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Strategies for Pizazz:
Rebuilding One-Shots into
Engaging Instruction
Sessions
Trisha Prevett
Reference Librarian
Nova Southeastern University

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MLIS & ILIC

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One shots
Preparing
Organizing
Creating
Technology
Fun!
Examples
Q&A through-out
Photo from www.nqq-usa.com

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Q&A
What type of instruction is your norm?
Who is your audience?
How do you determine content?

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What are One Shots?
• 1980’s & 1990’s college faculty’s call for
“orientations” or “library presentations” as a
result of significant technological change
–History of Information Literacy Instruction, Grassian & Kapolwitz
• Morphed into IL, continually evolving—digital
fluency, metaliteracy, threshold concepts…
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Ideal-Deal-Michelle-Russellebook/dp/B006XF5B2S

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http://everythingsright.com/post/18219886868

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Q&A
Reflect a moment on the process you take
to put together a presentation. Can you
describe it in a few words/phrases?

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Preparing : First Thoughts
• Time constraints
• Wants from professors
or other stakeholders
• Level/Age/Prior
Knowledge
• MICs-Most important
concepts…think BIG
picture!
http://www.strategydriven.com/strategydriven-big-picture-of-business-knowledge-center/

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http://cpitelecom.net/?page_id=4503
• How is this information going to be
presented?
– Lecture? Activities? Demonstrations?
– Differentiation? Meeting the audience’s needs

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Q&A
How do you account for different
learning styles in your teaching?

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Organize
• Make a plan, outline,
rough draft
• How will you keep on
track?
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Personal outline
Library Guides
PowerPoint
Prezi
Something else?

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Organize Now!

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Got the plan? Need the flow…
• Content/MIC’s are the
PROTEIN
• Condiments & fixings
make it good!
• Assessment, making
connections, active
learning, building
skills, buy in

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Putting it all together…
• Start by assessing what they
do know (formative)
• Let this guide the amount of
information (if you already
know this ahead of time you
can plan for this)
• Activate audience’s prior
knowledge, help them to
make connections to the
material
• If they have no PK,
frame the situation
http://instructionaldesignandtraining.blogspot.com/2011/05/addie-evaluation-phase.html

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Q&A
Are you assessing? How? Or why
aren’t you?
Any questions at this point?

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More Fixin’s
• Active Learning!
– Audience members gain
knowledge by doing
– Feeling confident? Try PBL:
problems-based learning
activities
• Scaffold objectives, think
building blocks!
– Have the skills you impart
build upon each other
toward a final goal as you
go through the
presentation

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Buy-in
• How do you get support
for an idea?
– Lay it out simply &
clearly
– Help audience make
connections
– “real world” examples
BRIBERY!

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Think about your Delivery…
Authenticity!
http://shirtoid.com/66416/be-yourself/
http://dabholkarmadhura.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/be-yourself-coolcreative-text-true-favim-com-324186.jpg

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Q&A
How are you authentic when you
teach/present?

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Incorporate Technology
• Response systems
– Poll Everywhere, Socrative, clickers
• Videos
• Streaming music
• What’s hot?
– list servs, tech blogs, librarian techie blogs

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Make it fun
• Relax, laugh, smile
• Use funny pictures
or videos
• Pick “hot topics”
• Incentives
– Giveaways
– Prizes
• Find your style and
make it work

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That’s it!
http://8tracks.com/mmmandy/songs-for-an-overwhelmed-student

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Examples!
www.nova.campusguides.com/researchsteps
www.nova.campusguides.com/biol1510
http://bit.ly/1ghk9fU

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Tip Sheet
http://bit.ly/1mPwtSm Accessible via Google Drive

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References & More Info
Burkhardt, J. M., & MacDonald, M. C. (2010). Teaching information literacy: 50
Standards-based exercises for college students. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Grassian, E. S., & Kapolwitz, J. R. (2009). Information literacy instruction theory and
practice. New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.
Hofer, A. R., Townsend, L., & Brunetti, K. (2012). Troublesome concepts and information
literacy: Investigating threshold concepts for IL instruction. Portal : Libraries and the
Academy, 12(4), 387-405.
Mackey, T. P., & Jacobson, T. E. (2011). Reframing information literacy as a metaliteracy.
College & Research Libraries, 72(1), 62-78.
Nentl, N., & Zietlow, R. (2008). Using bloom's taxonomy to teach critical thinking skills to
business students. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 15(1-2), 159-172.
Prevett, T. (2013). Razzle and dazzle ‘em: Stage directions for engaging instruction
sessions. College & Research Libraries News, 74(6) 317-18.
Tomlinson, C. A. (2008). The goals of differentiation. Educational Leadership, 66(3), 2630.
Favorite blogs: EDUCASE, Information Wants To Be Free, The Next Web , Information
Literacy Weblog
List servs: ILI-L Information Literacy Instruction Discussion List, COLLIB-L College Libraries

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Questions?
• Trisha Prevett
Reference Librarian
Alvin Sherman Library
Nova Southeastern University
trisha.prevett@gmail.com
• HHLib9 Online Conference Feb 26th & 27th
– www.nine.handheldlibrarian.org