INLS 210-36: USER EDUCATION

COURSE SCHEDULE

(Subject to Change of Course)

Summer 1998

	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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
	Week 2
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
	Last 2 Days
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.
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.

If you have any questions or suggestions about the schedule, please email Evelyn Daniel.
Page revised 7/23/98.