Posts Tagged ‘instructional design’
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Unpacking and overcoming “edutainment” in library instruction
September 9, 2015 | 2 commentsPhoto by Flickr user Jen Kim (CC BY 4.0) In Brief Within our field, and more widely, there is a way of thinking that equates effective teaching with effective entertaining. This way of thinking can be referred to as a “discourse of edutainment.” It underpins some of the publications and conversations that encourage librarians to make their teaching…
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Archives Alive!: librarian-faculty collaboration and an alternative to the five-page paper
August 26, 2015 | 4 commentsTags: academic libraries, collaboration, college students, digital humanities, digital learning materials, faculty, information literacy, instructional design, librarianship, research, teachingIn brief: The short research paper is ubiquitous in undergraduate liberal arts education. But is this assignment type an effective way to assess student learning or writing skills? We argue that it rarely is, and instead serves as an artifact maintained out of instructor familiarity with and unnecessary allegiance to timeworn conceptions of “academia.” As…
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Adopting the Educator’s Mindset: Charting New Paths in Curriculum and Assessment Mapping
April 22, 2015 | 2 commentsTags: academic libraries, college students, evaluation, information literacy, instructional design, library assessment, organizational cultureThrowback Thursday for June 18, 2015: In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes Bethany Messersmith to our Editorial Board! In honor of Throwback Thursday, we’re highlighting Bethany’s recent piece on curriculum and assessment mapping. In Brief: The greatest challenge that I faced in my role as Information Literacy Librarian occurred as a result…
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What water?
January 21, 2010 | Comments Off on What water?Tags: collaboration, college students, information literacy, instruction, instructional design, research, teachingby Sara Seely Recently I was lucky enough to come across the publication of a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace in 2005 to a group of wide-eyed graduates from Kenyon College. While it’s difficult to sum up what one takes away from a four-year-degree, this particular rumination helps to qualify the value of…
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[RE]Boot Camp: Share Some. Learn More. Teach Better.
October 28, 2009 | Comments Off on [RE]Boot Camp: Share Some. Learn More. Teach Better.Tags: information literacy, instruction, instructional design, planning, teaching, training, workshopBy Ellie Collier Setting the Stage Last fall, as a part of the Texas Library Association’s “Transforming” initiative, my library held its own transforming retreat. Austin Community College (ACC) Library Services has gone through a hiring spurt recently, adding 10 new full time librarians in just the last three years. This retreat brought together all 23…
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Narrating the “Back Story” Through E-learning Resources in Libraries
January 28, 2009 | 14 commentsTags: digital learning materials, e-learning, instruction, instructional design, learning objects, peer reviewWe at In the Library with the Lead Pipe are happy to welcome two guest authors to our blog! Hyun-Duck Chung and Kim Duckett are two of our creative and inspiring colleagues at the North Carolina State University Libraries. Read on to learn more… By Hyun-Duck Chung and Kim Duckett Lately we’ve been thinking a lot about the…