Open AccessLIBRARY INSTRUCTION IS A TWO-WAY STREET: STUDENTS RECEIVING COURSE CREDIT FOR PEER TEACHING
Author(s) -
Jana Ronan,
Mimi Pappas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
education libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-8711
pISSN - 0148-1061
DOI - 10.26443/el.v25i1.170
Subject(s) - outreach , plan (archaeology) , library instruction , peer learning , peer instruction , course (navigation) , work (physics) , george (robot) , mathematics education , library science , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , sociology , psychology , engineering , political science , information literacy , medicine , aerospace engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology , artificial intelligence , law , history
Librarians of the George A. S mathers Libraries at the University of Florida, partnered with the Anthropology department to develop a peer-to-peer program to provide outreach to undergraduates taking anthropology courses. The peer instructors, librarians and anthropology department developed a three-credit-hour independent study as a way to compensate the peers for their work. The peer instructors developed a lesson plan, provided classroom and individualized instruction, and developed assessment techniques to evaluate the program. This article discusses the development and implementation of the peer instruction program and presents the results ofthe surveys.