Taking it Home:

Resources for Staff Training

Karen Hunt

ACCOLEDS/DLI Training, Saskatoon, November 29th, 2005

The Situation

•More assignments and project requiring data

•More tools and sources available to more people

•Reference staff who may fear numbers

Staff Training•Models

• Train: “Expert” delivers information

• Mentor: Informal mentoring or coaching

• Exercises: Staff / Librarians complete exercises

• Share: Share questions / answers at meetings or online

• Point-of-Need: Provide instruction with web delivery and/or handouts

Best Practices

• Collaborative - Social Learning Theory

• Constructivist - Learning is making connections in the learner’s brain

• Relevant - Need to be able to see applications for new learning

• Assessable - So you and learner knows they’ve learned

• Motivation - The lubricant for learning

CollaboCollabora-tivera-tive

ConstruConstruc-c-

tivisttivist

RelevanRelevantt

AssessaAssessableble

MotivatMotivationion

TrainTrain not usually

nonot

usuallynot

usuallyperhaps

ExerciseExercisess

not usually

yes ? yes perhaps

MentorMentor not usually

perhaps yes ? perhaps

ShareShare perhaps perhaps usually no perhaps

Point-Point-of-Needof-Need

no ? yes no yeqs