Schedule telediscussion courses weekly in two-and-one-half-hour sections with discussion before and after each telelecture¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

Based on student agreement in the trial course, the author recommends that future telediscussion courses meet once a week in longer sections, "with discussion of the telelecture both preceding and following the presentations." This responds to the finding that one-hour telelectures felt too short for both listening and questioning, and that adequate post-lecture discussion can help students acquire organized information.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Scheduling capacity for two-and-one-half-hour weekly sections; telelecturers available for hour-long presentations within them.

Constraints¶

• The article notes time limitations in a quarter system make interspersing telelectures with classroom theory lectures difficult.

Target Learners¶

• graduate students in library science
• practicing librarians in continuing education

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding current information retrieval projects and systems

Related Strategies¶

• Exchange personal and biographical information between speaker and students before the telelecture

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Heiliger, Edward M. (1972). Teaching Information Retrieval Using Telediscussion Techniques. Kent State Univ., Ohio. Center for Library Studies. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED058905