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Direct linkPhilangani Sibiya; Patrick Ngulube – Education for Information, 2024
Education curricula need constant updates in response to job market requirements, which may be influenced by the changing technological environment. In the library and information science (LIS) job market there are dynamics brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These dynamics call for LIS schools to reconsider their curricula in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Curriculum Development
McDowell, Kate – Education for Information, 2018
Storytelling, as a practice and process, is a longstanding tool and non-textual pedagogy in the field of library and information science. Storytelling is also the topic of a graduate course taught for the past eleven years by the author as a tool for all forms of professional communication. This article explores the non-textual (and selected…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Library Science
Bedford, Denise A. D. – Education for Information, 2015
The knowledge life cycle is applied to two core capabilities of library and information science (LIS) education--teaching, and research and development. The knowledge claim validation, invalidation and integration steps of the knowledge life cycle are translated to learning, unlearning and relearning processes. Mixed methods are used to determine…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Semantics, Journal Articles, National Surveys
Transforming a Large-Lecture Course into an Active, Engaging, and Collaborative Learning Environment
Stoerger, Sharon; Krieger, Denise – Education for Information, 2016
Traditionally, a large lecture hall course follows a teacher-centered approach to instruction. This was the case for the "gateway" course in the undergraduate Information Technology and Informatics (ITI) major in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. This paper describes the journey…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedWagner, Gulten S. – Education for Information, 1997
Provides a survey of twelve undergraduate information science programs accredited by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Outlines the programs of study for Bachelor of Applied Science (Information and Library Studies) and Bachelor of Science (Communication and Information Technology) degrees. Includes a state-by-state (and…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science
Peer reviewedMcGarry, Kevin J. – Education for Information, 1986
Description of undergraduate program at the School of Librarianship and Information Studies, Polytechnic of North London, focuses on course objectives, the teaching sequence, and conceptual relationships between the major curriculum elements. Problems of integrating diverse teaching approaches and of forming a taxonomy of objectives in…
Descriptors: Classification, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
