High-impact learning & teaching (HILT)

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Introduction

See also Evidence-based web 2.0, Information technology topics and Teaching health library users

Health librarians should make decisions about their teaching in the classroom based on several factors; however, the application of evidence and research into practice is absolutely essential. The implementation and assessment of evidence-based teaching (EBT) for health librarians should include some of the following questions:

• How can we design high-impact learning and teaching programs?
• What kind of evidence is necessary to design coursework? and library workshops?
• Do health librarians stand to improve practice when they use evidence?
• How is educational theory applied in the teaching context?
• Do health librarians need to examine evidence within their own and others' practice so as to reconstruct theory (their personal theory and others' theories)?
• Can we improve our teaching efforts when we apply the ideas of others?

The theories and practice that underpin the scholarship of learning and teaching are important factors in practicing EBT.