The Instructional Librarian: Getting Your Patrons Online with Effective Instructional Design

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The Instructional Librarian Getting Your Patrons
Online with Effective Instructional Design
A PALINET Workshop
Funded by a Statewide Training Grant from the
Gates Foundation and Administered by the New
Jersey State Library September, 2005
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Instructor

• John Iliff
• Technology Development Consultant
• iliff_at_palinet.org
• 800/233-3401 x1222

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Guidelines for Workshop Participation

• Tell me if you cannot hear or see clearly or if
  the room temperature is uncomfortable.
• ASK. ASK. ASK. ASK.
• Break monitor needed

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Opening Activity

• Goals Expectations
• On blank piece of paper, please write the
  following
• 3 things you hope to learn in todays session
• how you hope todays content will impact what you
  do as an instructional librarian
• a specific example of your most difficult
  teaching experience (formal or informal)

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Workshop Topics

• Learning Styles and Strategies for Developing
  Learning Modules to Fit Those Styles
• Learning Styles Adults vs. Children
• How People Learn
• Five Principles of Adult Learning
• Browser Navigation Skills
• Accessing and Utilizing Free E-Mail Accounts
• Advanced Search Engine Strategies

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Learning Styles
Single most important tools in teaching HUMOR
Have fun HUMANITY Be real
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Learning Styles Adults
The idea that adults as learners require
different educational strategies than children
was first voiced fifty years ago when Irving
Lorge (1947), writing about effective methods in
adult education, suggested that to reach the
adult learner, you have to teach to what adults
want. He stated that adults have "wants" in the
following four areas 1. To gain something 2. To
be something 3. To do something 4. To save
something
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Learning Styles - Adults

• Decide for themselves what is important to be
  learned.
• Need to validate the information based on their
  beliefs and values.
• Expect what they are learning to be immediately
  useful.
• Have substantial experience upon which to draw.
  May have fixed viewpoints.
• Significant ability to serve as a knowledgeable
  resource to the trainer and fellow learners.

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Learning Styles - Children

• Rely on others to decide what is important to be
  learned.
• Accept the information being presented at face
  value.
• Expect what they are learning to be useful in
  their long-term future.
• Have little or no experience upon which to draw,
  are relatively "blank slates."
• Little ability to serve as a knowledgeable
  resource to teacher or fellow classmates.

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Learning Styles - General
Studies show that learning retention for the
average person is as follows __ of what you
read __ of what you hear __ of what you see
__ of what you see and hear __ of what you
say __ of what you say as you do (e.g., orally
work out a problem)
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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning
Leadership Experience Appeal Respect Novel
Styles
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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning
1. Leadership The adult learner enters the
training or educational environment with a deep
need to be self-directing and to take a
leadership role in his or her learning.
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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning

• 2. Experience two meanings
• Adults bring to a learning situation a background
  of experience
• In adult education, there is a greater emphasis
  on the use of experiential learning techniques
  (discussion methods, case studies,
  problem-solving exercises) that tap into the
  accumulated knowledge and skills of the learners.

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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning

• 3. Appeal
• Appeal is the power of attracting or arousing
  interest. Adult learners are motivated to learn
  when they have a need to know. They want to know
  how the instruction will help them and often ask
  themselves the following questions
• What's in it for me?
• Why do I need this information?
• How will I benefit from it?
• How can I make use of it in a practical, real
  way?
• How will it help me be a better person or
  professional?

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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning
4. Respect The word respect here is defined as
"esteem." The instructor of adults must show
deferential regard for the learner by
acknowledging an adult learner's experience and
creating a climate in the learning setting that
conveys respect.
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Instruction Based On Five Basic Principles of
Adult Learning

• 5. Novel Styles
• Most adult learners have developed a preference
  for learning that is rooted in childhood learning
  patterns. Three main learning styles include
• auditory
• visual
• kinesthetic

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Learning Styles Activity 3
How do you learn? http//www.ldpride.net/learning
_style.html
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Learning Styles - Resources
The Ultimate Educator http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
/assist/educator/welcome.html This workbook
reviews the basics of training design, the
differences between adult and child learners, and
ideas for making presentations memorable. Topics
include coordination, learning styles,
presentation techniques, facilitation skills,
lesson development, and session evaluation.
Includes sample forms and worksheets. Authors/Edit
ors Christine Edmunds, Kip Lowe, Morna Murray,
and Anne Seymour
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Learning Styles - Resources
Honolulu Community College Faculty Teaching
Guide http//honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committ
ees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm Excel
lent collection of tips about teaching/learning
styles, curriculum development, creating learning
modules, etc.
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Learning Styles - Resources
Merlot http//www.merlot.org/Home.po MERLOT is
a community of people who are involved in
education. Community members help MERLOT grow by
contributing materials and adding assignments and
comments.
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web
Browser Tools Navigation Buttons Back/Forward
Address or Go Tool Title Bar Menus Scroll
Bars Tool bar Favorites/Bookmarks Text
Size History
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web
Web Page Tools Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) Text Link Image Link Pop-Up Menu Search
Box Breadcrumbs
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web

