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Week 1 |
July 20 | HISTORY,
CONTEXT, ISSUES
Introductions. Overview of Course. Division into Groups
Readings:
LaGuardia, introductory material, Chapters 1-2
Any material on reading list relative to history (e.g., Farber,
Hardesty, Martin, Salony, Tiefel, or context (e.g., Bell, Branch, Harris,
Jackson,
Strife, Check
out
Eadie article, in particular (an iconoclast) and various responses. Also
remember to look at
the Reference Librarian issue on reserve.
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July 21 | LEARNING THEORIES
Speaker: Larry Wright, MSLS, PhD,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, RTP
More detailed intro to WebCT. Mini-lecture on Learning Theory.
Technology Transfer.
Consideration of our own learning styles. Implications for diverse
cultures.
Readings:
Any material on reading list relative to learning theories, learning
style, e.g., Burton, Konrad, Moeckel, Osborne, Piette, Sauer,
Sheridan, Stephenson,
plus
any book on learning theory, teaching, etc. Reichel & Ramey on reading
list is particularly good for academic library context. Check out books
in LB 1050
or BF 318 or thereabouts. You are not limited to this material but can
read other articles that seem relevant to you.
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July 22 | PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION SUPPORT
Speaker: Lucy Holman agreed to talk about the
Undergraduate library education program here at UNC.
Due: First reading commentary. Contract for teaching portfolio
contents and project or paper.
Discussion of professional association support. Examination of
standards. Look at library web sites, other info support group web
sites. Lab for chat room, bulletin board posting of portfolio and
project/paper ideas. Time for working on web files or reading, if
needed.
Reading: Mostly from web sites. Please send me additional
citations especially for non-library associations.
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July 23 | TEACHING AND LEARNING
Speaker (at 3): Cindy Adams, Humanities Reference Librarian from
Davis Library re formal education offerings for the seniors
and graduates.
What is the relationship between teaching and learning?
Introduction to Instructional Design (a day early because
of 2 speakers tomorrow).
Reading: Check out those web sites (and
others). Get a head start on readings on instructional design (see
July 24 list).
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July 24 | INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Speakers: A busy day. We have two speakers today.
Sophie Stone, Instructional Coordinator for Admin. and Instructional
Computing for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State
Julie Shaw-Kolkot, Head of Educational Services, Health Sciences Library,
UNC
Due: Second Reading Commentary.
Need to introduce topic of instructional design -- will return to it on
Monday.
Readings: LaGuardia, Chapters 4 and 5, plus your choice of
other readings. The Turner book part 2 is good as are a number of others
in Davis on instructional design (browse in LB 1028). Other articles from
reading list include Carson, Daragan, Eisenberg, Konrad, Martorana,
Wright.
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| Week 2
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July 27 | AUDIENCE ANALYSIS, LEARNING STYLES,
MOTIVATION
Speaker: Janet Tysinger, Training Center Manager, ATN Client
Services
What motivates people to want to learn? What kind of
generalizations can one make about the characteristics of a
population? A return to an examination of learning styles. What is
library anxiety anyhow?
Review of instructional design process.
Due: Third Reading Commentary. First part of
Teaching Portfolio.
Readings: Read your choice on topic. Check out
Brevik, for example. Good chapter on motivation in
McKeachie. Also see Jacobson, Keefer, any and all of the
articles by Kuhlthau, Leckie, Rabinowitz. Don't forget to
look at Reference Librarian issue.
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July 28 | PHILOSOPHY, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, KSA
TAXONOMIES, EVALUATION
Your beliefs about how people learn and your values about
what folks ought to know comprise your philosophic approach
to user education. We'll talk about goals and how to write
useful objectives (helpful when trying to evaluate whether or
not learning took place). A consideration of Knowledge,
Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) for various contexts. The
potential usefulness of taxonomies -- we'll look at Bloom,
Krathwohl, and others you may know about.
A group meeting to schedule some teaching portfolio
presentations and to compare progress on project/paper and
other portfolio items.
Readings: LaGuardia, Chapters 6, 7 and 8. Other
readings relative to objective setting (see instructional
design literature). Learning theory readings missed earlier
would work here very well. Also please read items on evaluation, e.g.,
McKeachie, Turner, Bober, VanderMeer.
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July
29 | THE TEACHING REPERTOIRE -- DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Presentations: We can schedule about 5 people to
teach us a sample class as part of the teaching portfolio.
Due: Fourth Reading Commentary. Second part of Teaching
Portfolio.
Dicussion of the pros and cons of the lecture method. Consideration of
circumstances when "telling" is the best approach. Suitable activities to
accompany direct instruction.
Readings: If book has come in, look at Gradowski et al on designs
for active learning. McKeachie is excellent on lecturing -- several
chapters. Any book on how to give a good presentation/speech will be
helpful.
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July 30 | THE TEACHING REPERTOIRE -- SUPPORT OF
INDEPENDENT
LEARNING
Presentations: Five more people can be scheduled for
sample class or show and tell of a computer tutorial or other
independent learning design.
Due: Fifth Learning Report. Completion of Teaching
Portfolio. Draft of project/paper for those wishing early
feedback.
Consideration of alternative
ways to learn whereby control is in the hands of the learner. Electronic
arcades.
Readings: LaGuardia, chapters 9 and 10. Look at examples of
tutorials and publications like pathfinders. Look at Jacobson, Mataroma,
Sloan, VanderMeer, Wakiji and others of your choice.
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July
31 | DESIGNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES -
EVALUATION, CLASSROOMS AND OTHER SETTINGS
Presentations: Five more presentations. Last day for
teaching portfolio.
What are the characteristics of a good learning activity? Uses of
evaluation. Classroom design. Workshop design. Website design.
Readings: LaGuardia, Chapters 11, 12 and 13. Read Gilster -- the
assigned chapter plus other chapters in his interesting book. Vasi is a
short article on electronic classroom design.
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Aug. 3 | INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
PLANNING
Presentations: Last presentations scheduled.
A return to the context considerations of the first week.
Consideration of the factors involved in planning an
instructional program -- trade-offs and long-range planning.
Publicity and PR planning.
Reading: Last chapter in LaGuardia.
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Aug. 4 | REVIEW -- ISSUES
REVISITED
Due: Project or paper (at least in draft form). I
believe the final, final date to turn in the paper is
Thursday as I think my grades have to be in Friday. If I
have until Monday, I'll be able to give you the weekend.
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