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Increasing information literacy at NTNU and St.Olavs Hospital

Learn about the successful implementation of the VIKO e-learning tool at NTNU & St. Olavs Hospital, focusing on strategies, results, and future plans to improve information literacy for students and healthcare professionals.

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Increasing information literacy at NTNU and St.Olavs Hospital

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  1. Increasing informationliteracy at NTNU and St.Olavs Hospital Implementation of an e-learning tool Karen Johanne Buset Sigvor Kvale NTNU Library, Trondheim, Norway

  2. Objektive This session describes the implementation of the e-learning tool VIKO at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and at St.Olavs Hospital – Trondheim University Hospital Program: • The tutorial VIKO • Strategies for implementation • Results • Future strategies

  3. NTNU • the second largest university in Norway • Students: 20000 • Staff: 4300 • 3000 degrees awarded each year NTNU Library • Norway’s oldest academic library (1768-) • 2,7 mill volumes, 21000 eBooks • 10000 eJournals Photo: Hospital Development Project for Central Norway Photo:NTNU Info/Fjellanger Widerøe St. Olavs Hospital – Trondheim University Hospital • Regional hospital for the Central Norway • Beds, somatic: 1053 • Beds, psychiatric: 313 • Staff: 8691

  4. Part 1: VIKO VIKO - Your Guide to Information Literacy • an interactive course in information literacy • designed for students at NTNU • provides help in searching for information and writing papers • can be implemented as part of other library and university courses

  5. Part 1: VIKO

  6. Part 1: VIKO VIKO aims to • Enhance information literacy at NTNU and St.Olavs Hospital • Increase quality of students’ performance • Replace basic-level user education • Teach students essay writing and source evaluation techniques • Support teachers in student tutoring • Prevent plagiarism

  7. Part 2: Implementation Strategies for implementation • Implement VIKO in user education at the NTNU Library • Introduce VIKO for health care professionals at St.Olavs Hospital • Make VIKO part of the Teaching Assistant Program at NTNU • Integrate VIKO into NTNU’s e-learning platform

  8. Part 2: Implementation Integration of VIKO in user education at the NTNU Library • Promotional material distributed to all branch libraries • Demonstration of VIKO to all reference and subject librarians Forthcoming • Survey to incorporate systematic use of VIKO in NTNU Library’s courses and classes

  9. Part 2: Implementation VIKO for the healthcare professionals at St.Olavs Hospital • Training based on EBP with systematic use of VIKO during the course • Regular library training classes • Courses at hospital departments • Self-tuition • Promotion of VIKO and introductory courses

  10. Part 2: Implementation Make VIKO part of the Teaching Assistant Program at NTNU • Informal approach to key personnell ”word of mouth” Outcome • Presentations at introduction and writing classes • Implementation in various programs

  11. Part 2: Implementation Integration with it’s:learning – NTNU’s e-learning platform VIKO is • linked from it’s:learning’s homepage • promoted as help in writing papers and literature searches • recommended in it’s:learning classes for teachers Teachers are offered help to link VIKO from their courses

  12. Part 3: Results Results • Improved quality of student papers • Increased use of VIKO during term

  13. Part 3: Results Use of VIKO during term

  14. Part 3: Results • Experiences from the integration in courses and classes at NTNU • Evaluation of effects and benefits

  15. Part 4: Future Future strategies • Develop subject guides • Make VIKO accessible for students with disabilities

  16. Part 4: Future Develop subject guides • Develop 2 pilot subject guides • Scandinavian Studies • Health Education • After completing the guide the student should: • Be familiar with the bibliographical sources within the subject • Be able to identify, analyse and critically evaluate information resources, where to find them and how to use them • The pilot project started this summer, and will be completed in 2007

  17. Part 4: Future Make VIKO accessible for students with disabilities • Web accessibility • people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web. • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) • VIKO accessible for all using WAI recommendations • accessibility statement • Review all VIKO web pages • Include users with disabilities in usability testing

  18. Conclusions • Response from students and teachers confirms that VIKO is useful and meets the users needs • Integration in and co-operation with the teaching institution is mandatory • A product that meets an important demand can enhance collaboration between library and academic staff • VIKO frees time for academic staff in connection with instruction by providing a tool for information retrieval and writing academic papers • VIKO has freed library resources in reference work and user education

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