Delivering a 1 hour lecture in information Skills

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Delivering a 1 hour lecture in information Skills

• Ruth Stubbings
• Academic Services Manager
• Loughborough University

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Overview of session

• should we do an hours lecture?
• how can we make an hours lecture bearable for
  both you as well as informative for your
  students?

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Should we do an hours lecture?

• lets vote

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Reasons for and against

• in groups of four
• list the pros and cons for giving a one hour
  lecture
• be prepared to feedback to whole class

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Reasons for and against

• Pros
• gives some help to students
• students will recognise you in future
• shows lecturer what you can do

• Cons
• can only tell students a fraction of what they
  need to know
• no learning by doing
• difficult to assess understanding

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Best practice in one hour lecture

• be selective - dont tell them everything
• choose two or three key messages
• include interaction
• provide additional info
• handouts
• VLE

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Activities for a lecture

• in groups of four
• discuss what activities you can include
•  a) to assess students current searching
  strategies?
•  b) illustrate key words and how to combine them
•  c) show how to search the Library catalogue
• d) another topic of your choice
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Conclusion

• a lecture is not ideal
• sometimes it is best to say no
• if you say yes
• two or three key points only
• include interaction