Whoops- I Think You're Still Muted: Exploring Virtual Instruction Lessons and Failures

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation

Target Audience

Higher Education

Location

Session Two Breakouts

Proposal

Librarians, like all educators, had to rapidly adjust how we provided library instruction virtually during extended periods of remote learning. Additionally, knowing students were dealing with Zoom fatigue as much as their instructors, providing meaningful information literacy instruction became even more challenging. Adapting to the current normal comes with great success and failures. It also provides an opportunity to practice what we preach in trying new methods to reach students, both synchronously and asynchronously, and to focus on the question, “what is the most important thing they should take away from this lesson?” Lastly, as the promise of some sense of old normalcy seems to beckon to us on the horizon, what do we do with all this new-found knowledge and experience with teaching virtually?

Using experiences from various entry-level courses, this presentation will highlight specific examples of how one librarian attempted to provide active learning opportunities for more meaningful information literacy lessons provided over Zoom. By discussing what worked and what didn’t work, we can all learn how to alter our own virtual instruction techniques. Additionally, this presentation will touch on the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a healthy balance between wanting to be a super-human instructor and working remotely and explore how to transition the positives of the current normal to future instruction.

Short Description

This presentation will highlight specific examples of how one librarian attempted to provide active learning opportunities for more meaningful virtual information literacy lessons. By discussing what worked and what didn’t work, participants will explore ways to alter their own virtual instruction techniques. Additionally, this presentation will touch on the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a healthy balance between wanting to be a super-human instructor and working remotely and explore how to transition the positives of the current normal to future instruction.

Keywords

virtual instruction, Zoom, new normal, synchronous, asynchronous

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

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Whoops- I Think You're Still Muted: Exploring Virtual Instruction Lessons and Failures

Session Two Breakouts

Librarians, like all educators, had to rapidly adjust how we provided library instruction virtually during extended periods of remote learning. Additionally, knowing students were dealing with Zoom fatigue as much as their instructors, providing meaningful information literacy instruction became even more challenging. Adapting to the current normal comes with great success and failures. It also provides an opportunity to practice what we preach in trying new methods to reach students, both synchronously and asynchronously, and to focus on the question, “what is the most important thing they should take away from this lesson?” Lastly, as the promise of some sense of old normalcy seems to beckon to us on the horizon, what do we do with all this new-found knowledge and experience with teaching virtually?

Using experiences from various entry-level courses, this presentation will highlight specific examples of how one librarian attempted to provide active learning opportunities for more meaningful information literacy lessons provided over Zoom. By discussing what worked and what didn’t work, we can all learn how to alter our own virtual instruction techniques. Additionally, this presentation will touch on the importance of setting boundaries to maintain a healthy balance between wanting to be a super-human instructor and working remotely and explore how to transition the positives of the current normal to future instruction.