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Michele Gibney

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2008

Instructional learning

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Information Fluency At California Maritime Academy: Improving Instruction With Wikis And Webpages, Anna Chang, Alysa Gerard, Michele Gibney, Joshua Kunkle, Quincy Mccrary, Brian Stovall Nov 2008

Information Fluency At California Maritime Academy: Improving Instruction With Wikis And Webpages, Anna Chang, Alysa Gerard, Michele Gibney, Joshua Kunkle, Quincy Mccrary, Brian Stovall

Michele Gibney

Collaborative learning environments can utilize Web 2.0 tools for the purpose of teaching information literacy (IL) and information and communication technology (ICT) to college students. The California Maritime Academy (CMA) Library administered IL course is used in this paper to present a Web 2.0-based lesson unit. The authors designed a plan after conducting a demographic and stakeholder analysis of CMA and adhered to standards set forth by the ACRL as well as IL/ICT competency levels. The goals included the comprehension and utilization of wiki editing and website building in group-oriented projects, wherein a "Think Model" was used as a proctoring …


The Promise Of Education: Knowledge-Banking On Your Future, Michele Gibney Sep 2008

The Promise Of Education: Knowledge-Banking On Your Future, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

This paper presents a discussion of two instructional strategies—behaviorism and cognitive learning. The emphasis is on determining the effective and ineffective portions of these teaching models. The author provides first-hand experiences in employing and receiving instruction based on these theories as well as corroboration from notable academics in the field. A brief discussion of the symbiotic relationship between theory and instructional strategy is touched upon in order to display understanding of how theory can lead to practical teaching. The overall purpose of the paper is to determine which theories lead to the best strategies and in turn to the ideal …