teaching – OPEN SHELF

Amplifying the voices of school libraries: Spotlight on Rabia Khokhar

This month features the work of Rabia Khokhar, a teacher-librarian with the Toronto District School Board. Rabi's focus is culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy.

It's Elementary: Thoughts About School Libraries

Knowing ourselves: How the Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples can help us learn who we are

Online reference materials have huge value for teaching and learning, For librarians grappling to give access to comprehensive online resources the Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples is a "tertiary source" worth considering.

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To be perfect or not

Many of us are busy making instructional videos so that we can teach or provide needed services online. But how do we battle our need for the perfect performance? And many times do we re-record before we think we've got our final product?

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For-credit IL courses: Do you teach one?

If you are (or have been) participating in a for-credit IL course at a Canadian university or college, we’d love to hear from you.

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Elearning: A multi-faceted experience

Finding meaningful applications for technology in the classroom is important but sometimes difficult.

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Enriching learning through game-based pedagogy

Games can increase learner attention and retention—for learners of all ages.

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For-credit IL courses: Do you teach one?

Academic librarians teach one-shot information literacy (IL) sessions but some of us deliver for-credit IL courses.

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Language and power in the academic library classroom

Language is an enactment of power. What it means to make choices on what I say and how I say it, affects those in the classrooms I teach in.

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What is e-learning in libraries?

Continuum dives into the e-learning waters by addressing a spectrum of issues including the nature of e-learning, the role of technologically-informed teaching and learning in library work, and the resources that are needed to make e-learning happen.