Fred Ling's teaching blog and Session 1

Welcome to Fred Ling's teaching blog.

I am the Subject Librarian at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) Library, and I am responsible for the following subjects:

1. Computing and Information Technology.

2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

3. English as a Second Language.

4. Maritime Studies.

I was born in Hong Kong and I moved to Auckland, New Zealand since I was 10 years old. I have been awarded the Bachelor of Commerce degree offered by University of Auckland, and the Master of Library and Information Studies degree offered by Victoria University of Wellington. I joined MIT Library at the end of 2008. I assist students and staff within MIT to find the information they require for their assignments and research. From this course I will have a better idea on how to plan my sessions effectively therefore students and staff members will have more knowledge on how to use library services (for example, library catalgue, databases) to find the information they require from my library sessions.

Session 1
During this session we have discussed how do people learn. We have come up with different ideas, which includes the following:

1. Group discussion and interaction (e.g. teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction).

2. Demonstration by the teacher/instructor.

3. Investigation and research.

4. Students/learners follow the instructions set up by the teacher/instructor, and willing to carry out more practice.

5. Encouragement.

6. Observation carried out by the students/learners.

In my teaching practice I always carry out the following:

1. Building relationships with the learners.

2. Demonstration on how to carry out searches from library catalogue and databases.

3. Set up practical activities for the learners therefore they have more idea on how to carry out searches from library catalogue and databases.

4. Ask the students to give feedback at the end of the session therefore I have better idea of how to plan and teach my session more effectively.

At the end of the session Jane Terrell asked me to arrange a 15 minutes session for how to use e-books for the next class.