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Teaching Roles of Librarians: New Variations

Teaching Roles of Librarians: New Variations. Or Everything I Needed to Know I Learned When Teaching Kindergarten!. Computers in Libraries 2005 Missy Harvey Carnegie Mellon University harvey@andrew.cmu.edu March 2005. Overview. What Qualifies Me? Becoming a Great Teacher

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Teaching Roles of Librarians: New Variations

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  1. Teaching Rolesof Librarians: New Variations Or Everything I Needed to Know I Learned When Teaching Kindergarten! Computers in Libraries 2005Missy HarveyCarnegie Mellon Universityharvey@andrew.cmu.eduMarch 2005

  2. Overview • What Qualifies Me? • Becoming a Great Teacher • How Does Teaching Online Differ from Teaching In-Person? • Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online

  3. What Qualifies Me? • Degree in Elementary Education • Ten Years Teaching for Library Schools • Teaching Kindergarten was My Favorite • Find the BEST Means to Enable Students to Learn

  4. Becoming a Great Teacher • Product of My College “…we envision our graduates as realizing themselves as learnersstill growing and changing, still acquiring new knowledge, still developing new questions.”

  5. Becoming a Great Teacher • Anyone Can Teach Mindset • Can Everyone Write Well? • Limitations and Abilities • You Do Not Know Everything • We May Not All Learn the Same Way • Use More Than One Approach

  6. Becoming a Great Teacher • Approach from a New Point of View • Opportunity to Rethink/Reconsider • Respect • Be Sensitive • Handle Questions Delicately • Provide Positive Reinforcement

  7. How Does Teaching Online Differ from Teaching In-Person? • Considerably More Work • Good Communication is Vital • State Expectations Up-Front • Requires More Self-Discipline • Preconceived Ideas of the Necessary Time Commitment

  8. How Does Teaching Online Differ from Teaching In-Person? • Listen to Your Students • Jump In If Necessary But Do Not Dominate • Contentious Discussions • Managing Chat Sessions

  9. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Good Organization is Key

  10. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Deliver Segments Weekly • Provide Clear and Detailed Instructions • Set Consistent Due Dates • You Have to Be the Person Who is Consistent and Reliable • Immediate Feedback

  11. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Increase Communication Efforts • Encourage Students to Share Ideas with Each Other • Rely on Digital Dropbox • Email Confirmations of Receipt of Each Assignment • Provide More Handouts than Normal

  12. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • Provide More than a Syllabus • Links to Additional Resources • Make Yourself Accessible More than for a Traditional Class • Encourage Contact • Never Ignore Student Emails • Do Not Forget Praise

  13. Skills and Techniques for Teaching Online • For Successful Online Courses, Students Ask that Instructors: • Complete Grading in a Reasonable Turnaround and Return Items with Comments • Post Expectations for the Course Clearly and from Week One • Provide Lots of Feedback • Most Important, Keep Communication Lines Open

  14. Backbone of MyTeaching Philosophy Principles Taught in My Education Degree • Teachers have a moral obligation to act in the best interests of the students they serve • Teachers should possess such qualities as: • intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, judgment, imagination, and self-discipline—in addition to such virtues as empathy, fairness, respect for others, and patience • We are strongly encouraged to: • be willing to reflect on our teaching • to engage with others in questioning and discussing the activities of teaching, the place and value of teaching, the processes of inquiry • and to evaluate current trends and time-worn practices in education

  15. Additional Information • Teaching Best Practices (Carnegie Mellon) http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/resources/ • A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/ • Designing Principles for Online Instruction http://www.fgcu.edu/onlinedesign/ • Department of Education Mission Statement (Concordia College) http://wwwfac.cord.edu/education/dept/mission.htm

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