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E-Learning Initiatives to Enhance Information & Digital Literacy. Kim Duckett , NCSU Lauren Pressley, WFU Beth Filar Williams, UNCG. Lilly Conference 2012. Session Objective: to highlight a variety of ways librarians can support online learning through use of technologies.
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E-Learning Initiatives to Enhance Information & Digital Literacy Kim Duckett, NCSU Lauren Pressley, WFU Beth Filar Williams, UNCG Lilly Conference 2012
Session Objective: to highlight a variety of ways librarians can support online learning through use of technologies Three case studies: • Synchronous online instruction, a workshop model; asynchronous tutorial. • Videos being used both synchronously & asynchronously, point-of-need and incorporated into instruction • Asynchronous, interactive, semester-long, instruction course
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Getting started @ UNCG Libraries • Why? 12-15% growth last year in online in student credit hours • Getting a virtual room (Blackboard Collaborate) • Internal training • Technologies: • workshop webpage • google calendar • google form • slideshare • Marketing/outreach
Types of online sessions • Orientations • One shot class sessions • Webinars/Online Workshops • Holding office hours • Post conference round-ups • Meetings
Webinar Topics http://library.uncg.edu/info/distance_education/onlineworkshops.aspx • Introduction to EndNote • Google for Research • Scholarly Management: Staying Current with your Research • Introduction to Creative Commons • 30 min tool sessions: RTM, Jing, Twitter, Dropbox, etc.
Library Orientations • For students, faculty • 30 minutes • Open, no rsvp • For specific programs • Liberal Studies, Business, Public Health • Scheduled Weather Vane Compass by incurable_hippie on flickr.com [CC BY-NC 2.0]
Virtual Attendance Note – cannot get stats for each recorded session, overall only
Marketing • Library’s workshop page • Teaching & Learning Center calendar • Academic Program Coordinators • Instructional Tech Consultants • Direct emails to DE students & faculty • Through library liaisons to their faculty • Word of mouth/positive experiences Soapbox Zone by ruminatrixon flickr.com [CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0]
Collaboration • Cross departmental within library • With students • Especially Library Studies grad students • Include non-librarians • Find people with skills to share • Outside your university Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA circa 1939 by LOC on Flickr
Lessons Learned - Marketing • Email reminders • Requiring sign-ups helps • Key: buy-in from instructors/programs • Target sessions to specific programs On Target by viZZZual on flickr.com [CC-BY 2.0]
Lessons Learned - Tech • Include contact for tech support before/during session • Best to include second person • Be cautious about audio for participants Laptop Cat by Bywabisabi2015 on flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]
Lessons Learned - Engaging • Active Learning is just as important online as it is in person! • Ask questions every3-5 minutes • Use polling yes/no or A-E choices • Multiple voices a plus • Use tools like breakout rooms,app sharing, students as moderators Sleeping student in Waseda computers roomby Gnurou on flickr.com [CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0]
Co-presenter slides not included NCSU LibrariesBig Picture Videos Kim Duckett Principal Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning North Carolina State University Libraries
Teaching Students “In” and “On”Today’s Information Environment Lauren Pressley Head of Instruction, ZSR Library Co-presenter slides not included