E-Learning Initiatives to Enhance Information & Digital Literacy Kim Duckett, NCSU Lauren Pressley, WFU Beth Filar Williams, UNCG Lilly Conference 2012

Session Objective: to highlight a variety of ways librarians can support online learning through use of technologies Three case studies: 1)Synchronous online instruction, a workshop model; asynchronous tutorial. 2)Videos being used both synchronously & asynchronously, point-of-need and incorporated into instruction 3)Asynchronous, interactive, semester-long, instruction course

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Getting UNCG Libraries Why? 12-15% growth last year in online in student credit hours Getting a virtual room (Blackboard Collaborate) Internal training Technologies: – workshop webpage – google calendar – google form – slideshare Marketing/outreach

Types of online sessions Orientations One shot class sessions Webinars/Online Workshops Holding office hours Post conference round-ups Meetings

Webinar Topics Introduction to EndNote Google for Research Scholarly Management: Staying Current with your Research Introduction to Creative Commons 30 min tool sessions: RTM, Jing, Twitter, Dropbox, etc.

Library Orientations For students, faculty – 30 minutes – Open, no rsvp For specific programs – Liberal Studies, Business, Public Health – Scheduled Weather Vane Compass Weather Vane Compass by incurable_hippie on flickr.com [CC BY-NC 2.0]

Virtual Attendance RegisteredAttended General (open) Orientations(offered 18 sessions) 4/total Program-specific orientations(1/semester)8/average Scholarly Management3623 Google for Research4120 Remember the Milk139 Intro to Creative Commons1911 Note – cannot get stats for each recorded session, overall only

Marketing Library’s workshop page Teaching & Learning Center calendar Academic Program Coordinators Instructional Tech Consultants Direct s to DE students & faculty Through library liaisons to their faculty Word of mouth/positive experiences Soapbox Zone Soapbox Zone by ruminatrixon flickr.com [CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0]

Collaboration Women at work on bomberWomen at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, CA circa 1939 by LOC on Flickr Cross departmental within library With students – Especially Library Studies grad students Include non-librarians – Find people with skills to share Outside your university

Lessons Learned - Marketing reminders – Requiring sign-ups helps Key: buy-in from instructors/programs Target sessions to specific programs On Target On Target by viZZZual on flickr.com [CC-BY 2.0]

Lessons Learned - Tech Include contact for tech support before/during session Best to include second person Be cautious about audio for participants Laptop Cat Laptop Cat by By wabisabi2015 on flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]

Lessons Learned - Engaging Active Learning is just as important online as it is in person! – Ask questions every 3-5 minutes – Use polling yes/no or A-E choices – Multiple voices a plus – Use tools like breakout rooms, app sharing, students as moderators Sleeping student in Waseda computers roomSleeping student in Waseda computers room by Gnurou on flickr.com [CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0]

NCSU Libraries Big Picture Videos Kim Duckett Principal Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning North Carolina State University Libraries Co-presenter slides not included

Teaching Students “In” and “On” Today’s Information Environment Lauren Pressley Head of Instruction, ZSR Library Co-presenter slides not included