Zooming into Breakout Rooms for Library Instruction in Business

Zooming into Breakout Rooms for Library Instruction in Business Conference

Hammill, Sarah Jane. Zooming into Breakout Rooms for Library Instruction in Business .

This presentation will share how Covid-19, social distancing, and closed campuses became the pivotal point in re-energizing and rethinking how one librarian teaches information literacy. Faced with burnout and tired of talking to blank screens, the options were to give up or get creative. Come to this session to learn an innovative teaching technique on how to engage Zoomed-out students. Participants will learn how to facilitate group work to teach information literacy in an online setting. There will be time for brainstorming and sharing of new teaching tips. Learn how to incorporate active learning in an online environment and overcome the fear of “students getting the information wrong”.