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Tracy L. Hull
Drexel University

Students benefit from active learning!

That's the simple premise behind Library Instruction Publications and the Active Learning Series: provide creative, high quality lesson plans – designed and field tested by librarians – that emhpasize experiential learning and help students build essential research skills and techniques. Each book comes with a disk containing the handouts, worksheets and other materials from the lesson plans; these can be adapted or used as is.

New and Forthcoming

Now Available! Information Literacy Course Handbook for Distance and In-Class Learners
Active Learning Handbook Series, no. 1
Designed to be read directly by students – either as part of a class or on their own. It is accompanied by two supporting disks, one for students and another for instructors using the book with their classes. More »

Also Available... Empowering Students II
Active Learning Series, no. 8
Coloring, talking in chat rooms, describing a Coke bottle – do these activities seem like a long stretch from library instruction? Look for these and other untraditional hands-on and "minds-on" activities in Empowering Students II. More »

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