Transform your trainingpractical approaches to interactive Information Literacy teaching

Rosie Jones

Karen Peters

Emily Shields

Objectives

Recognise the importance of using a variety of interactive methods in teaching

Utilise appropriate methods and technologies for a variety of teaching environments

Build upon and adapt existing sessions to include interactivity within them

Activity: Tree-Felling

On each of the 8 flipcharts place a post it note indicating how you feel about participating in that type of activity

Yes

No

Neutral

The biggest enemy to learning is the talking teacher

(John Holt – educator and author)

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Why Interactivity?

Why is interactivity so important in HE?

Type of learner

Knowles 13 principles of adult learning

18yr olds – taught with interactivity

Older learners – previous negative experiences

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What’s the average attention span of an adult learner?

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Average adult’s attention span 6 - 20 mins

Interest of topic

Heat of the room

Time of day

Tiredness of learner

Change of pace every 7 – 10 mins

Changing speaker

An activity

A break

Does it matter what type of room I’m in?

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Learning Styles

Activist

Reflector

Theorist

Pragmatist

Hands-on, doing

Observation, guidance

Step-by-step, structure

Practical activities to apply outside the classroom

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1. Discus your training method preferences with your neighbour

2. Read the cream handout – Is there a learning style that you seem to fall into?

3. Tick one activity in each category that you would like to use in future

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Experience Reflect

ConcludeApply

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Tree-felling activity

Paired discussion

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Learning cycle

HandoutTick-boxes

IcebreakerP

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IIc

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Comfortable

Relevant

Appropriate

Useful

Exploring Keywords

SEN

dyslexia

SPLD

Special

educational

needsPrimaryinfants

juniors

Key stage 1 & 2

Integrate

mainstream

inclusion

Engages audience

Real time

Anonymous

Equal say

No one left behind Involves

whole group

Initial knowledge check Final question of the session

Knowledge check

Instant analysis of results

Variety of question types

No one left behind Identify areas

for further training

NetSupport School

Action plan

Easy way to apply learning

Helps remember what was taught

Sets goals/targets

Future reference

Evidence for PDP

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Objectives

Recognise the importance of using a variety of interactive methods in teaching

Utilise appropriate methods and technologies for a variety of teaching environments

Build upon and adapt existing sessions to include interactivity within them

“Tell me and I will forget.

Show me and I may remember.

Involve me and I will understand.”

Confucius, c.450 B.C.

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