Embedded Library Instruction in a First‐Year Biology Laboratory Course

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio J. Ferrer‐Vinent ◽  
Christy A. Carello
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Laboratory Course ◽  
Biology Laboratory

scholarly journals Teaching a biology laboratory course using Dictyostelium

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (8-9-10) ◽  
pp. 551-561
Author(s):  
David A. Knecht ◽  
Kate M. Cooper ◽  
Jonathan E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Dictyostelium Discoideum ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Model System ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Biology Teaching ◽  
Laboratory Course ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Laboratory Courses ◽  
Biology Laboratory

The Dictyostelium discoideum model system is a powerful tool for undergraduate cell biology teaching laboratories. The cells are biologically safe, grow at room temperature and it is easy to experimentally induce, observe, and perturb a breadth of cellular processes making the system amenable to many teaching lab situations and goals. Here we outline the advantages of Dictyostelium, discuss laboratory courses we teach in three very different educational settings, and provide tips for both the novice and experienced Dictyostelium researcher. With this article and the extensive sets of protocols and tools referenced here, implementing these labs, or parts of them, will be relatively straightforward for any instructor.

Multimodal Information Literacy in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-120
Author(s):  
Marlee Givens ◽  
Liz Holdsworth ◽  
Ximin Mi ◽  
Fred Rascoe ◽  
Alison Valk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
First Year ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Multimodal Texts ◽  
First Year Composition ◽  
Composition Instructors ◽  
Multimodal Information ◽  
Integrated Or ◽  
University Setting

This chapter addresses technology in education, multimodal texts, and information literacy in a STEM research-focused university setting. Students produce multimodal content in first year composition classes, but composition instructors lack the skills required to teach students multimedia technology. Librarians respond to the needs of the faculty and students they support. Library instruction takes place within the composition class (course-integrated or “one-shot” instruction) or in a multimedia classroom at the library. The librarians bring technical skills as well as a grounding in information literacy, and their instruction increases students' written, sonic, visual and data literacy. As a result, students become more savvy content consumers as well as creators.

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