...Pambas Basil Tandika; Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye Purpose Integration and use of technology in teaching and learning in the education sector from pre-primary education (PPE) to the higher levels of education, is a policy issue. In developed countries, including Tanzania, information and communication...

... of academic faculty, who were teaching the course modules, on which the students received their own e-textbook. Findings This research highlights the significant benefits a library led e-textbook service can offer to students, academic faculty, the wider University and to the profile of the library...

... to share their discoveries, exposing them to more material than if they go it alone. It can also teach them to work together, defend choices and think critically about the content they find on the Internet (Byrne, 2015). Although the thought of “going it alone” may terrify some students, Byrne...

... from a participatory action research perspective. This approach is intended to help discover and reflect upon teaching and learning practices in a technologically mediated educational setting. Furthermore, the concept of affinity spaces is discussed, together with its distinction from the concept...

... --> Internet Communications technologies Teaching Professional education Web 2.0 In most cases, the school librarian is the only information professional within a school. As such, they should be leading the way in the effective use of the internet and the development of the literacy skills students...

... of a wide range of digital technologies, they require support in developing their information and critical literacies. The paper also identified the tendency for educators to limit their uses of digital technologies for course management and the addition of online resources to their teaching, while...

... to the experience of students reading for a degree in an increasingly digital environment. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on the experience at Bournemouth University, where a higher education academy‐funded project accelerated the introduction of new technologies into learning and teaching...

...Petra Hauke Purpose The paper seeks to encourage both LIS teachers and LIS students to experiment with more interactive methods of teaching and learning. The example is taken from a series of seminars at Humboldt Universität Berlin, Department for Library and Information Science. Design...

...Linda Ashcroft; Adolfo Rodríguez Gallardo Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyze the number of schools and programs of library science that have existed in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1985 to date. It was written in order to understand the nature of library science teaching...

... sharing. Findings An accreditation scheme is being implemented for improving the quality of education in LIS programs in Southeast Asian countries. A plan for developing a repository of learning objects is under development for facilitating sharing of teaching materials for improved LIS education...

..., evaluating. Peer observation was adopted both as a validation method and as a support for the reflection on the research process. Findings Action research is a suitable approach for teaching librarians, as it allows them to experience the role of teacher, researcher and reflective practitioner all...

...Anne Morris Purpose To review the provision of research methods teaching across UK institutions teaching accredited information and/or library science postgraduate programmes. Design/methodology/approach Content analysis of institutional web sites was undertaken followed by telephone...

..., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: it will trace the developments in the teaching and research cultures in the 1990s and assess the resulting impact on learners. The Northumbria experience is that changes in its teaching and research cultures have resulted in developing all its staff as reflective practitioners...

... to be three academics and three librarians. The introduction by Bahr tells us that the “new paradigm for higher education reflects a need to focus on learning, not teaching” (p. 3). It “prizes” learning by doing however terminal behavioural objectives are not mentioned. It advocates “resource‐based learning...

...Paula L. Williams; K.G.B. Bakewell Discusses some of the findings of a British Library sponsored investigation of indexes to children’s information books with particular reference to the importance of book indexes, the impact of the National Curriculum on teaching index use, the benefits of book...