Finding Your Way Around the Engineering Literature Developing an Online Tutorial Series for Engineering Students Janet Fransen University of Minnesota ASEE ELD (2011) - session T530
The Joys of a Professional Development Leave
New Grad Student Orientation AEMCS ECE
The Libraries have lots of resources My name is Jan I’m your librarian I’m here to help
So what do they need? “Big picture” of engineering communication and practical skills Consumable in short bursts Accessible whenever and wherever the student needs it A compelling reason to participate
What tool to use? Easy enough for a SME to learn Inexpensive enough to install as needed Rapid prototyping, and easy editing later Capture screencasts and make them interactive Tools for quizzing Our choice: Adobe Captivate
Lessons Learned
What makes these different? Examples are all engineering-related Informed by citation analysis of past theses and dissertations Reviewed by faculty members
Citation Analysis By department Past three calendar years Limited to what was available online Tedious, but worth it –Not without its statistical problems, but… –Helped me and will help the students understand what happens in grad school with this population
Electrical Engineering results
What’s next? Continue working on content Citation analysis for AEM and CS Incorporate suggestions from faculty Assessment plan
Take a look Z.umn.edu/englit Z.umn.edu/ececite