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Web Mashups

Web Mashups. m eet. Freshman Instruction. Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future. Lisa Campbell and Brett Spencer  The University of Alabama 2010 MSU Emerging Technologies Summit. Fall 2009…. For spring 2010, we decided to use LibGuides as a research guide and teaching tool.

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Web Mashups

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  1. Web Mashups meet Freshman Instruction Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future Lisa Campbell and Brett Spencer  The University of Alabama 2010 MSU Emerging Technologies Summit

  2. Fall 2009…

  3. For spring 2010, we decided to use LibGuides as a research guideandteaching tool.

  4. Background

  5. Tip Sheets

  6. Worksheets

  7. Web Pages (2001)

  8. Web Pages (2003) Anchors. Lots of scrolling.

  9. Web Pages (2006) Course-specific pages. No direct links to resources. Still lots of scrolling.

  10. LibGuides (2009)

  11. Results: General EN 102 guide

  12. Results:

  13. Student Feedback “The information was extremely helpful. The questions I asked were immediately answered.” “This website was a great help. The databases and searches went straight to information that I needed.”

  14. Faculty Feedback “I have just looked at the portals for English 102 and 103.  I have one word: FABULOUS ! ! !” “This is FANTASTIC! Thank you so much for all your hard work.”

  15. A New Approach

  16. What exactly is a mashup? Definitions (Smith, 2008).

  17. Before (Pashkova-Balkenhol, 2010).

  18. After (Pashkova-Balkenhol, 2010).

  19. Changes for Fall 2010 Before After

  20. We tried to select technologies based on utility and function. (Student feedback from a Google form)

  21. Not everything made the cut…

  22. Conclusions

  23. Questions? Lisa Campbell lcampbell@ua.edu Brett Spencer dbspence@ua.edu

  24. Works Cited • Smith, Jared. “Accessibility of Next Generation Web Applications.” EASI Webcast for WebAIM.org. June 19, 2008. • Pashkova-Balkenhol, Tatiana. “Research guides design: librarian or user-driven?.” A Reference Renaissance 2010: Inventing the Future. Denver, CO. August 9-10, 2010. • Absher, Linda, Lim, Adriene, and Kerry Wu. “Library Mashups for the Virtual Campus: Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create a New Current Awareness Service.” ACRL Thirteenth National Conference. Baltimore, MD. March 29-April 1, 2007.

  25. Further Reading/Inspiration • Websites • http://www.programmableweb.com/ • http://mashable.com/ • http://www.widgetbox.com/ • http://www.alatechsource.org/ • Readings • Clark, Ruth C. Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-Based Instructional Materials. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2008. • http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l(some good threads related to LibGuides, tutorials, and online instructional materials) • Kraemer, E.W, S.V Lombardo, and F.J Lepkowski. "The Librarian, the Machine, or a Little of Both: a Comparative Study of Three Information Literacy Pedagogies at Oakland University." College and Research Libraries. 68.4 (2007): 330-342. • Mairn, Chad. "Enhancing Learning While Creating a Library Presence in Course Management Systems." Journal of Web Librarianship. 4.1 (2010): 55-61. • Habib, M. 2006. Toward Academic Library 2.0: Development and Application of a Library 2.0 Methodology. Unpublished Masters Dissertation. School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Available at: http://etd.ils.unc.edu/dspace/bitstream/1901/356/1/michaelhabib.pdf

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