LIBRARY ORIENTATION FOR THE IPOD GENERATION

Virginia Cairns and Toni Carter

Where did you get THAT idea?

And where’d you get the money??

Gotta have some toys

Gotta learn how to use them

The you have to just play with them

USTU101 – The Freshman Seminar

Fundamental shift

Concepts to cover

Recording video & writing script

If I’d only known…

Class visit

Clues

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CLUE o c u o

IPOD INVESTIGATION

Tour

Quiz

Results and future assessment

So far…478 students in classes385 quizzes completedSo, 81% participationGrades – Mainly bell curve, need more in-depth evaluation

Results and future assessment Using the IPod was…

easy.  I totally understood how to use the IPod. 23

o.k., but the video was either too fast, too slow, or

confusing. 3

confusing.  I did not understand how to use the IPod. 0

Results and future assessment The IPod Investigation was… informative.  I learned a lot about the

library. 20

  confusing.  I would rather have a class about the library. 5

  a waste of time.  I did not learn anything helpful about the library. 1

If I’d only known… needed changes Video could be slowed down Students asked for more directional

signs More difficult clues/or different way

of doing it Blackboard - possibly change to an

online survey Prep and upkeep a bit time

consuming/still probably less time than teaching the classes though

Questions?