Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title provides a down-to-earth look at instructional design and its uses in the academic library, with a particular look at teaching and measuring information literacy skills.

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Cover; Keeping the User in Mind: Instructional Design and theModern Library; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the author; Foreword; The rise of instructional design; The challenge ahead; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note; 1 A brief history of instructional design; Early foundations of instructional design; The role of psychologists in the development of instructional design; Other key influences; International development; References; 2 How we learn: fundamental learning theory and the connection to instructional design; Behaviorism; Cognitivism; Constructivism.

Connecting learning theory and instructional design in librariesReferences; 3 The many faces of instructional design: highlighting the diversity of instructional design models; Six examples of instructional design models; Deciding which model to use -- classifying instructional design models; References; 4 Instructional design and higher education; The instructional designer within academia; The role of e-learning; Understanding the challenges; The library connection; Can instructional design improve higher education?; References; 5 In the mix: instructional design and the instructional mashup.

New media for the delivery of designed instructionLearning objects and instructional design; The user experience and instructional design; References; 6 Closing the gap between instructional strategies and instructional design; The role of librarians as educators and teachers; Integrating information literacy and instructional design; Instructional strategies that work; Using instructional design models to craft an information literacy lesson; References; 7 The instructional design process in action: highlights from Kognito Interactive; Kognito's design and development process.

Managing the instructional design processDevelopment of the Hunter College "Formulating a Search Strategy" learning module: content outline, media selection and content Script; 8 Administrative and professional challenges to the use of instructional design in the academic library; Practical considerations for hiring instructional design librarians; Social and cultural implications for instructional design within the educational context; The blended librarian concept; Creating new roles for instructional designers within the library; References.

9 Keeping the user in mind: using design thinking to connect libraries and instructional designWhy design?; What is design thinking?; Applying design thinking in your library; Designing better library user experiences; Instructional design: more alike than different; So you want to be a design thinker; References; Further reading; 10 A glimpse of the future: the semantic web and library instructional design; References; Conclusion; Index.

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