Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online:

Rising demand for online higher education requires librarians to master both classroom and virtual teaching. By merging student-centered strategies with curated playlists, interactive lesson plans, and practical tools, this guide leverages ADDIE, UDL, and inquiry models to boost digital instruction. Demand for online classes in higher education is growing. And whether you're a seasoned library instructor adapting to more online instruction or a new librarian learning about instruction for the first time, you're probably expected to be equally skilled in both face-to-face and online classrooms. Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Student-Centered Approach introduces light-hearted tips and advice with author-curated playlists and practical tips on rapidly designing online instruction. It offers scenarios, learning activities, lesson plan examples, rubrics, worksheets, and more, using the classic instructional design model ADDIE to frame the process and the universal design for learning framework, the community of inquiry model, and asset-based pedagogy to address the social and emotional needs of diverse online learners. Six parts offer a theoretical grounding, practical resources, and the enhanced confidence and skills needed to create successful learning experiences. Foundational Knowledge Analysis Design Development Implementation Evaluation Online learning can be an opportunity to extend our reach and connection to our students and help them learn what they need to succeed. Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online provides a learner-centered approach to online instruction for both students and teachers.