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How practical can you get? A simple way to create an information literacy tutorial

How practical can you get? A simple way to create an information literacy tutorial. Jacqui Weetman DaCosta. Some practical information. From August 2006 (as DaCosta) Information Literacy Librarian at The College of New Jersey Small, highly selective (4 year) state-funded college

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How practical can you get? A simple way to create an information literacy tutorial

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  1. How practical can you get?A simple way to create an information literacy tutorial Jacqui Weetman DaCosta

  2. Some practical information From August 2006 (as DaCosta) • Information Literacy Librarian at The College of New Jersey • Small, highly selective (4 year) state-funded college From 1999-2006 (as Weetman) • Academic Team Manager at De Montfort University, Leicester

  3. How practical will this be? • Evaluation of existing IL tutorial • Review of tutorials currently ‘on the market’ • Development stages of new IL tutorial • Working with students • Hands-on

  4. i-LION Tutorial • Adapted from TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial) http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/ • Serves as course material for IDS 102 • Mandatory online course for all new students since Fall 2004 • Six modules, each with a quiz • Need to pass course in order to graduate • Replaced first year induction • Available for anyone to access from web pages http://www.tcnj.edu/~ilion/

  5. Evaluation of i-LION • Student surveys • April 2007 (2 cohorts) • Sent to 1859 students • Response rate – 16% • November 2007 • Sent to 1478 students • Response rate – 35.5% • Analysis of content usage • SOCS (TCNJ course management software)

  6. Student surveys

  7. April “It was a pain and I put it off, but after I did it, I was glad I did it.” “I liked how I could take my time and go at my desired pace to complete the iLion courses.” “I, as well as every other freshman I know, paid the one nerdy kid that actually did it for the answers.” November “I was very glad that the course was offered online. I wish there were more online courses.” “Possibly break down the tutorials further in more manageable sections. So, instead of taking 45 min to complete a section, break it up into smaller 20 min sections.” “Eventually the course turns into a game of Mastermind, where you just try combination after combination, too lazy to read through the actual lessons.” Some student comments

  8. The sad reality • There is no way to ensure that students actually complete the assessments themselves • Many students are going straight to the assessments and ignoring the course content • Limiting number of attempts (Spring 2008)

  9. The sad facts

  10. On the prowl for a new beast New tutorial – wish list: • Shorter modules with fewer words • Be more engaging • More formative assessment • Cater to different learning styles • Easy to customise, for a techno-thicko! • Open Publication License

  11. Viewing the field • Reviewed the PRIMO database of instructional materials (over 170 items) http://www.ala.org/apps/primo/public/search.cfm • Attended conference sessions • Reviewed relevant discussion lists, e.g. ili-l http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/ilil.cfm

  12. And the winner is! LINKS • TILT → Searchpath → LINKS • From Lansing Community College (Michigan) http://www.lcc.edu/library/library-instruction/links/index.htm

  13. LINKS Tutorial Choosing Sources Creating a Search Strategy Using the Library Catalog Finding Articles in Research Databases Using the Web Citing Sources

  14. From i-lion to LINKS • Software downloaded to TCNJ test server • Links made to OPAC and EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier • Basic alterations made using Adobe Contribute (web editing software for non-programmers) • Link with SOCS for formal assessment

  15. Working with students • Awarded an I.T. mini-grant • 60 hours of student design assistance • Customisation and interactivity • Payment for performance testing • Navigation – Presentation – Interactivity – Content • Use of a wiki

  16. Content considerations • Spelling, e.g. catalog/catalogue • Terminology, e.g. call numbers • American examples, e.g. journals • Library system – Module 3 took longest • Classification scheme – Library of Congress

  17. The launch and beyond • Plan to launch in August 2008 • Pre-launch with academics • Will do more student surveys and compare results • Planning other specific tutorials

  18. Time’s up • Questions? • Hands-on

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