Instructional Design for Teaching Information Literacy Online:

Janna Mattson is the online learning coordinator and instruction librarian at George Mason University Libraries. She has her master's in library science from Queens College - CUNY. She also has a master's in education with a concentration in curriculum and instruction, and a graduate certificate in eLearning from George Mason University. She developed the 2017 ALA H.W. Wilson Professional Development Grant-winning professional development course 3 Things in Blackboard. In 2022, she co-taught an ACRL Online Learning course called 3 Things in Instructional Design. As an adjunct faculty member with the Honors College at Mason, she teaches a first-year research methods course online. She is the co-editor of the ACRL six-volume book set Framing Information Literacy: Teaching Grounded in Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice. Janna was the co-chair of the ACRL DOLS Committee that revised the 'Standards for Distance and Online Library Learning Services' in 2023.

David X. Lemmons is the instruction coordinator at George Mason University Libraries. They have their MS in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and their MA in political science from Appalachian State University. They are also currently pursuing their PhD in education, with a specialization in higher education, at George Mason University. As an adjunct faculty member in the Honors College at George Mason University, David teaches an online first-year research methods course and a face-to-face course about misinformation in society.

Valerie Linsinbigler is a business librarian at James Madison University Libraries. She has her master's in library and information science from the University of Maryland, College Park. In her previous roles, Valerie worked as an online learning specialist at George Mason University where she designed, taught, and assessed online (synchronous and asynchronous) instruction to teach undergraduates information literacy. She also co-taught the ACRL Online Learning course called 3 Things in Instructional Design.

Christopher Lowder is the education librarian at George Mason University Libraries. He has his master's in library and information science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He designs synchronous and asynchronous online instructional tools focused on information literacy. He co-taught the ACRL Online Learning course 3 Things in Instructional Design. He is passionate about classroom accessibility and information access.