C202: Change in Presenters

• Due to deaths in families, neither Missy Harvey nor Barbie Keiser is able to make their presentations today

• D. Scott Brandt, who developed and taught an information literacy course at Purdue University, would like to facilitate a discussion on roles of librarians as teachers

• Participants are invited to share their views

Teaching Roles of Librarians: New Variations…

D. Scott Brandt Purdue University Libraries

“I had to walk two miles in the snow…”

“I had to use a card catalog!”

1930’s

1970’s

“I had to convert e-books to mp3to listen to them.”

2000’s

True or False: Students are different

How are students different?

• Quick content scanning

• Multi-task and multi-prioritize

• Non-linear thinking and learning

• Click-to-click trial & error problem solving

• Easily adapt to blended learning

“The New Generation Working Force: The Homo Zappiens.” Wim Veen & Santema,Delft University. ELEARN Conference Proceedings, vol. 2002, no. 1, 2002. http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/View/paperID/9490

Today’s students have different information processing skills…

True or False: Librarians are natural teachers…

Traditional stereotype…

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Instructional design skills…

• Designing: matching instruction to needs

• Developing: making it relevant

• Teaching: incorporation various strategies

• Assessing: how well were objectives met

True or False: The only way to teach is F2F…

Keeping online learners engaged

“Terms of Engagement: Keeping Learners Online.” Jim Elsenheimer. Learning Circuits. http://www.learningcircuits.org/2003/feb2003/elearn.html

• Entertainment: themes & progressive storylines, video, sound, graphics

• Interaction: hot text, click zones, quizzes

• Control: content selection, length of lesson

• Usability: navigation, prompts, help

• Customization: content, learning styles, environment

Problem Based Learning

• Find out from student or instructor what problems they need to solve as part of the larger learning context

• Develop rich problems that need information literacy skills to solve

What skills and knowledge are needed to teach virtually?

Librarian Teacher Extraordinaire• Analytical & functional design skills, and

experience in learning methodologies and instructional design techniques

• Experience with database administration, web server administration, computer security, Windows/Unix integration

• Visual Basic, ASP, html, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, BS Script, Macromedia Dreamweaver/Flash/Fireworks or MS Front Page and PhotoShop, SQL, etc.

How does information literacy have an impact on jobs?

Learning & work

• “A learning program incorporating a combination of e-learning, online instruction, simulations, texts, mentor/instructor support, and live classroom-based training has the power to significantly increase employee productivity.” NETg /Thomson Job Impact Study

http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=48123

Keeping up

E-Learning and the science of instruction. Clark, R. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2003.

The e-learning revolution. Sloman, M. AMACOM, 2002.E-learning : strategies for delivering knowledge in the digital age.

Marc J. Rosenberg. McGraw-Hill, 2001."Riding the Active Learning Wave." Fosmire, M. and Macklin, A.

ISTL, Spring 2002. e-learning. http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/Learning Circuits. http://www.learningcircuits.org/Competencies and Skills for Instructional Designers

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/inst_tech/resources/competen.html

Using Technology in Learning & Teaching: Skills Requiredhttp://computing-services.cant.ac.uk/title/L&T/skills.htm

Learn new tricks…

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