Information Literacy: Foundations and Teaching Strategies

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Course Details

August 6-27, 2025
Half-Day Online Course + 3-Week Workshop
12 Credit Hours
This course is most relevant for teacher-librarians in grades 8-12 and early college.

About This Course

Learn engaging and effective teaching methods to help students develop critical information literacy skills.

Live sessions via Zoom:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
from 12:00 to 4:00 pm ET
(recordings available for 6 months)

Asynchronous Workshop:
Project-based assignments with expert feedback over 3 weeks

In the age of AI, deep fakes, and misinformation, the need for critical information literacy is at an all-time high. In this half-day online course and 3-week asynchronous workshop, you will learn the foundations of information literacy and how to talk confidently about context, reputability, and research. You will learn several different teaching methods to help engage students in identifying mis- and disinformation. You will also have the opportunity to create lesson plans and receive feedback from peers and a facilitator before you leave this course.

This course includes one half-day of live, online presentations from an expert speaker, as well as three weeks of a guided asynchronous workshop with facilitated peer cohorts and assignments. In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to practice what you’ve learned through prompted activities, share and crowdsource issues with peers, and get feedback from peers and your facilitator.

The live sessions run on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from 12:00 to 4:00 pm (recorded for on demand viewing) with an asynchronous workshop over 3 weeks. Don’t miss this opportunity!

Learning outcomes coming soon!

Program to be announced soon!

This is an online course with a half-day of live, online speaker presentations and an asynchronous 3-week workshop and will include:

  • Live Sessions: Guest speaker presentations by leaders in their field. (All sessions are recorded for on demand access for six months after the course ends.)

  • Facilitated discussions: Audience participation in Q&A and discussion with guest speakers.

  • Asynchronous workshop: Project-based weekly assignments to connect what you’re learning to your professional life. Includes written feedback from an expert in the field who functions as the workshop facilitator, as well as peer conversation via discussion forums. 
  • Early access on-demand resources: Access to a series of past live session archives from Library Journal and School Library Journal courses to explore at your own pace.

  • Online Classroom: The virtual learning platform that holds all course content and is accessible for six months after the course ends.

*Note: You do not have to complete the asynchronous work during these three weeks; it will be open to you for six months. However, the feedback from facilitators will only be available from August 6-27. 

Expected time commitment

If you attend or watch the recordings of all live sessions and participate fully in the asynchronous workshop, you'll spend approximately 4 hours per week on this course. You'll earn 12 hours of PD credit and a Library Journal certificate of completion.

On-demand access

All live guest speaker sessions are recorded and available on-demand for six months following the initial broadcast as a part of your purchase.

Certificate of completion

Complete the course and earn 12 professional development credit hours. We provide a certificate that is emailed to you.

Accessibility

All guest speaker sessions feature auto captioning and are made available on demand after the initial broadcast. Please email course-support@libraryjournal.com upon registration if you require any special accommodations and we will make our best efforts to facilitate them.

Support

For support with online courses, please contact course-support@libraryjournal.com.

Speakers to be announced soon!

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We offer discounts for groups of 3 or more.

For larger groups of 15 or more, we offer the option to apply group rates across multiple courses to receive significant discounts. For more information, select “Bulk Course Credits Packages” in the form below.

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