Information Detective: The Freshmen Experience at

Georgia College

Jolene ColeInstruction CoordinatorAssistant Professor of Library Science jolene.cole@gcsu.eduGeorgia College

Overview

• The Development• The Implementation• The Assessment • The Future

Program History• No official collaboration with Freshmen Seminar

Courses (Run by The Center for Student Success)

• Very few seminar instructors introduced the library to their courses

Turning Point

• URACE Grants

• New faculty/librarians

Logistics

• 40 iPad minis

• By in from Center for Student Success

• In-Class or Outside Class (Flexible)

• Used Socrative App and LibGuides

http://libguides.gcsu.edu/InfoLitDetective

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What is it?A smart student response system that empowers teachers by engaging their classrooms with a series of educational exercises and games. Runs on tablets, smartphones and laptops.

Cost? Currently Free (Free for over a year, but they say it won’t be free forever.

Assessment? Student responses are visually represented for multiple choice, true/false and short answer and Auto-graded. Teachers may download reports.

Is there a Student Limit per Room?The limit is 50 students logged in a one time. You can have as many as you’d like throughout the day.

Where are my Reports?Reports can be downloaded or emailed after you complete a Quiz. You must be working on a laptop or desktop for the download function to work.You can also download or email reports by selecting “Manage Quizzes” from your teacher dashboard. Then select the Reports tab to choose the activity.

Compatibility? Any Internet Browser, mix of smartphones, tablets and computers.

AssessmentFreshman Seminar Students: (Came to Classroom)

2012-2013: 31

2013-2014: 427

Total number of Freshman who completed activity:

1254 out of 170174% of incoming class

Assessment

Average Score: 85.9%(of those who fully completed project) Average Score: 83.8%(Everyone)

*9 gradable clues/questions

Issues• Socrative Update

• Having to go back and forth between apps/websites

• Verbiage of specific questions

• Socrative – brain freezes? aka skipped questions

Highlights

• Great Collaboration across campus

• Great word of mouth among instructors

• Students were excited to use the equipment / no lectures!

• Great participation numbers

READY PLAYER

ONEFall 2014 – Spring 2015

Updates

Eliminating LibGuide hints

Moving to texting hints (LibAnswers) and/or QR Codes

Electronic media check-out forms

Alternative Methods

Other courses: • English 1101

• One-Shot instruction (space races)

• Semester Long Library Courses (space races, Exit Tickets, Quick Questions)

ResourcesSocrativewww.socrative.com

Georgia College Library LibGuidehttp://libguides.gcsu.edu/InfoLitDetective

My Contact Info: Jolene Cole

478.445.0989jolene.cole@gcsu.edu

THANK YOU!