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S573: Education of Information UsersWeek 7

+Announcement

Assignment #3: in-class instructional presentation Topic examples:

Book preservation techniques Art books Importance of early childhood education How to memorize things Basic concepts of statistics

Activity example: http://www.thiagi.com/pfp/IE4H/march2004.html#Structur

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http://www.thiagi.com/pfp/IE4H/may2002.html#Jolt http://www.thiagi.com/games.html

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+Announcement

Assignment #3: In-class presentation Prepare a lesson plan & handout; Deliver the instruction;

Write a reflection paper E.g., pro con grid (p. 168, Angelo & Cross, 1993)

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+Assignment #4: Critiques of instructional sessions Positives, Suggestions, & Other

Presentation of the session Facilitation of the activity Debriefing of the activity Handouts

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Meat

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+A Scenario-based Approach to Credit Course Instruction (Frantz, 2002) LIB 101 @ University of Oregon

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/instruct/credit.html

What are the pros and cons of a scenario-based approach to the library credit course?

+Librarians’ Sport of Choice (Waelchli, 2008)

Fantasy sports to teach research skills Fantasy football = information literacy?

Do you agree that the mapping that Waelchli provided with ACRL information literacy competency standards and fantasy players’ activities?

+Librarians’ Sport of Choice (Waelchli, 2008)

Did the student athletes learn how to conduct library research through the lesson connected to fantasy football? Yes/No

What is your position regarding using games to teach students about how to conduct library research?

+Engaging the Adult Learner (Gold, 2005) In the previous article by Waelchli (2008)

addresses the needs for using games for learning Perhaps bias toward the younger generation?

This article emphasizes the special attention necessary for adults learner (esp. non-traditional students)

+Engaging the Adult Learner (Gold, 2005)

New instruction models for adult learners: Provide a comfortable environment Create meaningful instruction & assignments Use active learning Flexible scheduling & faculty cooperation Inquire about learner’s expectations (online courses)

+Engaging the Adult Learner (Gold, 2005)

Foster empathy, reciprocity, & trust in both reference work and instruction

Do you think adult learners need different types of instruction than traditional students? Why, why not?

+Cognitive Growth, Instruction, and Student Success (Budd, 2008) Critical perspective on the ACRL information

literacy competency standards Information-processing model of cognition

Phenomenological perspective on knowledge Are the college students “cognitively ready to ask

questions that are based on complex concepts and multifarious experiences” (p. 323)?

+Cognitive Growth, Instruction, and Student Success (Budd, 2008) Same basketball game, but not really the same

IU vs. Kentucky

+Challenge and Goals of the Course (Budd, 2008)

Enhance students’ abilities to frame meaningful questions

Emphasis on metacognition E.g., How are you coming up with the conclusions you

reach?

Inclusion of reasoning based on some elementary linguistic analysis

Translating “relevance” into something undergraduate students can readily grasp