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Breakout Session #1

Friday, May 9th: 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

The Digital Difference: What Opportunities for Innovation, Student Interaction, and Reflection Does a Web-based Course Offer? [Meeting Room L&M]

Attendees will examine the transformation of an information literacy class from live to online and experience an asynchronous lesson on teaching students how to analyze a journal article. Links to readings can use electronic journal articles and professional Web sites, reinforcing the impact of the Internet on professional scholarly discourse.

Jeanette McVeigh, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Library Instruction for All: Exploring Ways to Accommodate All Learning Styles in and out of the Classroom [Meeting Room P&Q]

This presentation will focus on some of the challenges inherent in teaching to a variety of learning styles. It will look at the way instruction librarians at Simmons College developed strategies to meet the needs of the students both in instruction sessions and at other points of contact.

Vivienne Piroli, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Simmons College Libraries

Patterns of Self-Assessment for Teaching and Learning [Hall of Fame]

Enduring library concepts can become lost in fossilized activities for fear of change. Backward design dispels this fear and focuses on the essential outcomes of instruction. Attendees will redesign a library assignment according to the facets of backward design, highlighting strategies and opportunities for self-assessment for both students and teachers.

Janice M. Krueger, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian, University of the Pacific Library

Showmanship Counts: Ten Tips on Grabbing Attention and Keeping It [Ballroom C]

Speaking and presentation skills help make your messages memorable. Move beyond PowerPoint. Delivery counts! Learn public speaking techniques that may be incorporated into face-to-face classroom presentations to make them dynamic and interactive.

Charlotte Cubbage, Head, Core-Reserve/General Information Center, Northwestern University

Teaching as an Act of Courage: Taking Our Teaching to the Next Level [Ballroom D]

Reflect and engage in this workshop focusing on who we are as teachers and how we connect with our students. How can we bring substance and context to our students and make library instruction matter to them and to us? We'll use reflective exercises to help you find take-home ideas.

BethAnn Zambella, Research and Instruction Group Manager, Wellesley College
Susan Barnes Whyte, Library Director, Linfield College

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