Abstract
WI+RE (Writing Instruction + Research Education) is a learner-led team of undergraduate and graduate student employees at UCLA Library who apply values-driven design principles and grassroots instructional media production techniques to foster breakthroughs in research, reading, and writing for their fellow learners. The WI+RE Way (UCLA Library WI+RE, 2019c) is a collaboratively authored manifesto for learner-led design co-authored by WI+RE's learner-designers in collaboration with library staff.
Highlights
In early 2015, UCLA Library was looking for a way to sustain a successful pilot project focused on creating learner-centered information literacy tutorials
We present each of the shared values statements that appear in the WI+RE Way, followed by discussion and examples of how the WI+RE team applies these values in practice
We introduce here the notion of a "publishable prototype." For WI+RE, this means that rather than aiming to "finish" our projects, we instead develop a series of gradually improving prototypes that are critiqued and evaluated by our community of library staff and campus partners, including UCLA's Center for Digital Humanities, our two Undergraduate Research Centers, Writing Programs, and the Writing Center
Summary
In early 2015, UCLA Library was looking for a way to sustain a successful pilot project focused on creating learner-centered information literacy tutorials. In recognizing that the instructional materials we create are unlikely to be perfect for all learners, we open ourselves up to the possibility that our work may be useful and helpful for some or many, and that over time, we can learn from feedback and improve.
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