library instruction

Flipping Library Instruction: Singapore Polytechnic Library’s Experience

2018/19 Volume 47, All articles

By Lim Xiu Ru Abstract:In line with Singapore Polytechnic’s adoption of the flipped classroom pedagogy in 2015, this paper focuses on the transition of library instruction from a traditional to a flipped approach. The librarians at Singapore Polytechnic experimented with various methods to move library instruction to Business School students from one-shot to ‘just-in-time’ delivery […]

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Delivering research skills to all first-year students: The Temasek Polytechnic example

2018/19 Volume 47, All articles

By Ruby Seng and Georgiana Glass Abstract:Starting from April 2018, all first-year Temasek Polytechnic students have to take a common subject, namely, Communication and Information Literacy. As librarians were involved in the curriculum development meetings with lecturers right from the beginning, they proposed to create a self-directed online tutorial which was integrated into the curriculum.

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