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Building Research Success by Building a Librarian Into Your Online Course
- 1. BUILDING RESEARCH SUCCESS by building a librarian into your online course
- 2. Stephanie Espinoza eLearning Librarian College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV Stephanie.Espinoza@csn.edu
- 3. LIBRARIAN?
- 9. “I work full time, I have a wife and 3 kids. Online classes are the only way I can get a chance to finish my degree.”
- 10. •Access for students who can’t do traditional F2F •Distance Education is growing
- 13. ENROLLMENT AT CSN •Online is the only campus with enrollment growth •Our libraries wanted to respond
- 14. •eLearning Librarian to serve 14,000+ students Summer 2015 •DE committee to address online instruction Spring 2016 •Librarians into courses based on faculty requests Fall 2015
- 15. RETHINK TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES WITH EMBEDDED LIBRARIANSHIP!
- 16. WHAT IS IT?
- 17. •Library presence in a virtual learning space •Librarian/Faculty working relationship •Customized content to assist student research •Micro to macro levels of involvement
- 18. EXAMPLES •Synchronous Workshops •Virtual Office Hours •Moderated Discussion Boards •Librarian as “Teacher” •Custom Tools •Library Service Links
- 20. Dr. Jeanne Holland, adjunct English faculty member ENG 100, ENG 101: Fall 2015 ENG 100, ENG 101* : Spring 2016 *8-week course vs traditional 16-week courses
- 21. •Librarian intro video (Human face) •Custom page/tutorials for assignments •Work with librarian is REQUIRED for a grade •Contact via announcements, discussion boards, e-mail
- 26. ASSESSMENT
- 31. “I had a very positive experience. I am very grateful.” “I learned that CSN is awesome at helping and wanting the student to succeed.”
- 32. ASSESSMENT: SPRING 2016 •Attitudes improved •Grades improved? Confidence After Librarian Help More Confident Less Same
- 33. FINAL COURSE GRADES ENG 100: 22 STUDENTS •8 grades of B or higher •3 grades of C •2 grades of D •11grades of F ENG 101: 18 STUDENTS •10 grades of B or higher •4 grades of C •0 grades of D •4 grades of F (9 zero papers) (4 zero papers)
- 34. FINAL COURSE GRADES ENG 100 •36% B or higher (8/22) •<1% earned F (2/22) ENG 101 •56% B or higher (10/18) •0% earned F (0/18)
- 35. FINAL PAPER GRADES Of the 28 online students who turned in final papers, 26 earned B or better on the paper.
- 36. “One of the biggest strengths is the communication between the instructors (whether it is the class library-Stephanie) or with Dr. Holland.” “The teacher…requires you to use an online librarian which is really cool because I didn’t know we had an online librarian and it definitely helped with resources and research.”
- 37. BENEFITS •Benefits your institution •Reaches students at point of need •Opens dialogue with students •Provides valuable insight for faculty
- 38. Traditional Embedded Respond at point of need Anticipate need and prepare Individual, one-on-one service Collaborative between instructor and librarian, and all students One time library instruction Ongoing instruction/engagement
- 39. WILL IT WORK FOR YOU?
- 40. •Library doesn’t have the resources? •Research complex, needs specialized info? •Uncomfortable granting outside access? •Added librarian without contacting them? •Want a librarian “just in case”?
- 41. •Online/hybrid/use of LMS? •Research paper/project? •Research requires outside sources? •Writing or spoken debate emphasized? •Information literacy skills a goal?
- 42. NEXT STEPS
- 43. •Contact a librarian! •Establish shared goals and outcomes •Start early! Assign research early •Build pieces together •Set deadlines •Communicate the requirement to students
Editor's Notes
- Building Research Success by Building a Librarian Into Your Online Course: 5/30/2016, 10-11AM, Room 415A, 4th Floor (subject to change), ID: 91
- You embed the best information sources in your online courses, but have you considered embedding a librarian? What words come to mind? What do your students picture?
