Hawaiian Middle School Leverages Streaming Media for Personalized Instruction and Highly Productive, Self-Directed Learning
When students are free to explore any topic they choose, they become invested in their learning. This type of self-directed learning is a powerful motivator and a natural pathway to deep understanding and critical thinking. And, according to The Hechinger Report, students trained as self-directed learners are better equipped to handle remote learning. Resources for self-guided […]
How One High School Library Is Simplifying Student Research and Classroom Instruction
In an effort to increase information literacy skills and support curriculum instruction, Oak Creek High School needed student-friendly, authoritative research resources that are easy for students to use and well organized for teachers. In this case study, Library Media Specialist Kristin Henning explains how her library supports both students and educators, with tips on how […]
Bringing Creativity to Information Literacy with Credo Reference
As part of a campus Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Florida Southwestern State College (FSW) identified an opportunity to energize and improve information literacy instruction. Using Infobase’s Credo Reference, FSW’s librarians and faculty developed a new creative capstone course that encourages students to step away from traditional research papers and use their own interests and creativity […]
Provide LMS Training Courses for New & Adjunct Faculty with Infobase Learning Cloud: Campus Use Case
How can one best train new and adjunct faculty to teach online effectively? Even the most experienced in-person instructors can struggle in an online environment. Learn how one Midwestern university created a course to help instructors experience online learning through the eyes of their students using Infobase Learning Cloud. About Infobase Learning Cloud Infobase Learning […]
University Students Get the Technology and College-Life Tools They Need to Succeed
A private 4-year institution in Texas has been an Infobase Learning Cloud partner since 2016. Initially, this institution partnered with Infobase to satisfy their student technology training accreditation requirements. However, they soon realized that Infobase Learning Cloud was more than a solution to their immediate problem—it was a gateway to enhancing the college experience for […]
Keene State College Helps First-Year Students Successfully Navigate the Research Process with Credo Reference
Keene State College in New Hampshire is helping first-year students learn and strengthen their research and writing skills with an effective peer-to-peer mentoring and instruction program centered around Credo Reference. We recently had the pleasure to speak with Elizabeth Dolinger, Information Literacy Librarian at Mason Library, Keene State College, to learn why this model has […]
Credo Information Literacy: Campus Use Cases
Infobase offers the only information literacy (IL) solution designed specifically for higher ed libraries, with ACRL Standards and Framework-aligned multimedia and assessments to support embedded librarians, one-shot sessions, and point-of-need instruction. When librarians ask us how Credo Information Literacy can be used by their institution, we usually start with a list: Flip the Classroom: Maximize limited time with […]
Video on Demand Service Meets Library Patrons’ Multiple Needs for Entertainment, Research, and More
Access Video On Demand Helps Ocean County Public Library Connect with Its Community Many public libraries have struggled to support their patrons’ needs with remote access to services during the pandemic. But in Ocean County, New Jersey, the library’s 600,000-plus members have enjoyed unlimited access to more than 28,000 hours of carefully curated streaming video content […]
No Discovery? No Problem. How One College Library in Quebec Is Building Smart Researchers with Credo Reference
Teaching students how to research effectively is challenging—especially when they have not had much experience doing it—but research instruction creates a foundation that they can use throughout their lives. Champlain College Saint-Lambert in Quebec is a longtime subscriber of Credo Reference and a Cégep (general and vocational college). Nicole Haché, Librarian at Champlain’s George Wallace Library, shares her experience […]
Valencia College Leverages Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center to Empower Students in Their New Student Experience Course
We recently had the pleasure to speak with Valencia College staff members about their New Student Experience (NSE) course and how Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center helps their students link their college experience to a career path. Our Q&A profiles their unique and innovative course and how they leverage this award-winning career database for student success.
Allen Community College Supports Student Success with Rich Information Resources During the Pandemic and Beyond
Information literacy is a critical skill for success in college, work, and life. Made in partnership with eCampus News, our new case study profiles how the library director at Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas, successfully used Films On Demand and Credo Reference: Academic Core during the shift to remote learning amid the pandemic, and […]
