Designing Information Literacy Instruction: The Teaching Tripod Approach

by Joan R Kaplowitz

Designing Information Literacy The Teaching Tripod Approach provides a working knowledge of how instructional design (ID) applies to information literacy instruction (ILI). Its "how to do it" approach is directed at instruction librarians in all library settings and deals with both face-to-face and online ID issues. No matter where an instruction librarian works, whom they are teaching, or what delivery mode they will be using, the ID process remains the with the user and the user's needs. Identify the instructional problem(s). Develop outcomes that address these problem(s). Use outcomes to drive both the learning activities included and the assessments used to measure the attainment of the success of the instructional endeavor. This book will help instruction librarians create instruction for all types of environments and in all modes of delivery. It includes exercises and worksheets to help the reader work through the instructional design process. Based on Kaplowitz’s innovative Teaching Tripod model, it will help instructional librarians clearly define the crucial links between outcomes, activities and assessment.

Genres: Professional Development, School

333 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

The worksheets throughout are definitely useful, and I appreciated the tone (pragmatic, accessible, founded in research). My main complaint is that it does not translate well to ebook format.... (I was able to overlook the weird line breaks and references to "above" and "below" that weren't relevant, but the worksheet and table layout--which are undoubtedly helpful, even essential to this book--just didn't translate on my phone. Margins were huge and tables/figures/worksheets were virtually unreadable.)

[Jennifer Dawes · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good starter guide for the beginner. If you want more depth this is not for you. However, pairing this with a text that goes into the different theories is a good fit because the focus in this text is how to do it.