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Meeting The Needs Of Online Students Through Creative Reimagining And Collaboration With Instructors, Jenn Monnin, Beth Nardella May 2022

Meeting The Needs Of Online Students Through Creative Reimagining And Collaboration With Instructors, Jenn Monnin, Beth Nardella

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This chapter presents a case study where a Health Sciences Librarian and an Exercise Physiology Professor at an R1 University transformed two library instruction sessions into one graded online assignment. Successful student outcomes proved the asynchronous online method worth continuing for future courses regardless of class format.

The typical instruction methods and experimental modifications made to accommodate remote learning demanded by the COVID-19 pandemic and online course sections will be presented in this chapter. Student learning outcomes will be examined followed by a discussion of best practices discovered during the project. A final recommendation will be made for librarian and …


Exphys370 Library Assignments Parts 1 & 2, And Library Website Scavenger Hunt, Jenn Monnin, Beth Nardella Aug 2021

Exphys370 Library Assignments Parts 1 & 2, And Library Website Scavenger Hunt, Jenn Monnin, Beth Nardella

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The Search Terms & Boolean Operators Activity, Information Evaluation Activity, and the Library Website Scavenger Hunt are three assignments for the course ExPh370: Writing for Exercise Science. These assignments were librarian created with final approval by the course instructor, are credit-bearing in the course, and are the current version of the assignments as of Fall 2021. These assignments are supplemental material for a book chapter by the same authors.


Information Privilege, Jessica Dai Jan 2020

Information Privilege, Jessica Dai

2020 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

This discussion-based session will focus on the ways that access to information is dependent on status, power, and affiliation.


Problem-Based Learning And Information Literacy: Revising A Technical Writing Class, Kelly Diamond Jan 2019

Problem-Based Learning And Information Literacy: Revising A Technical Writing Class, Kelly Diamond

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This chapter discusses the collaboration between a librarian and faculty member to revise an online technical writing course using the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy, problem-based learning, and instructional design principles. The chapter outlines three components of course revision: 1) re-design online course to be more engaging to students as well as easier to navigate; 2) create assignments and activities to mirror actual workplace writing tasks; 3) develop research assignments focused on information literacy skills used in the workplace. Using elements from ADDIE (Analyze; Design; Develop; Implement; Evaluate) and Backward Design, the course …


Hashtags & Filter Bubbles: Guiding Students On Their Research Quest, Kelly Diamond, Laura Brady Jan 2018

Hashtags & Filter Bubbles: Guiding Students On Their Research Quest, Kelly Diamond, Laura Brady

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Patch And Pact Writing: Engaging Students With The Acrl Framework, Research As Inquiry, Kelly Diamond, Laura Brady Jan 2018

Patch And Pact Writing: Engaging Students With The Acrl Framework, Research As Inquiry, Kelly Diamond, Laura Brady

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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Integration Of Information Literacy Skills To Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects, Farshid Zabihian, Mary L. Strife, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen May 2015

Integration Of Information Literacy Skills To Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects, Farshid Zabihian, Mary L. Strife, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Searching for information and using that information appropriately is an essential part of every engineering design project. It has been reported that design engineers spend about 30% of their time searching for information. Experience shows that even senior level students have not received proper training, either directly or indirectly, in information literacy (IL). They usually search for information intuitively. For mechanical and aerospace engineering students at West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech), the Mechanical Engineering System Design I and II courses (MAE 480 and 481) are probably the last chance to teach students about IL. In this project, …


The 360° Of Information Fluency Delivery To Freshman Engineering Students, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, Robin A.M. Hensel, Mary L. Strife Jun 2014

The 360° Of Information Fluency Delivery To Freshman Engineering Students, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, Robin A.M. Hensel, Mary L. Strife

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

For three years, engineering librarians from West Virginia University (WVU) have been teaching information fluency skills to 700-1000 freshman engineering students per year, using a specific information fluency cycle. The librarians’ responsibilities in the Fall 2013 course syllabus included teaching once in each section, providing a two-hour, in-library group sessions to accommodate almost 700 students, delivering an intellectual property Blackboard™ module for students to complete over a specific period of time, and requiring students to complete a Plagiarism Avoidance Tutorial with quiz. Some of these components are similar to those of past semesters. However, past collection of the data was …