TEACHING TECHNOLOGY A How-To-Do-It Manual For Librarians

• Main Author: Brandt, D. Scott author
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York NEAL-SCHUMAN PUBLISHERS, INC 2002
• Series: How-to-do-it manuals for librarians no. 115
• Subjects: Technology > Study and teaching
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xiv, 215 pages illustrations 28 cm
• ISBN: 9781555704261; 1555704263 (paperback)

Designing and developing successful technology training programs for our library's users is no small undertaking but we can learn a great deal from other's successes and failures. D. Scott Brandt has created Internet training courses at the libraries of MIT and Purdue University and he has closely monitored the efforts of many others teaching technology in the library world. Brandt clearly demonstrates how to gather and analyze information on user needs, articulate the vision and mission of your training, create an infrastructure of administrative workflow, construct individual training courses, measure your training's effectiveness, and make revisions along the way. This practical guide emphasizes teaching the use of the Internet and the Web, taking you step-by-step through various possible approaches to designing an overall program and developing individual courses. A special section highlights the different successful approaches various kinds and sizes of libraries have adopted to teach technology to users of all ages and backgrounds.