Student Research RedefinedFaculty/Librarian/Instructional Technologist Collaborative Workshop

Reasons for offering the collaborative workshop

•Introduce faculty to services

•Discuss effective assignment design

•Marketing

Thinking beyond the Research Paper

•Beau Weston-Sociology Professor▫Engaged the participants in an activity

geared at showing different aptitudes of students.

▫Talked about an assignment that requires students to design a website.

•Jennifer Muzyka-Chemistry Professor▫Required her students to take a learning

styles test in her class.▫Assigned a pet molecule project to each

student.

Library Resources

Library Resources

•Brief discussion of Website▫Discuss Online Catalogue

Reserve-search by professor or Course New Books Suggest a purchase-not for divisional

purchases Renewals

▫Databases General Databases Databases by Subject

Library Resources (cont.)

•How Do I Find Information on…▫Primary Sources in History▫Statistical Information▫Citing Sources▫Subject Guides

•Specific Databases▫Science Direct▫JSTOR▫Academic Search Premier▫Lexis Nexis

Library Resources (cont.)

• Web 2.0 Resources

• Library Blog• Twitter• Delicious• Diigo• Meebo Chat Reference

Diigo

Diigo

•Allows you to archive your bookmarks and access them from anywhere.

•Sticky notes and highlighting features are included.

•Share your bookmarked and highlighted websites with others.

•Search for content of interest to you that others have highlighted.

Center for Teaching and Learning

•Discussion of Pedagogy and Technology

▫Does the technology enhance the content?▫Do students know how to use the

technology that will be required for the project?

▫How will students learn how to use the technology for the project?

Center for Teaching and Learning

•Presentation of some technologies that could be used to enhance or guide instruction.

▫Google sites

▫VoiceThread

Voicethread http://voicethread.com/

What is Voicethread?•Voicethread is a free application that will

allow you to add narration, text and comments to images, videos, documents or presentations.

•Participants can comment via phone, text or microphone.

•Applications: Language courses, collaborative presentations, internship presentations, and assignments for courses in the Humanities.

Example of a Voicethread application

•http://cdn.voicethread.com/#home.b409.i3129

Limitations of Voicethread

•Only three projects may be stored in Voicethread, per user.

•Will the project be available at a later date, for example if Voicethread is no longer available?

What worked.

•Librarians and technologists gave faculty an overview of some challenges that students face when presented with an assignment.

•An overview of services was helpful as many faculty members were unaware of some of the resources available.

•Just getting these three groups in the same room allowed for some relationship building.

What would we do differently?

•Be more prepared for faculty questions about some of the databases. Perhaps solicit before the workshop some specific questions we might address.

•Cover less information. Some of the faculty seemed to experience information overload and we ran out of time.

What are some ways you are connecting with the faculty on your campus?