overcoming our legacy: courageous explorations above and beyond the one-shot session
DESCRIPTION
If we take away what we “know” about the limitations and benefits of one-shot library instruction—what would be left? If we stopped manufacturing “teachable moments”—where might we find them? Leave your preconceptions at the door and come join an aggressively positive conversation about the possibilities of instruction beyond the classroom walls. Share insights, innovations, and inspiration. Take home some new ideas. Come prepared to contribute and explore!TRANSCRIPT
• Favorite aspect of IL instruction?
• Least favorite aspect of IL instruction?
• Topic you most enjoy teaching?
• Topic you least enjoy teaching?
• Boolean operators • LCC/Dewey classification • Subject headings • Truncation • Interlibrary loan • Library OPAC • Citations
• The database demo
• Covering 7,500 topics in 50 mins
• Teaching to the “middle”
• The “library orientation” session
• Wikipedia bashing
• “Outsider” syndrome
• Undergraduate
• General Education Courses
• One-Shot Sessions
• 50-75 Minutes
• Faculty Expectations
• Legacy of IL Instruction on Campus
• Campus Culture
• Budget (Resources / Funding)
• Time (Planning / One-Shot Session)
• The “happy-productive worker” thesis
• Happy workers…
• Are opportunistic, outgoing, and optimistic
• Follow their interests
• Exhibit personal strengths
• Are in the “flow”
• Happy work environments exhibit…
• Freedom
• Challenge
• Meaning
• Positive social atmosphere(s)
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LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM @ MU
TEAM TEACHING
iPAD INSTRUCTION
PROBLEM
BASED
LEARNING
GROUP WORK
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Think big! What would your ideal IL instruction look like if you could do anything you wanted?
What is the biggest obstacle to your dream?
How can you incorporate aspects of your ideal instruction into your current teaching?
REFERENCES:
Cropanzano, R., & Wright, T. A. (2001). When a 'happy' worker is really a 'productive' worker: A review and further refinement of the happy-productive worker thesis. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice And Research, 53(3), 182-199. doi:10.1037/1061-4087.53.3.182
Henderson, S.J. (2000). ‘Follow your bliss’: a process for career happiness. Journal of Counseling & Development, 78(3), 305-316. Zelenski, J. M., Murphy, S. A., & Jenkins, D. A. (2008). The happy-productive worker thesis revisited. (Clinical report). Journal of Happiness Studies, 9(4), 521-538.