Description:Many librarians are thrust into positions where they are asked to teach adults, but most LIS programs do not offer any preparation for this role. And yet, designing instruction is a skill that can make or break a career. In this book, Melissa Wong, an instructional designer, helps information professionals to prepare for their roles as teachers as well as information providers.Covering topics that range from syllabus construction to evaluation and student feedback, the book offers practical guidance on how to communicate with and support students and how to come up with assignments and grade them, along with advice on accessibility issues and working with technologies such as LMS, OER, videos, and PowerPoint. It demonstrates how to adapt principles of effective teaching to settings including workshops, professional development courses, conference presentations, and staff training. It also discusses professional challenges such as managing workload and shows how to adapt formal coursework to informal teaching situations. Librarians who wish to learn new methods or improve on their teaching and course design skills should read this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals. To get started finding Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals
Description: Many librarians are thrust into positions where they are asked to teach adults, but most LIS programs do not offer any preparation for this role. And yet, designing instruction is a skill that can make or break a career. In this book, Melissa Wong, an instructional designer, helps information professionals to prepare for their roles as teachers as well as information providers.Covering topics that range from syllabus construction to evaluation and student feedback, the book offers practical guidance on how to communicate with and support students and how to come up with assignments and grade them, along with advice on accessibility issues and working with technologies such as LMS, OER, videos, and PowerPoint. It demonstrates how to adapt principles of effective teaching to settings including workshops, professional development courses, conference presentations, and staff training. It also discusses professional challenges such as managing workload and shows how to adapt formal coursework to informal teaching situations. Librarians who wish to learn new methods or improve on their teaching and course design skills should read this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals. To get started finding Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.