Session6.2 Cone
Transcript of Session6.2 Cone
Librarian/Faculty Collaboration: Strategies for
ProvidingLibrary Services and Resources
in Online Courses
The 19th Annual AFACCT ConferenceSession 6.2: January 9, 2009
Vicki Cone, Ken Jarvis, and Sandra KingAnne Arundel Community College
Sloan Report Almost 3.5 million students were taking
at least one online course during the fall 2006 term; a nearly 10 percent increase over the number reported the previous year.
The 9.7 percent growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds the 1.5 percent growth of the overall higher education student population.
Nearly twenty percent of all U.S. higher education students were taking at least one online course in the fall of 2006.
Sloan Report: http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/online_nation
Sloan Report (cont.)
Information Literacy Is often a college competency Is important to accrediting bodies Enables students to do effective
research Increases as students complete
assignments requiring them to find, evaluate, and properly use information
Is an important life-long skill
Communication
Social &Civic Responsibility
Anne Arundel Community College expects students to gain and demonstrate proficiencyin core competencies which encompass general education and essential life skills.
The college is committed to offering experiences that allow students to acquire, develop and demonstrate growth in these competencies.
The attainment of these competencies provides the foundation for lifelong learning.
Self-ManagementTechnology
Fluency Scientific Reasoning
Innovative &Critical Thinking
Personal Wellness
Global Perspective
Information Literacy
Quantitative Reasoning
AACC Students and Graduates are Among AACC Students and Graduates are Among
the Best Prepared Citizens and Workers of the Worldthe Best Prepared Citizens and Workers of the World
Information Literacy Know – what kind and how much Access – effectively and efficiently Evaluate – find appropriate info
from proper sources Use – to accomplish goal Ethics – use information legally
and ethically
Librarians Reinforce Information Literacy Skills Obtain resources to support
student learning Provide access to those materials Offer services to enhance effective
use of those resources Assist faculty in a variety of ways
Resources Books and other resources
Databases & electronic books Audio-Visual materials
Library guides Tutorials Streaming video Web pages that describe our
services
Services Online Library Card application Deliver books Assistance through email/phone 24/7 reference Library instruction at off-site
locations Captivate tutorials
Librarians Can Help Students Use the library Start research Choose appropriate material Create proper citations Assist online students when
embedded in the course
Librarians Can Help Faculty Comply with Copyright & the TEACH
Act (in cooperation with DL staff) Collaborate on assignments Find resources that work in DL
environment Provide other resources and
services for DL faculty
Other Ways Librarian involvement on college
committees that involve DL CMS involvement Workshops for faculty
Supporting Distance Learners
• Hotel Restaurant Management is a statewide designated program
• This broadens the audience and increases the demand for distance learning
• Embedding a librarian in the class made sense; to provide distance learners with the same quality resources as those on campus
• As the demand for distance learning increased, library resources expanded
Supporting Distance Learners
• The library has developed “guides” for many college programs containing relevant resources
• Students are required to complete an MLA bibliography assignment using the “citation guide”
• In an introduction course, students write papers using specific library database resources
Student Support, Another Example
HRM 232, World Culture and Cuisine Research paper Fact sheet PowerPoint Presentation Streaming Videos
On server Films.com
Pulling it all Together This is an amazing collegial effort between
the instructor, the library and the instructional designers from the Virtual Campus
To support student learning and success To meet college wide core competencies
Information Literacy Technology Fluency Communication
Supporting Distance Learners Online students usually pay fees
for services, but don’t always use them.
They may not know how to get a library card, access the library catalogue or databases, or get help with research questions.
Other ideas: I also mention the library
discussion in the assignment itself. For example, I tell students to use the links which Prof. Cone has placed in the library discussion rather than sources such as Wikipedia and About.com.
Benefits: Online students feel that they have
their own personal librarian available to assist them.
Even students who take both online and on-campus classes benefit because they don’t always access library services while on campus.
Thank you!
Vicki ConeKen Jarvis
Sandy King
Anne Arundel Community College
(Links to some of the library’s resources are listed on the next slide.)
Anne Arundel Community College Library Resources
Library Guides: http://libguides.aacc.edu/ Guide to Citing Sources:
http://libguides.aacc.edu/citationguide Guide to Writing College Papers:
http://libguides.aacc.edu/writingcollegepapers Library Resources for Distance Learners:
http://www.aacc.edu/library/DLResources.cfm Library Resources for Faculty:
http://www.aacc.edu/library/DLFaculty.cfm