1. C202: Change in Presenters Due to deaths in families, neither Missy Harvey nor Barbie Keiser is able to make their presentations today D. Scott Brandt, who developed and taught an information literacy course at Purdue University, would like to facilitate a discussion on roles of librarians as teachers Participants are invited to share their views

2. Teaching Roles of Librarians: New Variations… D. Scott Brandt Purdue University Libraries

3. “I had to walk two miles in the snow…” “I had to use a card catalog!” 1930’s 1970’s “I had to convert e-books to mp3 to listen to them.” 2000’s True or False: Students are different

4. How are students different?

5. Quick content scanning Multi-task and multi-prioritize Non-linear thinking and learning Click-to-click trial & error problem solving Easily adapt to blended learning “The New Generation Working Force: The Homo Zappiens.” Wim Veen & Santema,Delft University. ELEARN Conference Proceedings, vol. 2002, no. 1, 2002. http://www.aace.org/dl/index.cfm/fuseaction/View/paperID/9490 Today’s students have different information processing skills…

6. True or False: Librarians are natural teachers…

7. Traditional stereotype…

8. Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

9. Instructional design skills… Designing: matching instruction to needs Developing: making it relevant Teaching: incorporation various strategies Assessing: how well were objectives met

10. True or False: The only way to teach is F2F…

11. Keeping online learners engaged “Terms of Engagement: Keeping Learners Online.” Jim Elsenheimer. Learning Circuits. http://www.learningcircuits.org/2003/feb2003/elearn.html Entertainment: themes & progressive storylines, video, sound, graphics Interaction: hot text, click zones, quizzes Control: content selection, length of lesson Usability: navigation, prompts, help Customization: content, learning styles, environment

12. Problem Based Learning Find out from student or instructor what problems they need to solve as part of the larger learning context Develop rich problems that need information literacy skills to solve

13. What skills and knowledge are needed to teach virtually?

14. Librarian Teacher Extraordinaire Analytical & functional design skills, and experience in learning methodologies and instructional design techniques Experience with database administration, web server administration, computer security, Windows/Unix integration Visual Basic, ASP, html, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, BS Script, Macromedia Dreamweaver/Flash/Fireworks or MS Front Page and PhotoShop, SQL, etc.

15. How does information literacy have an impact on jobs?

16. Learning & work “A learning program incorporating a combination of e-learning, online instruction, simulations, texts, mentor/instructor support, and live classroom-based training has the power to significantly increase employee productivity.” NETg /Thomson Job Impact Study http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=48123

17. Keeping up E-Learning and the science of instruction. Clark, R. Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2003. The e-learning revolution. Sloman, M. AMACOM, 2002. E-learning : strategies for delivering knowledge in the digital age. Marc J. Rosenberg. McGraw-Hill, 2001. "Riding the Active Learning Wave." Fosmire, M. and Macklin, A. ISTL, Spring 2002. e-learning. http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/http://www.elearningmag.com/elearning/ Learning Circuits. http://www.learningcircuits.org/http://www.learningcircuits.org/ Competencies and Skills for Instructional Designers http://www.coedu.usf.edu/inst_tech/resources/competen.html http://www.coedu.usf.edu/inst_tech/resources/competen.html Using Technology in Learning & Teaching: Skills Required http://computing-services.cant.ac.uk/title/L&T/skills.htm http://computing-services.cant.ac.uk/title/L&T/skills.htm

18. Learn new tricks…

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