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RADical redesign. Introducing college freshmen to Research and Discovery through online instruction. }. Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington. Amanda Hornby , Kathleen Collins, and Nichole Maiman Waterman. Approximately 27,600 undergraduate students on campus *
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RADical redesign Introducing college freshmen to Research and Discovery through online instruction } Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington Amanda Hornby, Kathleen Collins, and NicholeMaiman Waterman
Approximately 27,600 undergraduate students on campus * • More than 5,500 incoming freshmen students each academic year * • 7 undergraduate instruction librarians • 1 undergraduate library A problem of scale • * 2010 headcount enrollments from the UW Admissions, admit.washington.edu/QuickFacts
FIGs are pre-packaged clusters of high-demand first-year courses. With FIGs, students: • Simplify the registration process • Take all classes with the same 20-25 classmates • Meet other students with similar interests • Enroll in GEN ST 199: The University Community Freshmen Interest Groups (FIGs)
RAD 1.0: 2005 • Customized version of “Research 101” online tutorial
RAD 2.0: 2006 - 2008 • A paper-based self-guided tour with research activities
RAD Project 3.0: 2009 - • LibGuide: video orientations and research tutorials
UW Common Book: Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama Topic Evolution: 2009
Topic Evolution: 2010 • Bus Around Seattle: Public transit and urban neighborhoods
Topic Evolution: 2011 • Options, options, options!
View: • The UW Libraries new welcome video
Visit: • A UW Library building on campus
Research: • A chosen topic
Reflect: • On the academic experience
1 4 165 4,500 14,400 • RAD Project • Library staff • Class sections • Students • LibGuide sessions Final numbers
What challengesdo you experience to orienting incoming students to the library and academic research? • How have you addressed these challenges? What has worked? What hasn’t? • How can you apply some of the ideas outlined in our RAD Project implementation at your institution? Talk amongst yourselves • In groups of 2 or 3, discuss…
Amanda Hornby} hornbya@uw.edu Kathleen Collins{collinsk@uw..edu Nichole Maiman Waterman }maiman@uw.edu Questions?