As Hybrid Classrooms Take Flight, Librarians Are Ground Control

The one mantra coming from teachers that I keep hearing is “we are building the plane as we fly it” in reference to the challenges of hybrid classrooms. This is new for K-12 perhaps, but old hat in…

The Parallels Between Distance Education and Driver Education

My daughter is 16 and in the midst of learning how to drive (fun times). Of course, this pandemic has disrupted her instructor-led training, but it has gotten me thinking about the parallels betwee…

The Hottest Job in Higher Education: Instructional Designer

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Teaching Us About Information Literacy

Uncertainty is a central factor in information behavior. We are living in very uncertain times right now, and as you might have observed, a lot of people are struggling with it. We are still learni…

10 Reasons Why There is a Media and Information Literacy Crisis

According to a recent Education Week blog post by Stephen Sawchuck, “Students Are Really, Really Bad at Spotting Fake News, Misleading Websites.” No surprise there. But, just why do students contin…

Let’s Talk About Design Thinking (A Designer’s Perspective)

Design thinking seems to be the latest and greatest trend that will change the face of education (or not). However, the notion that design thinking can be simplified into a step-by-step process is …

The Library as an Education System

The library represents a unique form of education system because it not only supports informal learning goals, it more broadly supports the learning goals of the formal education systems that exist…

The 10 Habits (of Mind) of Highly Effective Information Seekers

I have been on blog-writing hiatus of late due to my new status as a PhD student in Information Science. Happily, this past year has given me plenty of time to delve deeply into the theoretical und…