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Taking The First Step To Develop Scalable, Asynchronous Library Instruction, Liz Thompson, Bethany Mickel, Howard Carrier Jul 2016

Taking The First Step To Develop Scalable, Asynchronous Library Instruction, Liz Thompson, Bethany Mickel, Howard Carrier

Libraries

Scalable equals asynchronous. And asynchronous equals boring. Or does it? The First Year Writing program at JMU offers more than 60 sections of the foundational first‐year writing course each semester to more than one thousand students and is supported by one librarian. In an effort to reach more than the usual 20 one‐shot sessions each semester, a small team from the library planned and built an asynchronous, modular tutorial series. Now, information literacy instruction is provided using a tool called Guide on the Side (GotS) and uses short scenario videos and additional content followed by activities and assessment to improve …

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One Tutorial, Two Universities: How Technology Can Be Adapted To Meet The Needs Of Multiple Libraries, Betsy A. Williams, Rita Kohrman, Justin Melick, Valerie Beech, Eric A. Kowalik May 2016

One Tutorial, Two Universities: How Technology Can Be Adapted To Meet The Needs Of Multiple Libraries, Betsy A. Williams, Rita Kohrman, Justin Melick, Valerie Beech, Eric A. Kowalik

Eric A. Kowalik

How many times have you participated in this scenario?

Student: I can’t find this article in the databases (she shows you a citation).
You: Oh, this citation is for a book. Let’s check the catalog.

Helping students understand citations seems to be an on-going activity, but learning about citations can be boring and requires attention to detail. In order to address this problem, we created a fun tutorial using drag-and-drop technology that can be used in an online environment or in the classroom. The tutorial helps students identify the elements of a citation, place them in the correct order, and …

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One Tutorial Two Universities.Pptx, Betsy Williams, Rita Kohrman, Valerie Beech, Eric Kowalik May 2016

One Tutorial Two Universities.Pptx, Betsy Williams, Rita Kohrman, Valerie Beech, Eric Kowalik

Presentations

One Tutorial, Two Universities: How Technology Can Be Adapted to Meet the Needs of Multiple Libraries presented at LOEX Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. May 2016

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One Tutorial Two Universities.Pptx, Betsy Williams, Rita Kohrman, Valerie Beech, Eric A. Kowalik Apr 2016

One Tutorial Two Universities.Pptx, Betsy Williams, Rita Kohrman, Valerie Beech, Eric A. Kowalik

Rita Kohrman

One Tutorial, Two Universities: How Technology Can Be Adapted to Meet the Needs of Multiple Libraries presented at LOEX Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. May 2016

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Trigonometry: An Overview Of Important Topics, Lauren Johnson Apr 2016

Trigonometry: An Overview Of Important Topics, Lauren Johnson

All Capstone Projects

The purpose of this project was to help students achieve a better understanding of Trigonometry, in order to better prepare them for future Calculus courses. The project is a tutorial that walks the student through important Trigonometry topics. The topics range from, but are not limited to, finding the measure of an angle to analyzing the graphs of Trigonometric Functions. Each topic allows an opportunity for the student to assess their understanding by working through practice problems and checking their solutions.

At any university, incoming students will have a wide variety of mathematical backgrounds. These students differ in age, in …

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