Librarians and the Evolving Research Needs of Distance Students

2018 ◽  
pp. 203-216
Author(s):  
James J. Thull
Keyword(s):  
Internet Access ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Online Class ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Online Library

Well-developed research skills are essential to a student's educational success. Students, who have not known a world without internet access often feel their research skills are good enough but usually fail to determine what the best information is and how to find it most efficiently. They have been raised in a world of instant access and instant gratification. Today we can book flights, buy cars and communicate across the globe with a keystroke. But asking Google for an answer is not equivalent to doing research. While these tools are constantly improving, and in our lifetimes will replace the need for research skills, the time has not yet come. Today our students still have a need for finding reliable scholarly information and online library research classes and services are the best methods for providing students with the skills they need to succeed. Designing, implementing, and teaching library research classes and embedding online research services into all online class offerings allows librarians to communicate research skills that meet our students at their point of need.

Distance Educators and Librarians

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-45
Author(s):  
James Thull
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Wireless Internet ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Wireless Internet Access ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Distance Educators

Well-developed research skills are essential to our student's educational success. For a generation that will create more information than was created by all those who came before them access to information is not an issue, at least for those on the access side of the digital divide. However as that wealth of information grows so does the need for the skill sets that allows one to pull the drops of needed information from the ocean that they have available to search. Students, who have not known a world without Google, smart phones, and abundant wireless internet access, often feel their research skills are good enough but usually fail, not in the search for information, but in the ability to determine what the best information is and how to find it most efficiently. Online library research classes are one of the best methods for providing students with the skills they need to succeed. Designing, implementing, and teaching library research classes allows librarians to communicate research skills that meet our students at their point of need. This paper will provide an examination of the benefits for students, libraries and faculty in providing these classes, an overview on how they can be structured to meet the information literacy needs of any student and basic information on how to create library research classes at any institution of higher education.

Distance Educators and Librarians

2016 ◽  
pp. 1502-1512
Author(s):  
James Thull
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Wireless Internet ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Wireless Internet Access ◽  
Search For Information ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Distance Educators

Well-developed research skills are essential to our student's educational success. For a generation that will create more information than was created by all those who came before them access to information is not an issue, at least for those on the access side of the digital divide. However as that wealth of information grows so does the need for the skill sets that allows one to pull the drops of needed information from the ocean that they have available to search. Students, who have not known a world without Google, smart phones, and abundant wireless internet access, often feel their research skills are good enough but usually fail, not in the search for information, but in the ability to determine what the best information is and how to find it most efficiently. Online library research classes are one of the best methods for providing students with the skills they need to succeed. Designing, implementing, and teaching library research classes allows librarians to communicate research skills that meet our students at their point of need. This paper will provide an examination of the benefits for students, libraries and faculty in providing these classes, an overview on how they can be structured to meet the information literacy needs of any student and basic information on how to create library research classes at any institution of higher education.

scholarly journals KONSEP PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DALAM MEMBENTUK PRIBADI ANAK YANG SHALIHAH

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Ulin Nadlifah Ummul Khoir
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Moral Cultivation ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Good Manner

Noble character is a reflection of one's personality, in addition to the superior morality will be able to bring someone to the high dignity. Lately, a good manner is costly and hard to find. The lack of understanding of moral values contained in the Qur'an and Hadith will further aggravate the condition of a person's personality, even life seemed to feel less meaningful. To form a noble personal, moral cultivation against children should be encouraged from an early age, since its formation will be easier than after the child's adulthood. Al Akhlaq Lil Banat book discusses some manners to apply in life, good family environment, school or community. It will create private-mannered accordance with the guidance of the Qur'an. It is a kind of literature review. To obtain representative data in the discussion, it is used library research to find, collect, read, and analyze the books with no relevance to the research problem. The relevant references then is compiled, analyzed, so as obtained as conclusion. To achieve success in the educational process, the material in the book Al Akhlaq Lil Banat can be used as a reference in order to achieve educational success. The material presented in this book is not only refers to the relationship between man and God (transcendental), but also on the relationship between humans (anthropocentric), such as morality to parents, relatives, neighbors, peers and also to the adab or ordinances, such manners visit, walking, traveling, and so forth.

scholarly journals Increasing the Authenticity of Group Assignments in an Online Research Course may Lead to Higher Academic Achievement

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Cari Merkley
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Teaching Presence ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Online Library

A Review of: Finch, J. L., & Jefferson, R. N. (2013). Designing authentic learning tasks for online library instruction. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(2), 181-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2012.10.005 Abstract Objective – To explore what impact assigning authentic tasks to students deliberately grouped by their majors in an online library research course has on student perceptions of teaching quality (teaching presence) and satisfaction. Design – Empirical comparative study. Setting – Medium-size (10,500 full-time students) liberal arts college in the United States of America. Subjects – 33 undergraduate students enrolled in a library research course. Methods – The study focusses on two sections of a one-credit online library research course taught by library faculty. The 17 students in the Spring “express” section were randomly assigned to groups and asked to complete a group annotated bibliography project using MLA style (Class Random). The 16 students registered in the Summer section of the same course were grouped by their majors, and asked to complete a modified version of the annotated bibliography group project in which they were asked to identify and then utilize the citation style most appropriate for their discipline (Class Deliberate). Students in Class Deliberate also received instruction around the role of subject specific citation styles in scholarly communication. Both sections completed a final assignment in which they developed a portal of resources to support their future studies or careers. All 33 students in both sections were invited to complete a modified online version of the Community of Inquiry (COI) survey consisting of 16 questions relating to student perceptions of the course’s teaching and cognitive presences. Questions relating to social presence were not administered. The final grades awarded to all students in both sections were also analyzed. Main Results – A total of 59% of the students in Class Random (10/17) and 67% of the students in Class Deliberate (11/16) completed the online survey. There were no statistically significant differences in the survey responses between the two sections with both groups of students rating the instructor’s teaching presence and the course’s cognitive presence highly. Only 40% of the respondents from Class Random and 46% from Class Deliberate agreed that working with peers facilitated their learning. The mean final grade received by students in Class Deliberate was 95.27 versus 86.15 in Class Random, a statistically significant difference (p

