King Library’s Online Information Literacy Tutorials

1. King Library’s Online Information Literacy Tutorials Pamela JacksonReference/Instruction Librarian San José State University Library March 15, 2005 10-11am Center for Faculty Development & Support

2. Benefits of Online Library Tutorials • Students learn information literacy skills at their own pace, outside of physical classrooms and traditional class time. • Offers a progressive reinforcement of information literacy skills. • Students gain a common foundation of knowledge before the in-person library instruction session. • “Face” time with students can be advanced and student-centered when tutorials precede in-person library instruction.

3. Concepts Taught via Information Competence Tutorials • General orientation to the library’s physical and online environments • Defining a research topic; selecting search terms • Selecting, searching for and evaluating information • Identifying popular and scholarly literature • Understanding and recognizing primary research • Plagiarism

4. Measuring Student Learning • Pre-tests measure student knowledge before taking the tutorial. • Quizzes at the end of each module or tutorial test students’ knowledge after completing the tutorial. • Quiz data can be used to tailor content of both library and course instruction.

5. Quizzes and Queries • Students register to take a tutorial. • Quiz scores are automatically emailed to the student upon completion. • Results are stored in a local database. • Queries allow us to see quiz scores by class, student, semester (includes class averages and scores by question).

6. King LibraryOnline Tutorials An Overview

8. Essential Research Skills

14. Advanced Subject-Specific Tutorials

21. Tutorials for Prospective Students

24. Student Learning Assessment

31. Link to SJSU Tutorials:http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/