Open AccessAcademic collaboration for experiential learning: Perspectives on using archival collections and information literacy in history education
Author(s) -
Abigail P. Dowling,
Kathryn Wright,
Kristen Bailey
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.79.6.323
Subject(s) - experiential learning , information literacy , course (navigation) , literacy , library science , history , sociology , mathematics education , pedagogy , engineering , psychology , computer science , aerospace engineering
Abigail P. Dowling designed a second-year lower-division course at Mercer University in Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations for fall 2017 geared towards History and Classics minors and majors. The course was designed to fit into her four-course pre-modern course series, each of which focuses on a different historical skill set. She planned the Ancient Mediterranean course to focus on historical analysis of material culture through active, engaged student activities.