Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning : A Practical Guide for Librarians and Educators.

Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction to the book -- Introduction to this chapter -- Changing the learning landscape -- Student expectations and experiences -- Flexible learning -- Library spaces -- Employability -- Internationalization of higher education -- Institutional responses to change -- Changing ways of working for library and information professionals -- The structure of the book -- Summary -- References -- 2 Working with students -- Introduction -- Diverse student populations -- Students in the digital age -- Working with international students -- Students with disabilities -- Part-time students -- Diverse learning styles -- Practical approaches for working with diverse groups of students -- Summary -- References -- 3 Digital literacies -- Introduction -- Digital literacies in practice -- Information literacy -- Metaliteracy -- Additional case studies -- Digital badges -- Summary -- References -- 4 Employability -- Introduction -- Academic libraries and employability -- Graduate attributes -- Working with students -- Summary -- References -- 5 Approaches to learning and teaching -- Introduction -- Kolb's learning cycle -- Laurillard's conversational framework for university teaching -- Entwistle's teaching for understanding at university -- Land and Meyer's threshold concepts -- The Higher Education Academy's flexible pedagogies -- Summary -- References -- 6 Learning and teaching activities -- Introduction -- Presenting basic ideas -- Common learning and teaching activities -- Assessment of learning -- Reflection on learning -- Learning and teaching without courses -- Summary -- References -- 7 Making it happen -- Introduction -- Thinking about participants -- Basic design principles -- Levels of learning -- Basic design structure.

Design of individual learning activities -- Finding and using learning resources -- Reviewing the programme design -- Marketing and promotion -- Summary -- References -- 8 Designing face-to-face, blended and online courses -- Introduction -- Designing face-to-face sessions -- Designing flipped classroom sessions -- Designing blended learning courses -- Design of online courses -- Summary -- References -- 9 Delivering learning experiences -- Introduction -- Preparing yourself -- Face-to-face delivery -- Online delivery -- Co-facilitation -- Summary -- References -- 10 Evaluation of learning and teaching activities and courses -- Introduction -- UK quality control and enhancement processes -- Research on evaluation of learning and teaching in academic libraries -- Evaluation in practice -- Combined methods of evaluation -- Summary -- References -- 11 Lifelong professional development -- Introduction -- Networking through professional organizations and groups -- Learning in the workplace -- Short courses, conferences and workshops -- Accredited courses -- Independent learning -- Developing online networks -- Managing individual professional development -- Developing a professional portfolio -- Summary -- References -- Index.

Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning provides a straightforward and accessible guide to the latest learning and teaching practices appropriate for use with higher education students.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.