reviewed by the ePortfolio coordinator and assessments are reported back to the School of Information Executive Committee three times per year.
We will accept up to 3 units of transfer credit from a graduate program; courses must be approved by the advisor or certificate coordinator. A maximum of 6 units may be used from graduate courses taken in non-degree status.
9 units may be shared from this certificate and our Master of Arts in Library and Information Science (MLIS) program. 6 units may be shared with another certificate in the School. Units cannot be shared among three programs, however.
Students enrolled in this certificate will be able to add or change to the MLIS with the approval of the School of Information Admissions Committee. You must be in good academic standing and meet all requirements for admission to the degree program in effect at the time of the request.