Instructional Design Essentials

A Practical Guide for Librarians

By (author) Sean Cordes

Publication date:

22 May 2018

Length of book:

148 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538107232

Whether you are teaching a single lesson, designing self-guided resources, or developing an entire information literacy course, Instructional Design Essentials: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides a practical blueprint to understanding the theory, concepts, tools, and strategies for analyzing learner needs; designing and implementing systematic instruction; and conducting assessment in face-to-face and online library learning environments.

A one-stop guide for library teaching, Instructional Design Essentials provides real-life examples and documents, professional insight from teaching librarians and instructional designers, and templates and exercises designed to increase library instruction effectiveness for teaching librarians and staff at all experience levels.

Chapter One: Libraries, Literacy, and Learning
Chapter Two: Library Instruction: Roles, Standards, and Styles
Chapter Three: Determining the Instructional Need
Chapter Four: Learning About Learners
Chapter Five: Analyzing Goals, Tasks, and Objectives
Chapter Six: Evaluating Instruction: Formative and Summative Assessment
Chapter Seven: Developing Instruction
Chapter Eight: The Future of Library Learning and Instruction

Too often library instruction consists of either providing information or clicking through a demonstration. The strength of this book is in applying learning theories to designing effective instructional strategies, with specific examples for librarians.