Using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy to Revise a for-Credit, Online Course

Abstract

A recent revamping of a three-credit-hour course, which the library at Morehead State University has offered for more than two decades, prompted the authors to contemplate what it means to modernize information literacy instruction in a credit-bearing format. For the authors, this modernization meant both committing to asynchronous delivery and adopting the ACRL Framework as the course’s learning objectives. In this paper, we discuss some concerns with the previous course, the revision process, and the major components of the modified course. Some reflections after first teaching the course and subsequent revisions are likewise discussed.

Keywords:

• Instruction
• information literacy
• credit-bearing
• design

Conflict of interest

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.