Document (#32202)

Author
Notess, G.R.
Title
Teaching Web search skills : techniques and strategies of top trainers
Imprint
Medford, NJ : Information Today
Year
2006
Pages
XIX, 344 S
Isbn
1-57387-267-9
Content
Web searching and the teaching paradox -- Understanding our audience -- Choosing the instructional session types -- Online tutorials : friend or foe? -- Organization : focus, length, and goals -- Terminology -- Content : Web search features -- Content : primary concepts -- Additional content : image searching, news, usenet, and more -- The search engines -- Creating a framed workshop Web page -- Presentation tips, tricks, and shortcuts -- Tales from the trenches : anecdotes, examples, and exercises.
Footnote
Rez. in: Online-Mitteilungen 2007, H.89, S.17-18 (M. Katzmayr): "Eine der Herausforderungen, der sich Web-Trainerinnen regelmäßig ausgesetzt sehen, besteht in der Kurzlebigkeit der Recherchetools und ihrer ständig wechselnden Funktionalitäten. Wer spricht heute noch von den Suchmaschinen AltaVista oder Lycos? (Hoffentlich) niemand mehr. Diese Dynamik in der Internetbranche wirkt allerdings auf viele potentielle Vortragende abschreckend, scheint es doch ein unzumutbarer Aufwand zu sein, sich laufend über neue Entwicklungen zu informieren. Wer darunter leidet oder zum ersten Mal eine Webschulung vorbereitet, sollte einen Blick in das vorliegende Buch werfen. Dessen Autor, Greg. R. Notess ist im Bereich des praktischen Web Information Retrieval kein Unbekannter: der Auskunftsbibliothekar an der Montana State University hat sich als Betreiber der Website Search Engine Showdown (http://www.search engineshowdown.com), vielgereister Vortragender, erfahrener Didaktiker und regelmäßiger Autor der Zeitschrift Online einen exzellenten Ruf in der Internet-Gemeinde erworben. Nun liegen seine Kenntnisse zur Vermittlung der Webrecherche auch als Monographie vor, die sich an Leiterinnen von Webschulungen richtet. Zum einen finden sich darin eine Vielzahl an didaktischen und organisatorischen Hinweisen zur Planung und Durchführung von Webschulungen. So werden z.B. die verschiedenen Typen von Kursteilnehmerinnen beschrieben und welchen Problemen sich Anfängerinnen in der Webrecherche in der Regel gegenübersehen. Es werden die verschiedenen Arten von Schulungen (Frontalvorträge, Schulungen mit Übungsmöglichkeiten und Online-Tutorials) mit ihren jeweiligen Vor- und Nachteilen sowie idealtypischen Einsatzmöglichkeiten dargestellt, weiters werden Hinweise zu Zielsetzungen und Länge von Kursen gegeben.
Die anderen Kapitel verweisen auf den Inhalt von Webschulungen. Neben der wichtigen Diskussion von terminologischen Fragen - die Fähigkeit zur Differenzierung von Suchmaschine, Metasuchmaschine und Verzeichnis ist immerhin unverzichtbare Grundlage der-Internetkompetenz - wird auf allgemeine Suchfunktionen wie Phrasensuche, Suchoperatoren, Feldsuche etc. eingegangen. Zwei Kapitel befassen sich mit den möglichen Themenschwerpunkten von Webschulungen: als besonders wesentlich werden von Notess unter anderem die Ausformulierung der Fragestellung, der Hinweis auf die Vielfalt der zur Verfügung stehenden Recherchewerkzeuge, die differenzierte Verwendung von Suchmaschinen und Verzeichnissen und die Bewertung der im Web aufgefundenen Information genannt. Durch diese Auswahl wird (im Buch leider nur implizit) verdeutlicht, dass hier ein wesentlicher Schlüssel zur Bewältigung der eingangs erwähnten Problemstellung liegt: durch eine Konzentration auf diese "zukunftssicheren" Themen - sie unterliegen keinen kurzfristigen Änderungen - ist auch die Vorbereitung von Webkursen und die Aktualisierung der Lehrunterlagen ein überschaubarer Aufwand. Eine Strategie, der übrigens auch das vorliegende Buch folgt: es beschränkt sich auf allgemeine Konzepte und Herangehensweisen und vermeidet eine allzu detailreiche Darstellung der gegenwärtig gerade angesagten Tools und Web-Plattformen. Dezidiert aktuell will nur das Kapitel zur Auflistung und kurzen Beschreibung der derzeit wichtigsten Universalsuchmaschinen sein; es ist zum Zeitpunkt des Schreibens dieser Rezension bereits veraltet. Der sehr umfangreiche Anhang enthält neben einem Verzeichnis relevanter Internetquellen eine hilfreiche Fundgrube an Musterbeispielen von Lehrunterlagen zu verschiedensten Webthemen. Ein knappes Literaturverzeichnis und ein sorgfältig gearbeitetes Register beschließen den Band. Fazit: Jene, die vor oder am Beginn ihrer Schulungstätigkeit stehen, sollten diesen durchwegs gelungenen Band unbedingt zu Rate ziehen, und selbst erfahrene Vortragende können sicher das eine oder andere Detail zur Verbesserung ihrer Unterrichtsgestaltung darin finden. Da ein lebendiger und leicht verständlicher Stil gewählt wurde, ist es auch Leserlnnen mit nicht-englischer Muttersprache möglich, das Buch zügig durchzulesen, wobei aufgrund der eingestreuten Anekdoten die Lektüre recht kurzweilig ausfällt. Schließlich ist auch dem Verlag Information Today zu gratulieren: vom Inhaltsverzeichnis über Gliederung und Schriftbild bis hin zum Register ist dieses Buch ein Musterbeispiel guter und zugleich preiswerter verlegerischer Arbeit."
LCSH
Internet searching / Study and teaching
DDC
025.04071 / 22
LCC
ZA4230.N68 2006

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