Experiments with online tools to deliver off-campus library instruction
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Lisa Abbott, Distance Learning Librarian (Creator)
- Geraldine Purpur, Distance Learning Librarian (Contributor)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Delivering library instruction to off-campus students offers numerous challenges. The varying needs of the teaching faculty and user need to be considered. Does the user need general information, specific data- base searching techniques, or want to know more about ILLiad? What about "point of need?" Can this information be integrated into the off-campus classes? At Appalachian State University Libraries we are using an array of online tools and are exploring others. An interactive guide, Virtual Research @ ASU Libraries: A Guide for Off-campus Students, uses animations to provide information about library services and procedures. With faculty in Instructional Technology, we built a virtual library to deliver research assistance within AppEdTech (a 3-D virtual teaching environment). We have provided orientations to the virtual library (led by a librarian avatar) via voice-over-IP. WebCT also provides a number of opportunities to deliver information, including the faculty professional development course, Preparing to Teach Online, which contains a library support and information literacy module. During 2006, we will experiment with screen casting to pro- vide mini tutorials, small group discussions within WebCT and offering Instant Messaging to our distance learning community.
Experiments with online tools to deliver off-campus library instruction
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- Publication
- Abbott, Lisa T., and Geraldine Purpur. “Experiments with online tools to deliver off-campus library instruction.” The Journal of Library Administration. 45:3/4 (2006), 549-550. Version of record published by Taylor & Francis (Haworth)
- Language: English
- Date: 2006
- Subjects
- Distance education
- Electronic information resource searching
- Computer users
- Database searching
- Information retrieval
- Interactive computer systems
- Voice-overs
- Internet protocol
- Computer network resources
- Appalachian State University