NCNMLG 2011 Taking a Block Curriculum Online: Moving Integrated Library Instruction for a Nursing Curriculum to an Online Environment Xan Goodman, University of Southern Nevada xgoodman@usn.edu February 24, 2011

Presentation Background Collaboration Technology Challenges

Background University of Southern Nevada Relatively new, private non-profit university founded in 1999 Offering only four areas of study: Pharmacy, Nursing, Business and a residency, intern program in Orthodontics Two campuses in two states Nevada and Utah Enrollment as of Fall 2009 842 ( this number does not include our new ABSN students)

Block System Each cohort of students pass through one course (block) at a time. In order to move to the next course students must pass each course with a 90% Students are given an opportunity to reassess if they do not pass Library instruction is not included on assessments in the nursing program but is included in pharmacy. So for example in our nursing program there is a didactic portion to the course and the clinical portion. In the didactic portion this is where library instruction is integrated into the classroom. And because of the block structure we normally receive more face-to-face instruction time with students because of the block system

TimeLine to Course Creation Activity Dates Initial Meeting April 2010 Module Discussion June 2010 Deadline for course September 3, 2010 ABSN Library Orientation October 4, 2010 Online Courses Live October 5, 2010 Recording August 20 – September 21st Weekly meeting with course developers Mid June, every Thursday for 1 hour Scheduled recording dates on my calendar August 20, 2010 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. August 20, 2010 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. August 23, 2010 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. August 26, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. September 9, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. September 21, 2010 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. I alloted an hour and half for each recording Recording required writing a script for each module including the module created by our Director of Library Services Preparation time for each module

Technical Challenges Learning Captivate Software without formal training Sharing 3 laptops with Captivate Software Finding time in my work schedule to record Special challenges with recording I share an office at my university. I needed to reserve study room space at my library to record. A new learning management system- ANGEL Transferring files using FTP

Recording Times – Partial Schedule June 2010 Complete APA Captivate – hours not recorded 8/20/2010 1.5 hours 2 hours 8/23/2010 8/26/2010 9/20/2010 6 hours 9/21/2010

Modules Nursing Module Block Number Library Corresponding Module Introduction to the Profession 1.0 Module 1 Library Orientation Module 2 APA Instruction Nursing Research 7.0 Module 3 Nursing Database Research Nursing Leadership 12.0 Module 4 Nursing Theorists Resources Maternal Child Nursing 8.0 Module 5 Pending Nursing Legislation Module 6 Google Searching & Evaluating Websites

Pre-Test and post-test Library Corresponding Module Test Module 1 Library Orientation Pre and Post Test 10 questions Module 2 APA Instruction 12 questions Module 3 Nursing Database Research 6 questions Module 4 Nursing Theorists Resources No pre and post test Module 5 Pending Nursing Legislation 8 questions Module 6 Google Searching & Evaluating Websites

Class Participation ABSN One Number of Students 27 Total Number of Access October 5, 2010 – January 24, 2011 186

Collaboration Getting all the stakeholders together Nursing Library Orbis Challenges Learning new software A new LMS Recruiting pre-testers before content went live.

Course Development Challenge of moving in-class active learning activities to an online environment Moving planning curriculum elements from USN model to Orbis model

Library Orientation Module Element Accesses Submissions # of Questions on Quiz Pre-Test 22 5 10 Element Accesses Submissions # of Questions on Quiz 8 2 10

APA Module Element Accesses Submissions # of Questions on Quiz Pre-Test 21 5 3 Post Test 1

Hurdles Meeting weekly deadlines Learning a new tool Adobe Captivate 4.0 Time crunch Converting lessons and coming up with ideas in the end because of time we stuck with a heavy text based model Recruiting pre-testers to thoroughly test the course before the go live date

Lessons Learned Online is not the same as face to face What’s in it for me? This is ultimately what students want to know what is in it for them when they register for a class Even though face to face