Emily Mazure, MSI, AHIP Margaret Henderson, MLIS Shannon D. Jones, MLS, AHIP

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Enhancing the One-Shot Session: Using Pre-Class Online Tutorials to Build a Basic Information Literacy Foundation

MAC Annual Meeting, October 14th, 2010

Emily Mazure, MSI, AHIPMargaret Henderson, MLIS

Shannon D. Jones, MLS, AHIP

Coming Up Next• Project overview• VCU & The Tompkins-McCaw Library for the

Health Sciences• Why• How• Results• Lessons

Pre-Class

Post-Class

Experimental

Control

Virginia Commonwealth University

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences

Learning styles

Standardize

Why Tutorials

The Tutorials

Boolean Operators

Controlled Terms & Database Thesauri

Design Objectives• Basics• Concepts• Application• Generalizable

Process

Storyboard• PowerPoint

Audio• Audacity

Screencapture• PowerPoint

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Produce videos• Quiz links

Boolean Operators

Audio• Audacity

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Process

Audio• Audacity

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Process

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Audio• Audacity

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Process

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Audio• Audacity

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Process

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Audio• Audacity

slides• Camtasia

Edit• Camtasia

Process

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Boolean Operator Tutorial

Controlled Terms & Thesauri Tutorial

Pre-Class Pre-Class

Post-Class Post-Class

Quizzes

7 Questions

QuizzesBoolean Operator

Tutorial

Pre-Class

Post-Class

5 Questions

Db screenshots

QuizzesControlled Terms

& Thesauri Tutorial

Pre-Class

Post-Class

Please select the date and time of the library class session.

TutorialControlled Terms

& Thesauri Tutorial

Pre-Class Pre-Class

Did you watch the tutorial on _____ before attending class?

TutorialControlled Terms

& Thesauri Tutorial

Evaluation• 9 questions

– 3 open-ended– Rate

• Content• Aesthetics• Confidence

Results• 2 Workshops • 1 curriculum-based class

Color Code• Purple = correct answers

• Orange = incorrect answers

Pre-Class Post- ClassVS.

Correct74%

In-correct26%

Correct75%

In-correct25%

Pre-Class Post-Class

CorrectIncorrect

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

Correct59%

In-cor-rect41%

Correct59%

In-cor-rect41%

Pre-Class Post-Class

CorrectIncorrect

CONTROLLED TERMS & THESAURI

Pre-Class Post- ClassVS.

Tutorial No TutorialVS.

BOOLEAN OPERATORSWatched Tutorial Did Not Watch Tutorial

Correct44%

In-cor-rect56%

Correct74%

In-correct26%

CorrectIncorrect

Correct13%

In-cor-rect87%

Correct59%

In-cor-rect41%

Watched Tutorial Did Not Watch Tutorial

CorrectIncorrect

CONTROLLED TERMS & THESAURI

Tutorial No TutorialVS.

WINNER

Time on quiz

Pre Post0

250Boolean Operators Controlled Terms

What do you think?

What percentage of students do you think watched the tutorials and

completed the quizzes?

What do you think?

Do you think the percentage changes depending on if librarians or faculty

instructors contacted students? How so?

Response Rates• Librarians contacted students

– 67 – 100 % completed tutorials & Pre-Class Quizzes

• Faculty Instructors contacted students– < 50%

Please rate your confidence in

completing the following tasks, after watching

the tutorial, but before coming

to class.

Using Controlled terms to search in a database

Very confident

Fairly confident

Not very confident

Not at all confident

Don’t know

N/A02468

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Identifying Controlled terms in a database

Using Boolean operators to search in a database

Please rate your confidence in

completing the following tasks,

after attending class with a

librarian.

Using Controlled terms to search in a database

Very con-fident

Fairly confident

Not very confident

Not at all confident

Don’t know

Identifying Controlled terms in a database

20Using Boolean operators to search in a database

How would you prefer to learn about basic concepts (like Boolean operators and controlled terms)?

By watching tutorials prior to class.

Through librarian lectures during class.

Through your own trial-and-error.

Other 0

I thought using the tutorial before class was helpful because it meant some of the lecture could be cut out and we

could do some searches hands-on and have questions answered. Nice pairing.

…I learned it in the tutorial, but firmed up the

knowledge in class.

This class was wonderful and very practical.

Final Thoughts• Class Recruitment difficult

• Student participation varies

Final Thoughts• IRB Constraints

• Time

Final Thoughts• Post-class = Pre-class

• No Tutorials = Poor understanding

• Save class time and focus instruction – Students appreciated this!

Future• More classes• More controls• Additional tutorials?

Links• Controlled Terms & Thesauri Tutorial:

http://bit.ly/vcucttutorial

• Boolean Operators Tutorial:http://bit.ly/vcubotutorial

• Additional Info: http://bit.ly/mac2010handout

Images Used• http://www.flickr.com/photos/rberteig/177100826/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dherholz/2290958516/sizes/l/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/14610199@N07/3143043598• http://flickr.com/photos/ranieriribeiro/1360021695/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/27987437@N06/3945958797/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbridgewater/3761128885/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/rufino_uribe/178577542/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/80039525@N00/2763362494/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/seatbelt67/502255276/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchsurprenant/3133901461/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/49462908@N00/4356185807/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/37183619@N00/1574355646/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/29601732@N06/3020016417/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/4103120905/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/43322231@N07/4003590489/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/16151021@N00/4784609368/

Questions?Suggestions?

Emily MazureVirginia Commonwealth Universityesmazure@vcu.edu

Correct71%

In-correct29%

BO Pre Total (Workshops)

Correct74%

In-correct26%

BO Post Total (Workshops)

Correct87%

In-correct13%

Pre BO Total (Biostat)

Correct84%

In-correct16%

Post BO Total (Biostat)

Correct60%

In-correct40%

CT Pre Total (Workshops)

Correct59%

In-correct41%

CT Post Total (Workshops)

Correct57%

In-correct43%

PRE CT Total (Biostat)

Correct58%

In-correct42%

Post CT Total (Biostat)

Approximately how many minutes did it take you to watch the tutorials and complete the quizzes before class?

0-5 minutes 6-10 minutes 11-15 minutes 16-20 minutes 21+ minutes0

* Spring Workshops Only

Please rate the following:

Tutorial content

Poor Fair Adequate Very Good

Excellent N/A02468

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Tutorial aesthetics

Please rate the following:

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In-class content

Poor Fair Adequate Very Good

Excellent N/A02468

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In-class delivery

Classes

• Spring 2010– General Workshops on PubMed

• Highly publicized• Food• < 1 hour

• Fall 2010– Curriculum-based Classes

• 3 total• 1 – 2.5 hours

– Targeted Workshop• 1 hour

Which tutorial(s) did you watch? (select all that apply)

Boolean operators for database searching

Database controlled terms and thesauri

Emily Mazure, MSI, AHIP Margaret Henderson, MLIS Shannon D. Jones, MLS, AHIP

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