- Whether this is the first image or not, librarians are usually pictured with books, inside walls, associated with the physical building that is the library.
- But librarians are not confined to that physical library building anymore. Just as you’ve found new ways to incorporate digital resources into your online courses, it is often possible to similarly incorporate a human library presence—in the form of an embedded librarian—to guide your online students through the research process. This presentation will go over how the College of Southern Nevada accomplished this, how you might implement a similar partnership at your institution, and the benefits of such a program.
- But librarians are not confined to that physical library building anymore. Just as you’ve found new ways to incorporate digital resources into your online courses, it is often possible to similarly incorporate a human library presence—in the form of an embedded librarian—to guide your online students through the research process. This presentation will go over how the College of Southern Nevada accomplished this, how you might implement a similar partnership at your institution, and the benefits of such a program.
- Online courses and degrees hold many perceived benefits for community college students including flexible scheduling, no transportation or child care requirements for the students and 24/7 access to course materials and assignments. Provides opportunities for students with disabilities…
- Brief mention of CSN size and population. Over 620,000 residents
- In Fall 2015 CSN’s enrollment was 33,867 unduplicated individuals. Of this population, about 30% attended using Pell Grants which support low income students. We know that approximately 33% of our students are the first in their families to pursue education beyond high school which places them at risk of completing a college degree. Our online student population is CSN’s second largest campus out of four locations. In Fall of 2015, CSN offered 1,224 classes online, approximately 25% of all class sections taught.
- The only population of the college with increased enrollment over the past two years. In a Fall 2014 survey by CSN’s Institutional Research regarding learning preferences, 61.23% felt it was Very Important for CSN students to have access to online and hybrid courses.
- eLearning Librarian applied for grant to do a Needs Assessment of our online students, online faculty, and local online high school students
- What does a librarian do? How are we changing? Digital information
- Working relationship between
- Discussion boards: instructor facilitates, librarian moderates
- E-mail in the LMS
- http://sites.csn.edu/library/tutorials/How-To-Read-a-Scholarly-Article/story.html
- -Total online students: 41 -Questions received: 163 -Most popular month: April - 79 -Most popular day: Sunday - 34 -Most popular time: 9pm - 25
- Surveys sent to all students in the online ENG 100 and ENG 101 classes via LMS e-mail (41 students). Only 10 responses but of the 10: 8 felt more confident than before after receiving a librarian’s help (1 less, 1 same). 9 rated their interactions with a librarian as the highest 1-5 rating (5 being Great). 1 rated as 4 (Good).
- Surveys sent to all students in the online ENG 100 and ENG 101 classes via LMS e-mail (41 students). Only 10 responses but of the 10: 8 felt more confident than before after receiving a librarian’s help (1 less, 1 same). 9 rated their interactions with a librarian as the highest 1-5 rating (5 being Great). 1 rated as 4 (Good).
- .09%
- Out of 41 online English students, 13 just didn’t turn in the assignment. Of the 28 online students who turned in their final research paper, 26 earned a B or better on the final paper.
- CSN Official Instructor/Course Evaluations at the end of the semester The teacher is very helpful and she requires you to use an online librarian
- Librarian could become a part of your department meetings and help develop the library’s collection in those subject areas. Can also assist faculty with other projects and facilitate communication between the library and other departments across your institution.
- Find out if your library can work with your course in other ways.
- -Is your course online, hybrid, or heavily utilizes your LMS? -Do you assign a research paper/project? -Does the research require sources outside of required readings? -Is writing or spoken debate emphasized in this course? -Is increasing students’ information literacy skills a goal? -Have you spoken to a librarian about possible options?
- -See if your library can realistically handle the program or already has one started. Does your college have an eLearning or DE librarian? -Set up a meeting to establish shared goals and outcomes -Set deadlines with enough time for library involvement -Communicate to students that library collaboration is not optional