Strategies for Pizazz: Rebuilding One-Shots into Engaging Instruction Sessions

Trisha PrevettReference Librarian

Nova Southeastern University

MLIS & ILIC

• One shots• Preparing• Organizing• Creating• Technology• Fun!• Examples• Q&A through-out

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Q&AWhat type of instruction is your norm?

Who is your audience?How do you determine content?

What are One Shots?• 1980’s & 1990’s college faculty’s call for

“orientations” or “library presentations” as a result of significant technological change

–History of Information Literacy Instruction, Grassian & Kapolwitz

• Morphed into IL, continually evolving—digital fluency, metaliteracy, threshold concepts…

http://www.amazon.com/Life-Ideal-Deal-Michelle-Russell-ebook/dp/B006XF5B2S

http://everythingsright.com/post/18219886868

Q & A

Reflect a moment on the process you take to put together a presentation. Can you

describe it in a few words/phrases?

Preparing : First Thoughts

• Time constraints• Wants from professors

or other stakeholders• Level/Age/Prior

Knowledge• MICs-Most important

concepts…think BIG picture!

http://www.strategydriven.com/strategydriven-big-picture-of-business-knowledge-center/

• How is this information going to be presented?– Lecture? Activities? Demonstrations?– Differentiation? Meeting the audience’s needs

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Q&A

How do you account for different learning styles in your teaching?

Organize

• Make a plan, outline, rough draft

• How will you keep on track?– Personal outline– Library Guides– PowerPoint– Prezi– Something else?

Organize Now!

Got the plan? Need the flow…

• Content/MIC’s are the PROTEIN• Condiments & fixings

make it good!• Assessment, making

connections, active learning, building skills, buy in

Putting it all together… • Start by assessing what they

do know (formative)

• Let this guide the amount of information (if you already know this ahead of time you can plan for this)

• Activate audience’s prior knowledge, help them to make connections to the material

• If they have no PK, frame the situation

http://instructionaldesignandtraining.blogspot.com/2011/05/addie-evaluation-phase.html

Q&AAre you assessing? How? Or why aren’t you?

Any questions at this point?

More Fixin’s

• Active Learning! – Audience members gain

knowledge by doing– Feeling confident? Try PBL:

problems-based learning activities

• Scaffold objectives, think building blocks!– Have the skills you impart

build upon each other toward a final goal as you go through the presentation

Buy-in

• How do you get support for an idea?– Lay it out simply &

clearly– Help audience make

connections– “real world” examples

BRIBERY!

Think about your Delivery…

Authenticity!

http://shirtoid.com/66416/be-yourself/

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Q & AHow are you authentic when you

teach/present?

Incorporate Technology

• Response systems– Poll Everywhere, Socrative, clickers

• Videos• Streaming music• What’s hot?– list servs, tech blogs, librarian techie blogs

Make it fun

• Relax, laugh, smile• Use funny pictures or videos• Pick “hot topics”• Incentives– Giveaways– Prizes

• Find your style and make it work

That’s it!

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Examples!

www.nova.campusguides.com/researchstepswww.nova.campusguides.com/biol1510

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Tip Sheethttp://bit.ly/1mPwtSm Accessible via Google Drive

References & More InfoBurkhardt, J. M., & MacDonald, M. C. (2010). Teaching information literacy: 50 Standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.Grassian, E. S., & Kapolwitz, J. R. (2009). Information literacy instruction theory and practice. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman. Hofer, A. R., Townsend, L., & Brunetti, K. (2012). Troublesome concepts and information literacy: Investigating threshold concepts for IL instruction. Portal : Libraries and the Academy, 12(4), 387-405.Mackey, T. P., & Jacobson, T. E. (2011). Reframing information literacy as a metaliteracy. College & Research Libraries, 72(1), 62-78.Nentl, N., & Zietlow, R. (2008). Using bloom's taxonomy to teach critical thinking skills to business students. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 15(1-2), 159-172.Prevett, T. (2013). Razzle and dazzle ‘em: Stage directions for engaging instruction sessions. College & Research Libraries News, 74(6) 317-18. Tomlinson, C. A. (2008). The goals of differentiation. Educational Leadership, 66(3), 26-30.

Favorite blogs: EDUCASE, Information Wants To Be Free, The Next Web , Information Literacy Weblog List servs: ILI-L Information Literacy Instruction Discussion List, COLLIB-L College Libraries

Questions?

• Trisha Prevett Reference Librarian Alvin Sherman Library Nova Southeastern University trisha.prevett@gmail.com • HHLib9 Online Conference Feb 26th & 27th – www.nine.handheldlibrarian.org