PEDAGOGICAL GOALS:
Face to Face and Online
Question: If you wanted to understand
Keynesian economic theory what would you do?
In 1936:?
•Read:
“The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”
by John Maynard Keynes
In 1973:?
•Read Keynes
•Read books about Keynesian theory
•Look it up in an encyclopedia
In 2010:?
Google it!, search on Amazon and let it suggest other
readings, search scholarly research websites,
read Wikipedia and encyclopedias, watch various
documentaries and movies, even watch YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk
Question: What is the future of
education at SLIS?
“It’s time that higher education was
held to a higher standard”
Kaplan University
Question: What are the educational goals of
SLIS?
To teach students to:
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Analyze the changing cultural, educational, and social roles and responsibilities of librarians
and information professionals, and the place of the library and other information agencies in
society;
Select, acquire, and process information resources for libraries and other information
agencies'
Interpret and effectively utilize general and specialized information sources and
bibliographic tools;
Organize and describe information materials in a manner that will facilitate and enhance
utilization of resources;
Interpret and apply basic management principles;
Describe advances in technology pertinent to the acquiring, organization, and dissemination
of information and apply this knowledge to libraries and other information agencies;
Identify, analyze, evaluate, and conduct research in the field of library and information
science and relate findings to the solution of problems in the profession;
Analyze the information needs and use patterns of specific user populations, describe the
place of the library in the information transfer process, and the design of information services
to meet user needs.
What pedagogical strategies will help
us reach our educational goals?
Discussion: Important Pedagogical
Concepts
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Encourage deep learning
Challenge mental models
Learn to be a facilitator as well as an teacher
Design to encourage personal motivation
Understand and let students use the opportunities
that technology brings
Understand the importance of feedback
Encourage creativity
Provide active learning opportunities
Deep Learning and Mental Models
Learning for the sake of understanding
meaning
 Design assignments and assessments that
reward those willing to think beyond the
obvious answers rather than the surface or
strategic learner
 Challenge mental models
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Mental Models
Developing new mental models
Middle Ages Tech Support
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=oculture#p/f/
98/LRBIVRwvUeE
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Personal Motivations
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Creating a Social Presence
Autonomy and Competence
Membership and Generosity
Personal Motivations
Creating a Social Presence
If you had to make an “instant” connection with
someone, how would you do it?”
Personal Motivations
Autonomy and Competence
Intrinsic motivations are those in which the activity itself
is the reward. Extrinsic motivations are those in which
the reward for doing something is external to the
activity, not the activity itself.
Deci identified two intrinsic (personal) motivations:
1. The desire to be autonomous (to determine what we
do and how we do it).
2. The desire to be competent (to be good at what we
do).
Personal Motivations
Membership and Generosity
Why does Wikipedia exist?
Learn to be a facilitator as well as a
teacher
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Sage on the Stage vs Guide on the Side
Encouraging peer to peer interactions
Encouraging active, deep learning rather than rote
memorization and surface/strategic learning.
Understand the importance of
feedback
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Feedback: Information about how we did in light of
some stated goal.
Guidance: Instructions for future direction
Evaluation: Summary of whether work has been
deemed successful.
Encourage Creativity
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The decline of creativity in America
Example of encouraging creativity in Akron, Ohio
Treffinger: Creative enterprise
 Mess-finding
 Data-finding
 Problem-finding
 Idea-finding
 Solution-finding
 Acceptance-finding
Understand and let students use the
opportunities that technology brings
“Human motivations change little over the years, but
opportunity can change a little or a lot, depending
on the social environment. In a world where
opportunity changes little, behavior will change
little, but when opportunity changes a lot, behavior
will as well, so long as the opportunities appeal to
real human motivations.”
Clay Shirky “Cognitive Surplus”
Active Learning
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Students are given an opportunity to take a more
interactive relationship with subject matter
Students are asked to generate and not just receive
knowledge
Knowledge is Constructed, not received
Designing an online course
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https://vista8.kent.edu - Planning Online Course
Discussion: How do we incorporate our
pedagogical goals in the classroom?
Look at established processes.
 Share reference materials
http://slisonlinelearninguide.iwiki.kent.edu
 Establishing a Community of Practice to
share ideas.
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