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ALA.
Library
Instruction Round
Table LOEX.
Clearinghouse for Library Instruction
Professional
Associations
Association
of College and
Research Libraries. Instruction Section.
Intent of the site is "... to enhance the ability
of academic and research
librarians involved in bibliographic instruction to serve effectively the
library and information needs of current and potential library users."
Note particularly the Information
Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education approved
Jan. 18, 2000. The Dudley Award for 2000 went to Carol Kuhlthau, a name
you should be familiar with (see a reading by her on reading list).
Directions to subscribe to a number of other possibly relevant listservs
in addition to BI-L are linked from this page.
ALA's section on library instruction represents
all
types of libraries and supports library instruction as an essential
service. Useful links to library instruction tutorials. Lists of the
"Top 20 Instruction Articles" annually. The LIRT Web Standards and
Guidelines provide useful guidelines.
Can subscribe to lirt-l from directions here.
Copyright-free materials related to all aspects
of library
instruction
donated by
libraries and librarians. See Instruction
Links
for featured
web sites, sample assignments and syllabi, teaching tips, virtual tours,
tutorials, and the like. Some useful material for international
students. A large print collection is maintained at
Eastern Michigan Univ. and can be borrowed by member libraries/ians.
Guidelines
for Instruction
Programs in Academic Libraries
Guidelines for Program Design, Human Resources, and Support. Useful as leverage to use with administrators.Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic Instruction
This is the old 1987 statement, still contains some useful material. Some folks still prefer it. You might want to compare the last two.
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It will be worthwhile to check out this site, especially the serial publication, For Your Consideration. Of particular value to this class are the following:Learning on the Web 1998
- FYC 9: Evaluating Student Projects. Some good assessment methods here.
- FYC 12: The Guided Discussion. Good for ideas on ways to ask questions to elicit a good discussion.
- FYC 18: Planning, Designing, and Evaluating Student Assignments. Has some nice examplar criteria standards.
The Diversity in the College Classroom report is valuable as well.
A self-directed online course for educators produced by New Brunswick TeleEducation.
NCSU's Tools for Teachers: Course and Web Page
Generators.
A tutorial and procedure page for teachers at our sister school, NCSU, who want to use more online resources.
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Home Page
for Linda Goff, Library Instruction Librarian, CSU,
Sacramento
Links to Virtual Tour of the Library, Computer Literacy, Information Competency Policy and Requirements, Several Examples of her Power Point Tutorials
Univ. of Oregon
Library System Portal Page
Check out their Searching the Web comparison page.
Andy
Carvin's HTML Crash
Course for Educators
No date on this one -- it may be aging out.
Courses in Word Processing, Presentation Graphics, Spreadsheets and Databases, Internet. This used to be a federal government site -- not it's more independent.
"Thinking Critically about the Web" by Esther
Grassian, UCLA
A good set of questions to use in evaluating a web site. Some useful "teach yourself" links.
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UC Berkeley -- The Teaching Library
Mission Statement: "The Teaching Library's mission is to ensure that every graduate of the University of California at Berkeley is thoroughly familiar with the information resources and tools in their major field of study, is trained to use them effectively, and is prepared to conduct a sea rch strategy in any field."
A librarian-built resource "intended for the introduction and use of Internet/Web resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It is being offered as a comprehensive showcase, virtual library and reference tool containing highly useful Internet/Web resources including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles and directories of researchers, among many other types of information."
CalPoly (CSU) Information Competence
Project
A project completed in March 1999 but with a few things added since that time. Includes a good collection of tutorials and a page of other "information competence" sites on the web and a list of other online tutorials. check them out; it's a good resource.
Cornell
University. Uris Library.
Good online tutorial, "Seven Steps to Effective Library Research."Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
From IUPUI links see the Center for Teaching and Research' course Development Resources. Note especially the useful material under Evaluation and Assessment Resources.
Information Literacy
at FIU (Florida International University)
Mission statement, goals and objectives, library instruction outcomes ("seven sequenced library class sessions linked to courses in the core curriculum") and more.
Univ. of
Iowa Libraries' Web
Page
Interesting description of an electronic classroom, "The Information Arcade," and policies for using it.
Purdue
University Libraries;
The Online Resource (THOR).
See Resource Tutorial called CORE, Comprehensive Online Research Education, whose purpose is to support information literacy education on campus. Good summary of curriculum objectives. Look at Navigation Chart. A related site from Purdue Librarian Scott Brandt, who styles himself "techman", provides a selected list of tutorials on use of Internet.Simon Fraser University. Libraries
Nice set of online library guides.Queen's University (Ontario) Stauffer Library, "Library Instruction on the Web,"
A site designed to provide librarians with an overview of Web design for library instruction. Unfortunately it's last revision date is May 1997 so examine with this in mind.Internet Navigator -- Utah's Multi-institutional Internet Course
Part of an effort by the Utah Academic Consortium and a Health Sciences Library intended, among other things, to create a "collaborative interactive learning environment that eliminates time, distance and location barriers.""Tutorials Online," J.W. Holmes, University of Washington.
An annotated list of academic library tutorials. Seems thorough and up-to-date.University of Waterloo Electronic Library
Check orientations and UW publications.
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Dedicated to learning anywhere anytime. Annual conference and a Journal. For example, see "Models of Online Courses," by Robin Mason of the Open University.
An electronic service offered by the Center for Instructional Technology here at UNC. Each month the staff monitors and selects from a number of information technology and instruction technology sources of interest to those using IT with brief notes for educators. Can subscribe to an email listserv as well.
UNC. Academic Technology and
Networks. Instructional Services.
Check out the Center for Insructional Technology from here and information about the CIT workshops.Computer-Based Training (CBI)
Hands-on self-paced learning modules for a variety of networking and software areas, e.g., Cisco, Project Management, Sybase, C++, UNIX and the like.
An online journal devoted to online education -- used to be free, now available on 30 day trial subscription.Training; an online journal for instructional trainers in the corporate world.
Sponsored by Asymetrix Learning Systems. A good source for folks who want to serve the corporate sector.
