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Textbooks, Readings and Useful
Websites.
There
are two
required
textbooks for the class as follows:
Gradowski, Gail, Loanne Snavely, and Paul Dempsey, eds.
Designs for Active Learning; A Sourcebook of Classroom Strategies for
Information Education.
Assocation of College & Research Libraries, ALA, 1998.
Gustafson, Kent L. and Robert Maribe Branch. Survey of
Instructional Development Models. 3rd ed. Syracuse,
NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, 1997.
A bibliography of other print
sources is also provided.
In addition, please become familiar with the following journals:
College & Research Libraries
Journal of Academic Librarianship
Journal of Instructional Psychology
RQ
Reference Services Review
Training & Development
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Assignment Overview.
There are three primary requirements:
- reading commentaries.
- a teaching
portfolio, and
- a project or paper.
Each
requirement will count for about a third
of the grade. Some of the assignments may be done optionally as a team of
two people. Each student will be asked to develop a contract stating what
kinds of assignments he or she wishes to choose for the portfolio and
project/paper and what weighting he or she wishes to place on each aspect.
Written work will be made available to all members of the class on a
designated web space. Each student will be expected to make a
presentation and contribute to class discussions.
Please see Assignments
for more detail.
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Grading and Assessment Method.
Four reading commentaries are required. Each reading commentary may earn
up to 10 points (7-8 is a good acceptable
grade; 9-10 indicates amazing and outstanding work; 6-7 means the paper
could (and should) be improved; and >5 is not acceptable and will be
returned for re-working.
The teaching portfolio plus presentations may earn up to 50 points
distributed among 3-5 different pieces weighted as you think
appropriate.
The paper or project also can earn up to 60 points. If you wish to
combine the teaching portfolio with your project in some way and put all
your efforts into a bigger activity, that is possible as well.
This is a success-oriented class. I expect everyone to earn a P (pass)
demonstrating a Mastery level of knowledge and skill. This equates to a
total earned point range between 105-120 (out of a possible 150
points).
Incompletes: A grade of incomplete may be taken only
because of illness or special circumstances and only with the
prior permission of the instructor.
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Conduct of the Class. As a summer short course, we will meet
every day. Your attendance at all
class sessions is important! Each day's four-hour session will be
structured loosely around one or more major topics (see schedule). A session will typically include one
or two min-lectures, some group discussion based on relevant readings,
a group meeting with the instructor, an occasional tutorial and student
presentation.
You will usually have some time during the class period for reading or
work on your various assignments.
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If you have any comments or questions on any aspect of the
syllabus, please contact Evelyn
Daniel
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Analyze an environment relative to need for knowledge or skills
and
design an
appropriate educational program