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It's Debatable: Tracking Changes In Student Opinions On Drug Policies After Classroom Debate, Carolyn Schubert, Lara Sapp, Elizabeth Howley
It's Debatable: Tracking Changes In Student Opinions On Drug Policies After Classroom Debate, Carolyn Schubert, Lara Sapp, Elizabeth Howley
Carolyn F Schubert
This poster provides a case study integrating ethical reasoning and debate into an undergraduate Health Sciences course on drugs uses, effects, and policies. The course instructor, Health Sciences and Nursing Librarian, and JMU Debate Team coaches collaborated on building the tiered assignment of annotated bibliographies and classroom student debates. The results document pre and post surveys of student opinions regarding each of the debate topics, providing insight on how opinions changed through the course of this assignment.
Distance Support Services: Defining, Discussing, And Determining Future Roles, Carolyn Schubert, Margaret Hoogland
Distance Support Services: Defining, Discussing, And Determining Future Roles, Carolyn Schubert, Margaret Hoogland
Carolyn F Schubert
Introduction: With over 6 million students now taking at least one course online, higher education is significantly shifting educational and outreach approaches (The Sloan Consortium, 2011). This trend is particularly strong in the medical field, as “fully online health sciences programs show higher growth than online programs in other disciplines” (The Sloan Consortium, 2011). To meet these emerging needs, library support must now occur via Learning Management Systems, Guides, Tutorials, and Websites. In parallel with the education trends, telemedicine consultations are becoming options more readily available to patients and practitioners making online learning and collaboration a professional skill. In early …
Nutrition Care Manual, Carolyn Schubert, Amanda Hedrick
Nutrition Care Manual, Carolyn Schubert, Amanda Hedrick
Carolyn F Schubert
Developed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutrition Care Manual serves as an evidence-based, point-of-care tool for students, educators, and professionals. The content covers the most common nutrition issues, professional background information, treatment plans, and patient education information. However, the user interface is confusing with few paths for logical search or navigation and lacks many of the common features users expect from most electronic resources, such as permalinks or mobile viewing. While the content and flexibility meet a previously unfulfilled need in allied health resources, the interface problems hinder maximum utilization of the content quickly.
Leveraging Emerging Technology To Visually Promote Library Resources, Carolyn Schubert
Leveraging Emerging Technology To Visually Promote Library Resources, Carolyn Schubert
Carolyn F Schubert
Objectives: Use emerging technologies to create and deploy a virtual bookshelf of new books to increase circulation. Previous studies completed by the library have documented the increased circulation of materials upon creation of themed physical book displays. Methods: Currently, visitors can setup an RSS feed for each month's new listing of title. However, circulation of materials remains low. Therefore, I will use virtual bookshelf technology with graphics, such as LibraryThing book covers, to promote new monographic materials for the health sciences and nursing departments. The virtual bookshelf will appear on the home page of the health sciences and nursing subject …