• Ten Essential Browser Functions
• Loading a specific web page into the Web browser
• Navigating from Web page to Web page using
  hyperlinks
• The Back and Forward buttons
• Saving Web pages
• Printing Web pages

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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web

• Ten Essential Browser Functions
• The Stop and Refresh/Reload buttons
• The Home button and Home page
• The Favorites/Bookmarks feature
• The History function
• Finding words on individual Web pages

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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web -
Resources
Surf the Web Anatomy of a Web Page http//www.le
arnthenet.com/english/html/14wbpganat.htm
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web -
Resources
Learn The Net http//www.learnthenet.co.za/pg15.ht
ml Online tutorial covering all aspects of
Internet use including browsing, searching,
content, tools, etc.
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web -
Resources
Web Browsing Safari http//www.ivcc.edu/studentsa
fari/home.html
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Getting Patrons Online Navigating the Web -
Resources
Web Surfing Basics http//medinfo.umft.ro/dim/int
erne/Imagini/surfin4.htm
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Accessing and Utilizing Free E-Mail Accounts

• What is E-mail?
• How does it work?
• How to use your e-mail account?
• Considerations for choosing an e-mail service?
• What free e-mail services are available?

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What is E-mail?

• Reasons for Using E-mail
• Communicate with family/friends at long distance
• Do business communicating
• Send same message to larger number of people
• Save time

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What is E-mail?

• Electronic mail
• Messages that are sent electronically via
  computer networks
• E-mail messages can also carry attached files.
• E-mail can also be sent automatically to a large
  number of addresses.
• E-mail is one of the most popular uses of the
  Internet

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How does it work?

• Messages received, sent and stored on server
  computer and accessed through an e-mail program
• Can use local or web based e-mail programs
  (called clients)
• Can store received and sent messages on local
  computer

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How to use your e-mail account?

• Signing on to an E-mail service
• Login to E-mail account
• Welcome Screen
• Folder contents
• E-mail message
• Compose an e-mail message

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How to use your e-mail account?
Login to E-mail account
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How to use your e-mail account?
Welcome Screen
Folders
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How to use your e-mail account?
Inbox Folder
Action Buttons
E-mail column headings
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How to use your e-mail account?
E-mail Message
Header Information
Signature
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How to use your e-mail account?
Compose an e-mail message
Recipient
Subject of E-mail
Body of Message
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How to use your e-mail account?

• E-mail addresses
• Protocols (no spaces, unique)
• Name_at_domain.extension
• Address Books
• Collection of e-mail addresses
• Folders
• Enable user to organize e-mail messages to allow
  for searching/sorting options
• Filters for spam

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How to use your e-mail account?

• E-mail Netiquette
• Proper format and procedure for writing e-mail
  messages
• ALL CAPS INDICATES SHOUTING
• Review and re-read before hitting the send button
• Quote original messages correctly

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Considerations for choosing an e-mail service?

• Storage Limits
• Will you just be sending brief messages back and
  forth or will you be receiving large amounts of
  e-mail that you would like to save?
• Attachment Size
• Will you be attaching small documents or many
  pictures?
• Filters
• Need to have your e-mail sorted so that you dont
  have to open every piece of e-mail as it comes
  in?

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Considerations for choosing an e-mail service?

• Pop3 Availability
• Ability to access the e-mail service with another
  application?
• Signature
• Need to have a standard signature line on each of
  your e-mails?

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Considerations for choosing an e-mail service?

• Advanced E-mail Features
• Spell Checker
• Vacation Messages
• Searching
• Additional Features
• Calendar
• Reminders
• To Do List

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What free e-mail services are available?

• http//www.hotmail.com
• http//www.yahoo.com
• http//www.excite.com
• http//www.emailaddresses.com/
• http//www.fepg.net/

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E-mail Learning Resources

• http//email.about.com/ - comprehensive resource
  and tutorial source to explain e-mail, learn how
  to do it, and understand the technology
• http//www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html -
  instruction on content of e-mail
• http//www.islandnet.com/tmc/html/articles/email.
  htm - basic instruction in the parts of the
  e-mail message (sender, recipient, body, etc.)
• http//computer.howstuffworks.com/email9.htm -
  explanation of how e-mail technology works

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E-mail Learning Resources

• http//www.eslnetworld.com/email2.html - example
  of e-mail tutorial using screenshots to explain
  parts of message. Also includes information on
  content of messages.
• http//www.emailaddresses.com/ - e-mail address
  directory (both free and fee based services) also
  includes resources for other aspects of e-mail
• http//www.fepg.net/ - Free E-mail Providers
  Guide directory of free e-mail services
  available with tools to evaluate which provider
  would provide the services you need

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Search Services
http//www.palinet.org/rss/gates/googledem
o.htm
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Search Services Resources

• http//www.searchenginewatch.com/
• http//www.searchengineshowdown.com/
• Comprehensive information on a number of search
  services, including engines, directories, etc.

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Workshop Presentation URL

• http//www.palinet.org/publications/presentations/
  NJGatesTraining/InstructionalLibrarian.pps
• http//www.palinet.org/publications/presentations/
  NJGatesTraining/googledemo.htm