Spring 2027

Pedagogical Theory and Practice for Information Professionals

Introduces pedagogical theory, training tools, and teaching skills for informational instructional settings like libraries, archives, museums, and software training facilities.

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Past student reviews · Rebekah Willett

Assignments required applying theoretical concepts, a task one student found challenging despite the instructor's guidance.

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

REBEKAH WILLETT is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

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Past student reviews · Rebekah Willett

The course focused heavily on theoretical study, which some students found difficult to apply practically to non-school settings.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Rebekah Willett

Assignments required applying theoretical concepts, a task one student found challenging despite the instructor's guidance.

Past student reviews · Rebekah Willett

One student noted that the instructor struggled to connect with those not planning to enter schools, though they rated her a good teacher overall.

Topics

  • Pedagogical theory, training tools, and teaching skills
  • Instructional settings including libraries, archives, museums, and software training
  • Information literacy, online teaching, technology training, and group instruction

Skills

  • Teaching skills for informational instructional settings
  • Information literacy instruction, online teaching, technology training, and group instruction

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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  "output_id": "60958fcf77de183022515eccdba2caa3b094a69202c29a57776e693e0e74e855",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
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