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2017-10-15
Thorlakson, Jessica, Kung, Janice
As library sessions are typically one-shot sessions with limited time, it is difficult to gauge students’ comprehension of the subject matter. Since opportunities for post-session assessment is limited, there is a need to effectively evaluate students’ learning in class. Kahoot, an open-source,...
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Roving Reference with iPads: a study of the use of iPads as technological support and service assessment
Download2011-05-26
Abstract: Libraries continue to put effort into providing on-line and self-serve access to materials to reflect changing technological possibilities and expectations. Online solutions work for offsite and internet connected patrons but many patrons still physically work in library space, may not...
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Choosing versus receiving feedback: The impact of feedback valence on learning in an assessment game
Choosing versus receiving feedback: The impact of feedback valence on learning in an assessment game
2016
Studies examining feedback in educational settings have largely focused on feedback that is received, rather than chosen, by students. This study investigates whether adult participants learn more from choosing rather than receiving feedback from virtual characters in a digital poster design...
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Using a Professional Continuing Medical Education Simulation to Engage Undergraduate Medical Students in Information Literacy
Download2011-04-01
Campbell, Sandy, Johnson, Brettany, Storie, Dale, Hayward, Robert
Objective: 1. To engage students by delivering an Evidence Based Medicine assignment in a system that simulates a professional medical continuing education system that many participants will use in residency and practice. 2. To convert a paper-based “searching for and evaluating evidence”...
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2017-05-01
Environmental ecosystems are complex. Evaluating only one aspect of an ecosystem, does not provide a true measure of its impact. The same is true for information literacy. To evaluate information literacy goals only in a class setting, without taking into account other factors, does not provide...
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À la confluence de la traduction et de la littératie informationnelle : état des lieux et mise en œuvre
Download2014-08-23
La confluence croissante entre bibliothéconomie et les milieux du savoir se reflète dans l’engagement des bibliothécaires universitaires dans l’enseignement des disciplines académiques et dans les activités de recherche. A l’Université de l’Alberta (Canada), la bibliothèque offre une formation en...
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2015-09-09
Within our field, and more widely, there is a way of thinking that equates effective teaching with effective entertaining. This way of thinking can be referred to as a “discourse of edutainment.” It underpins some of the publications and conversations that encourage librarians to make their...
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2015
This report examines some of the issues facing the University of Alberta libraries in relation to patron experience and awareness, and offers technological solutions. Because each academic institution has specific needs according to what technologies and policies they have already adopted, and...