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Faculty Guide - Education Faculty

This guide is for School of Ed faculty to learn about and use library resources and services.

Library Instructional Support

George Mason Libraries offers a wide variety of instruction opportunities, both face-to-face and online. We value close collaboration with teaching faculty to develop focused, relevant learning experiences for students.

Instruction Form for Synchronous (face to face/zoom)

Complete the form to request instruction. For more information, contact the Education Librarian.

Asynchronous Instruction

Stand-alone content

Mason Libraries has prepared asynchronous materials that you can use in your classes. General Library content can be located on the Mason Libraries YouTube page or the How Do I... page. To request new asynchronous materials, please use the request library instruction form.

Canvas Content

Library instructional modules are currently available through Canvas Commons.

Please use these modules when applicable for your class as they include the most up-to-date content. This content can be customized by faculty and used in whichever ways best support student learning.

[ATTENTION: Please do not add the education librarian to your course unless you are requesting unique course support, e.g. you want the librarian to collaborate with you on a discussion board assignment.]

Canvas commons tags

All Mason Libraries content is tagged in Canvas Commons as masonlibraries. Use the tag librariesCEHD to limit to education-specific content.

Education-specific Canvas modules include:

  • Library Orientation for Ed Students
  • Searching Education Databases
  • Researching and Writing an Annotated Bibliography
  • AI Literacy for Teaching and Research

Canvas Commons Import Instructions

Stand-alone tutorials (LibWizards)

These guided tutorials include certificates of completion. You can assign them as homework for your class or offer them as optional. You do not not need to contact the Education Librarian to use these materials.

Intro to Mason Libraries

In this tutorial, students will learn about their subject librarian and discover library resources relevant to their discipline.

Accessing Education Databases

In this tutorial, students will learn how to navigate to the Education databases using the George Mason University Libraries homepage. This tutorial is best for students new to research at George Mason.