Instructional Design Essentials : A Practical Guide for Librarians

Whether you are teaching a single lesson, designing self-guided resources, or developing an entire information literacy course, Instructional Design Essentials: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides a practical blueprint to understanding the theory, concepts, tools, and strategies for analyzing learner needs; designing and implementing systematic instruction; and conducting assessment in face-to-face and online library learning environments. A one-stop guide for library teaching, Instructional Design Essentials provides real-life examples and documents, professional insight from teaching librarians and instructional designers, and templates and exercises designed to increase library instruction effectiveness for teaching librarians and staff at all experience levels.

Libraries, literacy, and learning -- Library instruction : roles, standards, and styles -- Determining the instructional need -- Learning about learners -- Analyzing goals, tasks, and objectives -- Evaluating instruction : formative and summative assessment -- Developing instruction -- The future of library learning and instruction.