Scaffolding Information Literacy for the Online Student

1. Scaffolding Information Literacy for the Online Student Leslie Murtha Branch Campus Librarian Regina Van Epps Assistant Professor of Literature and Composition

2. Who We Are: Atlantic Cape Community College • Serves Atlantic County and Cape May County • 7500 students in degree programs • 26+ degree programs • @75 % begin in developmental programs • 2000+ Students enrolled in online courses • 2 professional librarians serving 3 campuses and all distance education programs

3. Standards for Distance Learning Library Services Students enrolled in distance learning programs are entitled to access to library resources and services, including user education, that is comparable to on-campus access. "Standards for Distance Learning Library Services", American Library Association, September 1, 2006. http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/guidelinesdistancelearning. Web 21November 2012. Document ID: afcce136-a64c-6094-6de0-7ad1550814c4.

4. Research Instruction for Distance Learners • A collection of self-paced tutorials • Provide expanded opportunities for learning • Cover concepts and processes • Utilize modular design for flexibility in teaching and learning • Suitable for use with many classes • Flexible sequencing • May be assigned as part of course work or used as tools for review and independent learning

5. Building a Research Curriculum • Introduction to Library Services: completed and implemented • Remote Access: completed and implemented. • Citing Your Sources (Unit I): completed and implemented and assessed • Introduction to Research: undergoing editing and revision for implementation in Spring semester • Citing Your Sources (Unit II): a work in progress • Other topics in planning stages

6. Technology: Using the Tools at Hand Technology • Development tools and resources • Base platforms: MS PowerPoint, Blackboard CMS • Accessories: MS Paint, WordPad • Freeware: Jing, Wink, Easy Thumbnails, Survey Monkey • Graphics: MS Office Clip Art Collection, Google Images • Cost: developers’ time • Criteria for successful implementation • Free plug-in players • Fast, easy download • No special hardware or software by end users • Simple instructions • Easy navigation

7. Pilot Project • Tutorial: Citing Your Sources: Understanding Citation • Content: • Frames citation as a cultural practice • Explains role of citation in education community • Introduction to citation process • Introduction to style manuals and formatting rules • 3 Sections • Comprehensive review • 3 forms of assessment

8. Learning Objectives • After completing the tutorial, students will be able to: • Define citation • Identify conditions under which citation is required • List 4 key purposes of citation • Describe the relationship between in-text citations and works cited • Explain the purpose of a style manual • Recognize key identification elements for a variety of information formats • Apply good citation practices

9. Pedagogy • Explanatory instruction: building foundations • Cultural differences acknowledged • Learning styles: visual and verbal learners • Introduction to meta-language • Self-paced • Requires application of knowledge • Advance organizer • Visual enhancements • Humorous illustrations • Animations for movement and emphasis • Pervasive modeling of citation • Some (limited) interactivity • Summary • Review

10. Examples from Understanding Citations

11. Advance Organizer

12. Understanding Citation: Introduction • In this lesson, we will cover • What citation is, • Why it’s important, • How citations work, • When citations are used, and, • Getting started with citation styles.

13. Visual Emphasis

14. What is Citation? Whenever you make use of the words or ideas of other people, or work done by others, or facts discovered or published by others, you must give them credit for their work.

15. Connecting In-Text Citations to Works Cited

16. Signal phrase introducing the source document Example Original Source My text According to the New York Times, prominent business leaders have come forward in support of legislation to legalize single-sex marriage, citing the competitive advantages (Confessore 23). This is a significant change from the past, when corporations have fought to deny benefits to same-sex couples. Works Cited Confessore, N. “Business Leaders, in Letter, Will Urge Albany to Legalize Gay Marriage.” New York Times, 29 April 2011: 23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. Summary of first 3 paragraphs of article citation My comments This is where I analyze and interpret the borrowed information for my readers.

17. Example Works Cited Confessore, N. “Business Leaders, in Letter, Will Urge Albany to Legalize Gay Marriage.” New York Times, 29 April 2011: 23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. My text According to the New York Times, prominent business leaders have come forward in support of legislation to legalize single-sex marriage, citing the competitive advantages (Confessore 23). This is a significant change from the past, when corporations have fought to deny benefits to same-sex couples.

18. Humor and Metaphor

19. Establishing Authority No, not that kind of authority. Intellectual authority. Policeman. Microsoft Office Image Collection

20. More Citation Examples

21. Example 2 Original Source Government agency as author Signal Phrase Works Cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Data and Statistics.” Health and Safety Topics: Diseases and Conditions. United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. Works Cited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Data and Statistics.” Health and Safety Topics: Diseases and Conditions. United States. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011. Web. 18 Sept. 2012. < http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html>. Direct quote of first bullet point Health officials state, “Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In-text citation Standard MLA citation If your instructor wants to see a URL

22. Graphics as Examples

23. What types of sources must be cited? • Statistics and other numerical data. • Drawings, photos, pictures or other graphic images or worksof art of any kind. • Conversations, e-mail and other electronic communications. • Written texts (including online documents). Tiger Cub. Microsoft Office Image Collection. Provided by iStock Photo. Polar Bear and City Skyline. Microsoft Office Image Collection. Provided by iStock Photo Bureau of the Census. "2010 Demographic Profile: NJ." Population Finder. http://www.census.gov/popfinder/. Conversation Animation. Microsoft Office Image Collection.

24. Interactivity

25. What are Citation Styles? • There are many other styles used by more advanced scholars. • Click a journal cover to see an example. • Knowing how one style works makes it easier to decipher citations in another style.

26. Collaborative Development

27. Development Process • Collaboration between librarian and member of English/Writing faculty • Starting point: a rough draft • Collaborative editing and rewriting • Revised chunking and sequencing of content • Expanded illustration, reduced text density • Added examples and enhanced explanations • Refined language • Added visual emphasis • Improved navigation tools • Developed assessment tools

28. Goal, Objective, Outcome, Rubric English 101

29. Goal Objective Learning Outcome • To enable students to write clear, well-developed essays and to become aware of and learn from their own process of writing • Students will utilize a variety of resources to support their learning and will cite all sources using correct MLA or APA methods • Students’ written work will show an awareness of an academic audience and will employ correct grammar and MLA or APA format and documentation.

30. Implementation • Collaborative writing/information literacy project • Expository essay • Sources: minimum of 2 scholarly journals and qualified online sources • Tutorial assigned at the beginning of the writing process

31. Expository Essay • Rubric criterion measures students’ ability to • retrieve qualified research and • use research as support for topical ideas • apply tutorial’s instructions for integrating source material into an essay with proper documentation procedures.

32. Assessment • Blackboard-embedded quiz (online) • Paper and pencil quiz (on campus) • Comprehension • Retention • Survey • Student perceptions of learning experience • Self-efficacy • Writing Project • Authentic assessment – application of learning

33. Outcomes

34. Outcomes

35. Increase in Self-Efficacy Survey Questions 2 & 3 Perceived Knowledge Gain Survey Questions 1, 4-6

36. Overall Satisfaction with Tutorial

38. Next Steps • Understanding Citation • Review assessment results and make suitable revisions • The Research Process: Getting started • Complete editing and revisions • Develop assessment instruments • Implement with English 102 in Spring semester • Continue developing additional tools • Add sound and embedded video for multimodal instruction.

39. Questions?