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Posts Tagged 'instruction'
5 reasons to use Blackboard’s online quizzes
Published 10/28/2013 instruction ClosedTags: instruction, instruction_tools
Read @Academic Tech
Leveraging visual literacy for communication
Published 09/17/2013 webinar ClosedTags: creative, instruction, learning, visual
This webinar presentation (highly recommended – see archived version) shares successful techniques for using images in library instruction.
Presented by Nicole Brown, NYU Multidisciplinary Instruction Librarian.
Understanding why errors happen is more important than spotting them
Published 09/17/2013 Uncategorized ClosedTags: instruction, learning
The more information you glean by reading student papers, by seeing how students are applying what they’ve learned, the clearer you are on what you need to do in the classroom, in building learning objects, and in working with disciplinary faculty.
Read more @Information Wants To Be Free
Good for what? Considering context in building learning objects
Published 09/03/2013 instruction ClosedTags: instruction, instruction_tools, librarianship, technology, tools
Context is key in guiding considerations on the creation of sequential tutorials. @Information Wants to be Free
Information literacy & improving user experience – is there a conflict?
Published 09/03/2013 instruction ClosedTags: discovery, instruction, tools
Discovery services – the one-box search – may allow librarians to focus less on teaching tools and more on teaching concepts and processes. @Musings on Librarianship
Google for remote tech / reference support
Published 07/31/2013 technology ClosedTags: google, instruction, reference, technology, tools
A free alternative: remote assistance via Google Hangouts’ Remote Desktop
@Distant Librarian
“Talking about information literacy: the mediating role of discourse in a college writing classroom”
Published 07/29/2013 information literacy , journal article ClosedTags: instruction
Stop talking about finding sources. Frame the work as learning about something. Article & Library Babel Fish on it.
Our new model for Freshman instruction and how it went
Published 07/18/2013 information literacy , instruction ClosedTags: assessment, FYstudents, inspiring, instruction
Learn from the success of Portland State’s integration of information literacy instruction into first-year general ed classes. Meredith Farkas breaks it down. @InformationWantstoBeFree
“Revising the ‘one-shot’… collaborating with writing faculty to rebuild a library instruction session”
Published 07/17/2013 information literacy , journal article ClosedTags: assessment, collaboration, instruction
Librarians and English faculty at one college participated in a year-long study identifying learning goals, integrating active learning techniques and conducting meaningful assessment… Read article @CRL
Library DIY: unmediated point-of-need support
Published 07/03/2013 Uncategorized ClosedTags: DIY, innovative, instruction, reference
Taking into account DIY students: Library DIY @Information WantsTo Be Free
“Share and share alike: barriers and solutions to tutorial creation and management”
Published 07/01/2013 information literacy , journal article ClosedTags: instruction, tools
For instruction librarians who want to build tutorials but have little time or tech expertise: use a content management system.
Things we know about how information works that our students don’t know (yet)
Published 07/01/2013 information literacy ClosedTags: FYstudents, instruction, learning, searching
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15+ great Chrome extensions for teachers
Published 05/09/2013 instruction , technology ClosedTags: instruction, tools
Read @EducationalTech+MobileLearning
2013 ACRL recorded panel: …enhancing learning through mapping, rubrics, and portfolios
Published 05/05/2013 instruction , libraries ClosedTags: innovative, instruction
Audio of panel, slides also available here Via Char Booth @Info-mational
“One-shot or embedded?”
Published 05/05/2013 information literacy , journal article ClosedTags: instruction
Is a one-shot presentation or embedded instruction a more effective method of information literacy instruction? Read article @Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
“Four quick flips: activities for the information literacy classroom”
Published 05/05/2013 information literacy , instruction , journal article ClosedTags: instruction
Read article @CRLn
“Diving into distance learning librarianship”
Published 05/05/2013 information literacy , journal article , online education ClosedTags: instruction, online education
Tips and advice for new, and seasoned, distance learning librarians. Read article @ACRLn
“Mobile learning: the teacher in your pocket”
Published 04/24/2013 journal article , technology ClosedTags: instruction, instruction_tools, learning, mobile, tools
Chapter essay on mobile learning by Meredith Farkas
Information literacy at the reference desk
Published 04/17/2013 information literacy , reference ClosedTags: instruction, reference
Reference interactions are just as an essential component to info lit instruction as one-shot lessons. Read… @ACRLog
