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Program of the Workshops
Instructors of the Workshops
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Programme Schedule
 
Morning Sections
(9.30 – 12.30)

Afternoon Sections
(13:15-16:30)

Week 1 Pedagogy for information literacy education
Mon 13 Nov - Introduction to the programme (Gary Gorman & Dan Dorner)
- Introduction to workshop projects (Philip Calvert)
- Photographs

- Tour of VUW Main Library (James Duncan)
- Tour of Wellington City Libraries (Kimberley Clayton)
Tues 14 Nov The context of information literacy (Gary Gorman & Dan Dorner)
- The basic IL skills (Gary Gorman)
- Student learning styles (Philip Calvert)
Wed 15 Nov Critical thinking and independent learning
(Dan Dorner)
Defining information ‘needs’ (Dan Dorner)
Thurs 16 Nov

- Planning a search strategy
- Choosing the most relevant sources (Alastair Smith)

- Boolean logic, operators, truncation
- Overcoming roadblocks to good searching (James Duncan)
Fri 17 Nov

IL project work: content (Philip Calvert)

IL project work: Dreamweaver Tutorials I (Lan Anh Tran)
Week 2 Programme development and content
Mon 20 Nov

Database structure (for good searching) (Alastair Smith)

Web search engines (Alastair Smith)
Tues 21 Nov

Evaluating information and web sites (James Duncan)

Rationale for an IL programme (institutional mission, programme objectives, etc.) (Philip Calvert)
Wed 22 Nov

IL project work: Dreamweaver Tutorials (II) (Lan Anh Tran)

Citing information resources and ethical use of information (James Duncan)
Thurs 23 Nov

Structure of an IL programme and individual units (Gary Gorman)

Learning objectives and Writing behavioural objectives (Philip Calvert)
Fri 24 Nov

IL project work: Fireworks  and Flash Tutorials (Lan Anh Tran)

IL project work: Supervised working session (Lan Anh Tran & Gary Gorman)
Week 3 Programme delivery
Mon 27 Nov

Distance learning for IL (Gary Gorman)

Technologies for distance learning in IL (Dan Dorner)
Tues 28 Nov Producing good teaching aids (Dan Dorner & Gary Gorman) Presentation skills for the IL classroom (Dan Dorner)
Wed 29 Nov - Learning activities for effective delivery (Dan Dorner)
- IL Project work: supervised working session
(Lan Anh Tran)
- Tour of VUW Law Library (Victor Lipski)
- Tour of National Library (Tania Connolly)
Thurs 30 Nov Assessing student outcomes (Gary Gorman & Dan Dorner) Tour of two special libraries:
- Alcohol and Liquor Advisory Council (ALAC) (Annette Beattie)
- Telecom (Sally Myles)
Fri 1 Dec All day IL project work: supervised working session (Lan Anh Tran)
Week 4 Programme evaluation
Mon 4 Dec Evaluating the IL programme: types of evaluation (Gary Gorman) Evaluating the IL programme: outcomes-based evaluation (Gary Gorman)
Tues 5 Dec All day tour of regional libraries (Philip Calvert)
Wed 6 Dec Forms of assessment for the IL programme
(Dan Dorner)
Managing and marketing an IL programme
(James Duncan)
Thurs 7 Dec Getting feedback on an IL programme (Philip Calvert) IL project work: supervised working session (Lan Anh Tran)
Fri 8 Dec Presentation of project work by participants
(All instructors)
- Certificate presentation
- Photographs
- Conclusion of workshop (All instructors)

 
As part of the workshop, each participant has to complete a project on some aspect of Information Literacy. They produce materials that they can use in their home institutions.


 
 



 
Published date: 6 December 2006