King Library’s Online Information Literacy Tutorials

Pamela JacksonReference/Instruction Librarian

San José State University Library

March 15, 2005

10-11am

Center for Faculty Development & Support

Benefits of Online Library Tutorials• Students learn information literacy skills at their

own pace, outside of physical classrooms and traditional class time.

• Offers a progressive reinforcement of information literacy skills.

• Students gain a common foundation of knowledge before the in-person library instruction session.

• “Face” time with students can be advanced and student-centered when tutorials precede in-person library instruction.

Concepts Taught via Information Competence Tutorials

• General orientation to the library’s physical and online environments

• Defining a research topic; selecting search terms• Selecting, searching for and evaluating

information• Identifying popular and scholarly literature• Understanding and recognizing primary research• Plagiarism

Measuring Student Learning

• Pre-tests measure student knowledge before taking the tutorial.

• Quizzes at the end of each module or tutorial test students’ knowledge after completing the tutorial.

• Quiz data can be used to tailor content of both library and course instruction.

Quizzes and Queries

• Students register to take a tutorial.

• Quiz scores are automatically emailed to the student upon completion.

• Results are stored in a local database.

• Queries allow us to see quiz scores by class, student, semester (includes class averages and scores by question).

King LibraryOnline Tutorials

An Overview

Essential Research Skills

Advanced Subject-Specific Tutorials

Tutorials for Prospective Students

Student Learning Assessment

Link to SJSU Tutorials:http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/