Making it easier for online learners Students need Stuff: Making it easier for online learners Sue McKnight Director, Libraries and Knowledge Resources Nottingham Trent University eBooks and eContent Conference 13 May 2008 Sunday, 28 July 2019

Overview of Presentation What students want. Whose responsibility Overview of Presentation What students want? Whose responsibility? Role for libraries Sunday, 28 July 2019

What do students want? Research undertaken at NTU: Student VLE Workshops (2005) eLearning Benchmarking Audit (2006) Basic Level of Online-ness survey (2008) Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Workshop Results Reliability Training and Support Search Engine across all Content Seamless Access to Resources Online community for L&T Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Workshop Results Personalised Information Personalised Presentation Flexibility for all learning styles and needs Content – Consistency, timely, up-to-date Feedback on learning Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Workshop Results Security of Information Online Submission Availability 24 x 7 User Friendly Shared Workspace Self-Assessment Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Workshop Results Potential Blockages Slow and not easy to use Information not updated, and when it is I am not told Lack of academic staff time, motivation & buy-in Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Workshop Results Potential Blockages Lack of promotion of the VLE Lack of participation Lack of understanding & opportunity to use it and develop it Unreliability and not enough disk space Sunday, 28 July 2019

Students Workshop Results Potential Blockages Lack of funding and resources IP and copyright issues PC limitation Not catering for various learning styles Lack of feedback Loss of human interaction Sunday, 28 July 2019

eLearning Audit – what students want Study resources, course materials Email Timetable Library resources esp. eJournals, eSearch Module handbooks Sunday, 28 July 2019

eLearning Audit – what students want Discussion tools Anytime anywhere access Electronic databases Other software Online software tutorials Sunday, 28 July 2019

eLearning Audit – what students want Issues: Skills of students to use eLearning environment Accessibility of system and resources Student use of tools Support for online learners Sufficiency of eLearning resources/pcs Sunday, 28 July 2019

Basic Level of Online-ness – what students want Reading List resources & other resources Module content Sunday, 28 July 2019

Whose Responsibility? Academics Students Centrally provided Services Library Service Sunday, 28 July 2019

Academic Responsibilities Reading List Academic Responsibilities Reading List! Course Information – Learning outcomes Lecture Notes, Audio/Video files Curriculum resources & learning objects Assessments Feedback Sunday, 28 July 2019

Academic Challenges What’s available. Can I use it. How to use it Academic Challenges What’s available? Can I use it? How to use it? Who will pay? How will it be supported? Can the students use it as required? What, on top of everything else? Sunday, 28 July 2019

Student Responsibilities Assignments Assessment Activities Discussions Shared/Team content Personalised learning objects Sunday, 28 July 2019

From other service providers. Educational support resources, e. g From other service providers? Educational support resources, e.g. academic writing financial and budget planning IT Infrastructure and technical support resource rooms and PCs online data storage bandwidth and network single sign on ? Are all these educational support resources in the VLE? Portal ?? Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Reading List Resources. textbooks Library Responsibilities Reading List Resources textbooks recommended reading background reading Collection – depth and breadth Is there a reading list Did we get it in time? What’s a textbook? Recommended reading in another module??!! Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Other Content. web links Library Responsibilities Other Content web links audio/visual material Off-air recordings case studies reference resources past exam papers Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Other Content – Learning Objects Library Responsibilities Other Content – Learning Objects ??? JORUM and EDNA Image files (e.g. cell images) Content + Assessment Data resources (astronomy/geology data) Simulations Licensing whole modules/programmes Who is going to pay? Library? Who knows what to buy? Education Network Australia - edna.edu.au Broad based educational network covering all sectors from kindergarten through primary and secondary school plus technical and higher education. www.edna.edu.au/ - 47k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this GroupsSchoolAdvanced searchLogin to edna servicesEventsMetadataHigher EducationRSS feedsMore results from edna.edu.au » Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Access Links. Catalogue. Federated Searching Library Responsibilities Access Links Catalogue Federated Searching Catalogue eBooks and eJournals eDatabases & research data Digital Repositories Learning Object Repositories Other libraries Other information providers Standards Metadata Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Training and Support. Using the VLE Library Responsibilities Training and Support Using the VLE ? Basic IT skills ? Using the Library resources and services Induction, Basic, Advanced Online Tutorials Web Pages Printed Guides MP3 Guides etc Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Library Space in the VLE Monitoring and moderating discussions Blogs on specific topics and/or resources Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Legal Compliance Support Library Responsibilities Legal Compliance Support Copyright and Intellectual Property Advice Plagiarism Citation Styles Ownership of IP & copyright Managing references Accessibility Advice and support Data Protection and Privacy ? Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Open Access Initiative Freedom of Access to Information Widening Participation Support Etc Sunday, 28 July 2019

Library Responsibilities Proactive liaison with academic colleagues Proactive liaison with educational developers Proactive liaison with IT colleagues Proactive liaison with vendors, publishers, suppliers, standards bodies CILIP Gazelle – pricing and standards hamper ebook take-up Sunday, 28 July 2019

These observations are supported by the ACRL Environmental Scan 2007! Sunday, 28 July 2019

No One will be Bored!!! Sunday, 28 July 2019

Comments and Questions? Thank You! Comments and Questions? Sunday, 28 July 2019