Episode 9: Dragging Them to Water (Motivating Students)

Dana and Mark welcome new WGIL Room podcast participant, Dunstan McNutt as we delve deep into the issue of motivating students. Regular WGILer Carleen Huxley could not join us on the podcast this month, but we hope to have her back, along with Dunstan, next month!

Download episode 9: (mp3: 63 min)

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Podcast Notes:

• Small, Ruth V., Nasriah Zakaria, and Houria El-Figuigul. "Motivational Aspects of Information Literacy Skills Instruction in Community College Libraries." College & Research Libraries 65, no. 2 (March 2004): 96-121. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed October 3, 2011).
• John Keller's ARCS Model and Motivational Design site
• What It Takes To Become A Scholar: helping students scale the taxonomy. The Ubiquitous Librarian - The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 26, 2011, 5:24 pm
• Claire McGuinness, What Faculty Think–Exploring the Barriers to Information Literacy Development in Undergraduate Education, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 32, Issue 6, November 2006, Pages 573-582 (full-text for subscribers only - sorry :-)

Music attribution: Dancing On My Bed (The Pleasure Kills) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0