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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Libr Inf Sci Res. 2011 Dec 7;34(1):63–71. doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2011.07.006

Table 4.

Class outline (duration of each class session: 2 hours).

Activity/Time Class outline
Housekeeping: 5 minutes
  • Welcome

  • Instructor self-introduction

  • Participants self-introduction

  • Practical information

    • How long the class session will last;

    • Where the restrooms are located;

  • Environment check

    • Everyone has a computer, can see and hear instructor

Overview: 6 minutes
  • Goal statement

    • What the participants will know or be able to do after this class session;

  • Agenda

    • What will happen during this session and in what order;

    • Instructor encourages participants to ask any questions that they might have during the session

Introduction to topic of the session: 5 minutes
  • Terminology, history, background information

Lecture and demonstration, step-by-step instruction (Part 1): 20 minutes
  • Follow exactly the instructions and examples used in the NIA Toolkit to present the instructional materials and demonstrate;

  • Encourage questions

  • Check to ensure participants’ understanding of each step

Brief reflection: 2 minutes
  • Instructor pauses briefly and instructs participants to check their own notes and reflect independently

Continue lecture & demonstration: 20 minutes
  • Same as Part 1 above

Brief reflection: 2 minutes
  • Same as the first independent reflection session above

Break: 5 minutes
  • Instructor distributes handouts that have practice exercises and detailed, step-by-step instructions for completing the exercise

Hands-on practice: 50 minutes
  • Participants perform hands-on practice activity independently

  • Participants are encouraged to ask instructor questions

Closing: 5 minutes
  • Summarize content covered in this class session

  • Distributes handouts for take-home exercises, which have detailed, step-by-step instructions for completing the exercises

  • Preview the topic of next class session

  • Thank participants for coming to this class session, remind them to come to the next class session