Angels and Demons: Online Library Instruction the Jesuit Way

Spirituality, reflection, community, and cura personalis are not terms generally associated with library instruction, but they are commonly found in discussions of Jesuit education. In order to develop a library instruction course for online graduate students, 2 librarians at Gonzaga University were required to take the Competency Assessment in Distributed Education Course Design Workshop developed by JesuitNET. Completion of the course portfolio involved thinking about desired competencies and evidence of student mastery, as well as reflecting on how the library course would adhere to themes of Jesuit pedagogy. Throughout the development of the research primer course, the efforts to unite spiritual contemplation and material content offered unusual challenges as did the demons of managing workload issues and dealing with academic protocol.