Internet Librarian International
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From conference program: Libraries are using virtual technology to educate users about library services, encourage interactivity and support professional skills development. One library created a YouTube video game to educate users about library resources.
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- 1. Gaming the Library Willie Miller & Bill Orme IUPUI University Library, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Internet Librarian International October 15, 2013 London, United Kingdom
- 2. Key Messages Game-based learning is useful to libraries for creating new opportunities for user engagement. Focus learning outcomes more on interactions than specific resources. Time is a valuable and exhaustible resource. User-testing is worth the additional time.
- 3. Presentation Outline • Game Learning Review • What is The Missing Project? • “Missing” Origins • Project Goals • Planning || Marketing|| Launch || Reception • Lessons Learned
- 4. Gamification: “the process of game-thinking and game mechanics to engage users and solve problems” (Zichermann & Cunningham, 2011)
- 5. Game-Based Learning Research • Games and digital natives (Prensky, 2001) • Students designing games (Gershenfeld, 2011) • Adoption in Higher Ed (2012 Horizon Report) • Tips for designing digital library games (Kim, 2012) • Libraries designing information literacy games (Smale, 2012)
- 6. What is the Missing Project?
- 9. Library’s Value-Added • • • • • • • • • Subject Pages Mobile Site Study rooms Room Reservation System Reference Services Text-a-Librarian Rich Media Cluster International News Room Pop Shop (Popular Browsing Area) • Access Services (Circulation/Course Reserves/Media) • • • • • • 2120 Learning Lab Subject Librarians Soft Seating (Sleeping!) Lilly Auditorium Quiet Floor - 3rd Floor Academic Commons (Reference) • Writing Center • Movable Sections in Gov. Docs • Meebo
- 11. Lessons Learned • Add tech experts early • Take other units into consideration • Avoid using vendor names • Centralize planning documents • Test full product before launch • Build assessment into the process early
- 12. Lessons Learned • Remember, students are students • Remember, volunteers are volunteers • Align your vision with your capabilities • Understand, time is a critical resource • Consider offering academic credit • Keep in mind, your viewers may not be as in love with your project as you.
- 13. Gaming the Library Willie Miller: wmmiller@iupui.edu, @LibraryWillie Bill Orme: orme@iupui.edu
- 14. References • Gershenfeld, Alan. (2011). Leveling up from player to designer. Knowledge Quest, 40(1), 54-59. • Johnson, L., Adams, S., & Cummins, M. (2012). The NMC horizon report: 2012 higher education edition. Austin, TX: New Media Consortium. • Prensky, Marc. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants, Part II: Do they really think differently? On the Horizon, 9(6), 1-9. • Rieber, L. P., Smith, L., & Noah, D. (1998). The value of serious play. Educational Technology, 38(6), 29-37. • Smale, Maura A. (2012). Get in the game: Developing an information literacy classroom game. Journal of Library Innovation, 3(1), 126-147. • Zichermann, Gabe, & Cunningham, Christopher. (2011). Gamification by design: Implementing game mechanics in web and mobile apps: O'Reilly Media.
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