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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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for all your good projects and participation
in my courses over the past two decades.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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INFO250 Design and Implementation
of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals for
San Jose State
University, School of Information (SJSU iSchool) for Fall 2022
and Spring 2023 semesters. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">I offer students
the option to work with a
'client' to design a unit of instruction (workshop, tutorial,
short course,
etc.) for online or face-to-face.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>In the
past students have decided on their own units of instruction for
their
instructional design projects, and many will still do that.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But I also like to offer
them the option of designing
a unit of instruction for a non-profit organization, preferably
a special,
academic, school, or public library, or library organization,
but other
organizations or even for profit small business sites.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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all working through an
online Masters' Degree program. Some of them have extensive
instruction
experience and some are complete beginners.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
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instruction/instructional
design project is chosen, my students will provide you with a
completed
instructional design plan, a screen cast introducing the
instructional design
plan, and at least one example instructional material.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>You may choose to make use
of their work in
future as you choose.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
Typewriter",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">I cannot guarantee
that any of my students
will choose your projects. Also, it is possible we could take on
some larger
scale projects, the students may form teams to work on them.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
Typewriter",serif;
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choose the library they
currently work in or a non-profit organization known to them to
work with. So,
if you would like to be on the list of projects for my students
to consider
please email me with the following information:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">What I need from
you (email me please at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:diane.kovacs@sjsu.edu">diane.kovacs@sjsu.edu</a>):</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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person(s) with email and
telephone numbers</span></p>
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Typewriter",serif;
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should be the 'client' that
students are expected to interview and interact with
cooperatively to develop
an initial needs assessment and user identification and then
work through our
formal instructional design plan*. Then design and deliver an
instructional
design plan, introductory screencast, and example instructional
material to the
contact person.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">2. Brief
description of what kind and topic
of instruction you're interested in working on.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
Typewriter",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">3. A commitment by
the contact person(s) to
be available by email or other form of online messaging, during
the Fall 2022
and/or the Spring 2023 students. Availability of a contact
person is critical.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"American
Typewriter",serif;
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you with additional
questions and/or whether your project fits our scope in terms of
time and
expertise of students and verify you want to be on the list.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">Diane K. Kovacs -
Lecturer, SJSU iSchool -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=kovacsd">http://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=kovacsd</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">email:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:diane.kovacs@sjsu.edu">diane.kovacs@sjsu.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">Librarian at Large
and Web Teacher</span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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instructional design strategy:</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">Step 1. Needs
Assessment and Instructional
Goals</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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Instructional Analysis (aka Task
Analysis)</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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Behavior and Learner
Characteristics</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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Outcomes</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">Step 5. Planning
Instructional Strategies</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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Teaching and Learning
Tools and Planning Instructional Materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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Typewriter",serif;
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and Summative Evaluation </span></p>
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