RefWorks Proposal for Edu612

1. Carol Will
Educ 612
May 7, 2009

2. Goals
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◦ To introduce students to basic components of
bibliographic management software called
RefWorks.
◦ To help students learn how to use RefWorks in
connection to their research assignments.
◦ To get students to see benefits of using RefWorks.

3. Students required to use references in their papers;
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organization of references is crucial not just for
bibliography but for organizing thoughts in writing.
RefWorks can save source citations and links to their
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locations in the catalog and databases so they can be
found later.
RefWorks can automatically format
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bibliographies, saving time.
Students and faculty can collaborate by sharing their
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references with RefWorks.

4. Students will choose activities and will be active
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in finding out things for themselves.
Interactive learning – Hands on; self-motivated.
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They will choose sources that they can use for
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their subject research - relevant.
This is a hybrid course: in conjunction with live
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instructor; it is not meant as a standalone course.

5. Undergraduate students.
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Graduate students.
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Anyone who hasn’t used basic RefWorks.
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6. Set up a personal RefWorks account and set up a initial folder.
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Search the library catalog from within RefWorks and import a library
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item (book, journal, etc.) into Refworks account.
Import at least 3 articles from 3 different library databases into
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their RefWorks account.
Format 3 articles into a reference list in their chosen citation style.
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Share RefWorks folder with another person in the class or with the
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instructor.
Import an article from Google Scholar into RefWorks account.
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Take some tutorials provided by the RefWorks software company.
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Find other sources of help in using Refworks
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(youtube, slideshare, etc.)

7. Find RefWorks tutorials at suggested places
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Online.
Captivate videos (although why invent the
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wheel); there are tons already or use Jing!
Quizzes?
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Shared activities such as share references.
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Post to blog or wiki.
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Use Web 2.0 tools such as blog, slideshare,
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youtube.

8. Online form evaluation.
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 Concept map drawing.
 Blog postings or wiki?
 Share bibliographies.
 Share ideas and links to RefWorks
help.

9. Still working on content; interactivity is not easy.
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Still working on design – realized that it had to
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conform to Umass standards for websites.
Also still learning Dreamweaver which can be
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slow to learn.
Help! Any ideas?
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It was really nice to meet you all! 
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