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VICnet-LLC Blended v-Learning Tutoring Rationale (3)
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Sunday, October 20, 2002
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Rationale for Training:
This workshop is designed to address the needs of all professional librarians who will be expected to conduct library instructions in an electronic environment, whether or not they now regularly conduct library instruction sessions. Because most public services librarians perform reference duties and have acquired basic skills through completion of their graduate programs, the educational and experiential foundations have already been laid for this workshop. However, training sessions addressing the concept of training adults in an electronic environment -- especially on topics such as the Internet -- are not offered often enough. This workshop considers adult learners and the pertinent aspects of training these learners in the Internet or computer environment.
This workshop focuses on the effectiveness of Internet library instruction and the methods used to achieve specified ends or purposes, which is highly evident in technological and academic subject approaches to education. The role of the training instructor is that of a director who is mostly in control of the knowledge that will be imparted. A large aim of this introductory course is to develop more rational thinking in the minds of the participants so that they will tackle the project of teaching the Internet to adult learners more easily in the future. Traditional learning activities involving transmission will be used; however, the material is not concentrated around a particular core academic subject.
The curricular function that this workshop serves is a specialized function, since it is comprised of subject matter that further educates the participants on a primary job task -- that of providing library instruction sessions to adult students on a variety of topics, including the Internet, in the electronic classroom environment. This workshop promotes curriculum synthesis, because it draws upon information from the fields of education, instructional technology, psychology, and sociology.
Using the Internet as one of the foci for the workshop cuts across all disciplines, because it can be taught and used in all subject areas. In addition, teaching about specific training skills and teaching styles in an electronic classroom, as well as instructing participants on the concept of the adult learner in a computer environment, prepares the instructor to better relate to and address the personal and social concerns of the adult student learners before, during, and after the library instruction session.
All three training sessions focus on the participant (learner), specific knowledge, and the society. It was by addressing the individual learner’s unique interests, abilities, and needs that this workshop was organized and created to help them better prepare and feel more confident in the instruction tasks ahead. The topic of providing Internet library instruction to adult students in the EC is of particular interest to librarians today, since it is a fact that they will be expected to know the “what,” “why,” and “how” associated with conducting these sessions. Societal values are addressed by this staff development seminar, because it gives the librarians the opportunity to better supply students with knowledge and skills they will need to function successfully as a student and a member of society. By the end of this course, participants will have gained knowledge and skills leading to more productive library instruction dedicated to better serving the students’ needs.
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