Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia EDUCAUSE 2002 "Juggling Opportunities in Collaborative Environments" October 1 ‑ 4, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia EDUCAUSE 2002 "Juggling Opportunities in Collaborative Environments" October 1 ‑ 4, Atlanta, Georgia “Using Peer Mentors to Promote Information Fluency”

Copyright Statement Copyright Ashley Hodgson, Farhan S. Mustafa, Jeffrey L. Overholtzer and John Tombarge, This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non- commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

What is it?

Background Roundtable discussions including faculty, IT staff, librarians ACS program 190 courses on “bibliographic instruction”

Peer Mentors Program ACS grant RESEARCH REPORT ANALYZE CAPTURE & PREPARE DATA DESIGN PROPOSE Information fluency in a specific context Why the Mgmt/Econ 203 (Quantitative Models) course was chosen

Components of the Program Peer Mentors Brian Stearns Minitab Farhan Mustafa Excel, MiniTab, SurveyPro Lindsey Harrington Excel Ashley Hodgson Excel, SurveyPro

Equipping and leadership from faculty member, librarian, technologist Components of the Program Jeff Overholtzer Director of Technology Education John Tombarge Reference Librarian

Web Resources: Components of the Program Element K:

Peer Mentors Held office hours 7-9 pm Sunday to Thursday Also available via phone, and informal contacts Specific Peer Mentors were designated for areas such as research, Excel, MiniTab, and SurveyPro

Peer Mentors Peer Mentors assisted students with basic statistics concepts for projects, homework, exams and software assistance for information fluency Conducted laboratory training sessions for statistical and research software tools

Peer Mentors Perspectives from the 4 peer mentors: Better location needed for office hours There needs to be more communication among Peer Mentors, professor and organizers

Peer Mentors’ Experience Learned a lot themselves through the experience (skills in technology, interpersonal skills, etc.) The Mentors did not always feel they were aware of what was going on in the class

Program Goals Teach information fluency skills Provide support personnel Provide instructional documentation RESEARCH REPORT ANALYZE CAPTURE & PREPARE DATA DESIGN PROPOSE

Program Methods Trained student mentors Web site Web-based tutorials (ElementK, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) Individual assignments emphasizing information fluency skills

Program Assessment (skills)

Program Assessment “Results during the winter term on the final projects were clearly superior - there were no poor papers.” Dr. Phillip L. Cline Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor of Management and Economics Professor’s assessment:

Supporting Resources

Student Evaluations

Use of Web Site

Student Comments “[The web site] was a good starting point for research and had a lot of information we needed on it.” [The Web site] was pretty comprehensive for what I needed.” “[The Web site needed] more detailed information about the paper and project. Maybe an example from the past.” “Was it [the web site] there?”

Use of Peer Mentors

Student Comments “The peer mentors are not intimidating... you can still ask them extremely dumb questions.” “[The peer mentors were good for] helping us to understand the graphs on Minitab and how they apply to our project.”

Student Suggestions “They [Peer Mentors] know statistics well, but they don’t know where we are in the class. If they know what is going on in class, it would be more helpful.” “Integrate [the peer mentors] into class more than just one day.”

Another Perspective Mythology Class: the perspective of a Mgmt/Econ 203 Peer Mentor as a student, being facilitated by other Peer Mentors.

Program Assessment Better communication! Include examples from successful projects in Web site Build in individual assignments to measure mastery of information fluency skills Use course management software (Blackboard) rather than relying simply on a specialized Web site

Questions “Using Peer Mentors to Promote Information Fluency” More information: Jeff Overholtzer (this presentation) (additional background)