Foreword - Lynn D. Lampert PART 1: FINDING OUT ABOUT LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING 1. What Is Learner-Centered Teaching? The Adventure Begins What''s So Special about LCT? Learner-Centered Teaching: CPR for Your Practice Support for LCT Shifting the Balance of Power LCT and ILI Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 2. How Will You Know Learner-Centered Teaching When You See It? I''ll Know It When I See It Components of LCT Listen to Your Learners Engage Your Learners Inspire Your Learners Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 3. Where Did Learner-Centered Teaching Come From? The Evolution of an Idea John Dewey and the Progressive Education Movement How Psychological Learning Theories Contribute to LCT Common Threads--Collaboration, Participation, Responsibility CPR from the Teacher''s Perspective: Listen, Engage, Inspire LCT: The Research Base Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References PART 2: PLANNING FOR LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING 4. What Will Learners Do?--Learner-Centered Teaching Methods How Do I Teach? Let Me Count the Ways The Many Flavors of Learning The Lecture Method Modeling/Demonstration Questioning Discussion Practice Collaborative Group Work Reflection A Word about Discovery Ending It All Mixing It Up Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 5. How Will Learning Be Measured? -- Learner-Centered Assessment Taking the Guesswork Out of Learner-Centered Teaching, or How Do I Know It Worked? Using Learner-Centered Assessment to Listen, Engage, and Inspire Learner-Centered Assessment: Creating Opportunities to Collaborate, Participate, and Take Responsibility Planning for Learner-Centered Assessment: The Teaching Tripod Teaching Tripod--Step One: Creating Expected Learning Outcomes Teaching Tripod--Step Two: Selecting Instructional Activities Teaching Tripod--Step Three: Assessing Expected Learning Outcomes Assessment 101: An Overview of Some Basic Principles Double Duty: Using Instructional Activities for ILI Assessment Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References PART 3: APPLYING LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING IN PRACTICE 6. Creating the Face-to-Face Learner-Centered Experience Advantages and Drawbacks of the F2F Format Atmosphere--Creating an LCT Environment How to Build a Learner-Centered F2F Experience Special Considerations for the Learner-Centered F2F Experience Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 7.

Creating the Online Learner-Centered Experience - with Hillary Kaplowitz Why Teach Online? Moving to the Online Format: A Cautionary Tale Advantages and Drawbacks of the Online Format How Online Instruction Supports LCT Special Challenges for LCT in the Online Format Atmosphere--Designing an LCT Environment Online How to Build a Learner-Centered Online Experience Elements of Learner-Centered Online Instruction Special Considerations for the Learner-Centered Online Experience Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 8. Creating the Blended Learner-Centered Experience -- A Case Study in Transformation - with Hillary Kaplowitz Changing My Ways The Starting Point Moving to the LCT/Blended Approach--The Transformation of IS 448 Baby Steps Final Remarks Reflections Explorations References 9. Learner-Centered Teaching in Action--Vignettes from the Field From the School Library Perspective From the Public Library Perspective From the Academic Library Perspective--Part One: Community Colleges From the Academic Library Perspective--Part Two: Colleges and Universities From the Special Library Perspective From the Partnership and Outreach Perspective Final Remarks References PART 4: SUMMING IT ALL UP 10. Where Do We Go from Here? Start Small Team Teach Become a Critical Observer Share Your Ideas Seek Out New Information Recharge Your Batteries Technology and the Future of ILI Back to Basics: Teaching Concepts, Not Mechanics Final Remarks References.