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Lecturing Isn’t Learning: Liven Up Library Instruction with Active Learning La Ventra E. Danquah, Librarian Wayne State University |Shiffman Medical Library [email protected] LOEX 2010 | Dearborn, MI.

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Page 1: Lecturing Isn’t Learning: Liven Up Library Instruction with Active Learning La Ventra E. Danquah, Librarian Wayne State University |Shiffman Medical Library

Lecturing Isn’t Learning:

Liven Up Library Instruction with Active Learning

La Ventra E. Danquah, LibrarianWayne State University |Shiffman Medical Library

[email protected] LOEX 2010 | Dearborn, MI.

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Learning Goal:To identify and incorporate active

learning strategies into a 60-minute library workshop.

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…

La Ventra E. [email protected]

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Learning and the Brain

Session Outline

Active Learning

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

Presentation Topics and Activities

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LEARNING AND THE BRAIN

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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Everything we learn takes place in our consciousness.

o 5 Senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing

Emotions

Thoughts

Memories

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ACTIVE LEARNING (AL)

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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AL Design Process

Preparation Arousal

PresentationEncounter Practice

Integration

Performance Application

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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• Create positive learning environment

• Stimulate curiosity • Warm-up activities• Icebreakers• Encouragement

reinforcement

Preparation Arousal

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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• Introduce new information

• Teach new skill• Demonstrations• Interactive

lectures• Discovery

exercises

PresentationEncounter

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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• Reinforce learning• Process new

information/skill• Clarify, Analyze• Independent

learning• Collaborative,

group

Practice Integratio

n

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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• Real-life application• Transitioning • Continuous

reinforcement• Pre-post

assessmentS• Evaluation, feedback

Performance Application

Lecturing Isn’t Learning…La Ventra E. [email protected]

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STRATIEGIES FOR NOVICE• SELF ASSESSMENT• SET S.M.A.R.T. LEARNING GOALS• SEEK CANDID FEEDBACK• co-teach, Learning partner• START WITH SMALL, FAMILIAR

AUDIENCE• REVISE, REIMPLEMENT Lecturing Isn’t Learning…

La Ventra E. [email protected]

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Contact presenter for more information

on how to bring this presentationor full course to your library.

La Ventra E. DanquahShiffman Medical LibraryWayne State University

[email protected] 313-577-9083