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Social Media For International Students: It's Not All About Facebook, Grace Saw, Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, Carolyn Mcdonald
Social Media For International Students: It's Not All About Facebook, Grace Saw, Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, Carolyn Mcdonald
Wendy Abbott
According to the OECD there are nearly four million tertiary students enrolled in a course outside their country of citizenship. In 2010 there were 335 273 international students enrolled in higher education in Australia. To support these students during their study, libraries need to find ways to communicate and engage with them.An Australian study found that international students’ preferred methods for learning about library services was through library webpages and personal contact with library staff. As more libraries experiment with social networking to inform and connect with students, we need to determine the effectiveness of this strategy for reaching international …
We Got Game! Using Games For Library Orientation, Annie Smith, Lesli Baker
We Got Game! Using Games For Library Orientation, Annie Smith, Lesli Baker
Annie Smith
Games offer an engaging and effective way to orient students to the library and library services. Using a self-paced game approach, Utah Valley University created two unique games to introduce students to the physical layout of the library as well as to the electronic services available from the library’s website. In this program, attendees will learn the foundations to educational gaming, information for developing basic orientation games and assessment data showing that games are valid method for learning.