Improving Library Research Skills: Industry Analysis Workbook

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele D. Bunn ◽  
Michael R. Lavin
Keyword(s):  
Industry Analysis ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Library Research

scholarly journals Peran Guru dalam Pelaksanaan Bimbingan Konseling

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 172-184
Author(s):  
Sri Mulyati ◽  
Kamaruddin Kamaruddin
Keyword(s):  
School Principals ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Success ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
Eastern Culture ◽  
Library Research ◽  
School Day ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

This study aimed to determine the role of teachers in the implementation of counseling guidance. The teachers' role in the implementation of counseling must able to involve parties in schools such as students, subject teachers, school principals, and parents so that the counseling program can be carried out properly because there are few things or problems that often arise during the school day. The role of the teacher in this study is the role of a guider, counselor, informant, facilitator, mediator, collaborator, organizer, motivator, director, initiator, transmitter, and evaluator in achieving educational success. This type of research is library research, the method used is qualitative descriptive, Data were analyzed narratively. The result showed that teachers carried out their roles by implementing a continuous process, voluntary nuances, guiding principles for both male and female students, implementing Eastern culture, and implementing effective and efficient implementation.

scholarly journals Library Research Courses that Follow Universal Design Principles and Best Practices for Online Education of Special Needs Students Improve Student Learning Experiences

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Special Needs Students ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Online Library

A Review of: Catalano, A. (2014). Improving distance education for students with special needs: A qualitative study of students’ experiences with an online library research course. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 8(1-2): 17-31. doi: 10.1080/1533290X.2014.902416 Abstract Objective – To evaluate student experience with an online library research course that follows best practices about distance education for special needs students. Design – Questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Setting – A large private college in the United States of America. Subjects – Seven female students, both undergraduate and graduate, each with different physical and cognitive disabilities. Methods – Students were recruited from respondents to a survey about accessible library services, with a $50 gift card incentive. They took an online information literacy course that had been adapted for students with special needs, using universal design for learning and best practices in distance education for special needs students and in library instruction. Upon completion, students answered a questionnaire about the course learning activities. Students were then asked to participate in in-depth, semi-structured interviews on their learning preferences and study skills. Main Results – Students expressed overall satisfaction with the course, especially the clear organization and the ability to choose from various types of assignments for their final project. They expressed a preference for click-through, step-by-step instructions for tutorials. Five of the seven students participated in in-depth interviews, which revealed some common themes in their overall online learning experience: the challenge of obtaining extended time on tests; overcoming reluctance to participate in online discussions; the need for regular communication with instructors; and the need for clearly stated expectations and timely feedback. Conclusion – Student feedback confirms best practices identified in the literature on distance learning and on special needs students. The need for clear instructor expectations, clear course organization, and frequent interaction with the professor are common to all distance learning situations, but students with special needs are particularly in need of such well-structured instruction. Librarians should always determine accessibility before selecting software and tools to be used in online instruction. Accessible online library instruction should include information about resources for students with special needs; it should provide the same content in varied formats; and it should offer students options for assignment formats. Much research remains to be done to compare students with special needs in online and face-to-face courses, and to determine factors that improve the success of students with special needs in online courses.

scholarly journals “We want it now and we want it easy”: Usability testing of an online health library for healthcare practitioners

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine J. Neilson ◽  
Virginia Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Website Usability ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Saskatchewan Health ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Health Information Resources ◽  
A Site

Introduction – The purpose of this study was to undertake website usability testing of the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Partnership (SHIRP) online library website,. a digital library for healthcare providers working in the province of Saskatchewan, to determine whether the SHIRP website is intuitive for healthcare practitioners to use. Methods: Thirteen volunteers from four locations in the province participated in a usability test that included a portion devoted to the completion of tasks, as well as a series of semi-structured interview questions. Data were analyzed and themes were identified that were used to redesign the SHIRP website. Results – Nine out of the 13 main menu terms on the SHIRP website were problematic. A relatively low number of participants completed the assigned tasks on the first try. The SHIRP website was determined to be unwieldy and not completely intuitive. Conclusions – Asking front line healthcare providers what they need and want in an online library website should be the first step in creating or redesigning such a site. The time available to healthcare providers for doing library research is often limited, so the site needs to be simple, clean, and fast to use.

Enhancing Library Research Skills of Graduate Students Through Guided Autobiographies

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally H. Lawler ◽  
Elizabeth A. Olson ◽  
Elizabeth E. Chapleski
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Library Research
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