Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library

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Autores principales: O'Kelly, Mary, Garrison, Julie, Merry, Brian, Torreano, Jennifer
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Publicado: 2015
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author O'Kelly, Mary
Garrison, Julie
Merry, Brian
Torreano, Jennifer
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Merry, Brian
Torreano, Jennifer
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Garrison, Julie
Merry, Brian
Torreano, Jennifer
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contents Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library O'Kelly, Mary Garrison, Julie Merry, Brian Torreano, Jennifer Academic Libraries Service Learning Peer Teaching Best Practices Learning Theories Program Design Information Literacy Skill Development Program Descriptions Tutors College Students Student Attitudes Consultants Academic libraries are well lauded for offering supportive spaces for students' self-directed study, and significant resources are dedicated to librarian instruction in the classroom. What many academic libraries lack, however, is a middle ground, a routine way for students to help one another using best practices in peer-to-peer learning theory. A new, nonauthoritative, supplemental service by students and for students began at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, in fall 2012 with a cohort of "peer research consultants." Students learn information literacy skills with a well-trained peer, untethered from the hierarchy inherent in formal instruction environments. This paper describes the program design, training, and conclusions after two academic years in operation and argues the value of peer tutoring in libraries.
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spellingShingle Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library
O'Kelly, Mary
Garrison, Julie
Merry, Brian
Torreano, Jennifer
Academic Libraries
Service Learning
Peer Teaching
Best Practices
Learning Theories
Program Design
Information Literacy
Skill Development
Program Descriptions
Tutors
College Students
Student Attitudes
Consultants
Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library O'Kelly, Mary Garrison, Julie Merry, Brian Torreano, Jennifer Academic Libraries Service Learning Peer Teaching Best Practices Learning Theories Program Design Information Literacy Skill Development Program Descriptions Tutors College Students Student Attitudes Consultants Academic libraries are well lauded for offering supportive spaces for students' self-directed study, and significant resources are dedicated to librarian instruction in the classroom. What many academic libraries lack, however, is a middle ground, a routine way for students to help one another using best practices in peer-to-peer learning theory. A new, nonauthoritative, supplemental service by students and for students began at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, in fall 2012 with a cohort of "peer research consultants." Students learn information literacy skills with a well-trained peer, untethered from the hierarchy inherent in formal instruction environments. This paper describes the program design, training, and conclusions after two academic years in operation and argues the value of peer tutoring in libraries.
title Building a Peer-Learning Service for Students in an Academic Library
topic Academic Libraries
Service Learning
Peer Teaching
Best Practices
Learning Theories
Program Design
Information Literacy
Skill Development
Program Descriptions
Tutors
College Students
Student Attitudes
Consultants
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1059707