scholarly journals Applying E-learning Technologies to Library Information Literacy Instruction

Author(s):  
Jamie Ward

Academic libraries have adopted and adapted the e-learning technologies for delivery of their Information Literacy programmes. This chapter describes some of the ways in which academic librarians have been very inventive in using emerging technologies to enhance their instructional content. By using a case study of DkIT the chapter details how information literacy and the e-learning technologies emerged together. E-learning platforms like the virtual learning environments (VLE) are the natural place for libraries to use as portals for their IL instruction. This chapter argues that using the VLE (with the inherent instructional interaction made possible by this technology), and adopting some amalgam of the newer teaching styles like problem-based learning and blended learning techniques completes the IL circle for librarians. Librarians now have the tools at their disposal to finally fulfil the promises we undertook when we embarked on our information literacy programmes.

2012 ◽  
pp. 693-709
Author(s):  
Jamie Ward

Academic libraries have adopted and adapted the e-learning technologies for delivery of their Information Literacy programmes. This chapter describes some of the ways in which academic librarians have been very inventive in using emerging technologies to enhance their instructional content. By using a case study of DkIT the chapter details how information literacy and the e-learning technologies emerged together. E-learning platforms like the virtual learning environments (VLE) are the natural place for libraries to use as portals for their IL instruction. This chapter argues that using the VLE (with the inherent instructional interaction made possible by this technology), and adopting some amalgam of the newer teaching styles like problem-based learning and blended learning techniques completes the IL circle for librarians. Librarians now have the tools at their disposal to finally fulfil the promises we undertook when we embarked on our information literacy programmes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 607-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Lawal ◽  
Stephen Akintunde

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential role of information literacy (IL) within the changing context of the e-learning environment at the University of Jos in recent years. It focuses and emphasises the role of the University library in facilitating teaching and learning through the use of e-learning platforms in teaching information retrieval skills. The paper aims to identify gaps in students’ information skills that could be addressed through IL instruction. Design/methodology/approach – The study employed a case study research design while the methodology involved the administration of structured questionnaires to the two groups of respondents. Findings – Findings from the study provide useful insights to the skills challenges experienced by students and point to a need for effective collaboration between the library, faculty and management in order to promote a better approach to learning at the institution. Originality/value – By emphasising the role of the library, the paper contributes to previous studies on e-learning at the University and provides a basis for further research in this regard.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Sanchez Barreiro ◽  
Diego Garcia-Saiz ◽  
Marta Elena Zorrilla Pantaleon

Author(s):  
Simon Kang'ethe Ngigi ◽  
Elizabeth A. Obura

Online and blended instruction offers learners a unique opportunity to learn ubiquitously without being limited to the constraints of time and distance. Additionally, these pedagogies have the potential to open the doors of the university to a wider audience, provide choices for non-traditional students, and extend services to populations that would otherwise not be able to attend the classes on campus. However, complementing traditional teaching with blended learning techniques in a traditional university course presents various challenges. This chapter identify gaps in the factors affecting blended learning in the digital age. Based on the findings, the authors argue that instructors can rely on e-learning technologies to implement blended learning model by redesigning some lectures into new online learning activities, such as tutorials, self-testing exercises, and online group collaborations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Fouad Hossain Sarker ◽  
Rafi Al Mahmud ◽  
M. Saiful Islam ◽  
Md Kabirul Islam

Purpose Although e-learning has already been accepted globally as an effective medium of delivery of quality education and ensure optimum student participation, Bangladeshi higher educational institutions are still at a very early stage of adopting such technologies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to critically examine the suitability of implementing effective e-learning through learning management system (LMS) at the tertiary educational institutions in Bangladesh, and how both students and teachers experience and respond to this new learning platform. Following mixed-methods techniques, data for this study were collected from students and respective course teachers of a private university in Bangladesh by administering questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The findings of this paper reveal that e-learning has been well accepted by most of the students as they are found routinely spending time on the LMS on a regular basis for watching lecture videos, viewing course information, reading postings of the fellow students in the forum. However, there are constraints as well, since the learning materials are poorly designed that do not allow much interaction between students and lecturers. There are also some technical problems such as poor internet connection which restrict access to e-learning platforms. To harness the optimum benefit of e-learning, this paper recommends a concerted effort by all stakeholders, such as students, lecturers, administrators and policy makers so that each of their priorities and expectations are reflected in the designing and implementing e-learning platforms. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the qualitative evaluation of Education 3.0 platform. Primary data were collected from the students using a well-structured survey questionnaire, and the findings of the survey have subsequently been cross-referred and supplemented by non-participatory observations with semi-structured interviews which allowed a better in-depth understanding of the issue at hand. Findings The findings of the study suggest that a majority of the students are found to be highly enthusiastic about the online courses. They are eager to participate and interact in the online platforms, which are somehow limited in the traditional classroom settings. However, there are several institutional, administrative and technical limitations of implementing e-learning in Bangladesh. It is recommended that better orientation of the users, quality content distribution though user-friendly systems and enhanced asynchronous interaction between the lecturers and students are the key pre-requisites to harness the optimum benefit from e-learning technologies in Bangladesh. Originality/value The data have been analyzed and discussed using qualitative framework which allows an in-depth understanding of the opportunities and challenges of the use of e-learning technologies at the higher educational institutions in Bangladesh.


Author(s):  
Lahcen Oubahssi ◽  
Monique Grandbastien

In this chapter we propose functional specifications and a component-based architecture for designing e-learning platforms. An important feature is that the proposed specifications and architecture are based on the experience gained in an e-learning company and result from a reengineering process. To guide the reengineering process, we used two reference models, which are the e-learning global process and the e-learning global cycle. The functional specifications are described according to the e-learning global cycle phases and they are used to propose a software component based architecture. The proposed kernel of components was completed with services to allow interoperability and standard compliance between several e-learning platforms. We hope that this case-study exemplifies e-learning platform suppliers’ needs and available pragmatic solutions. We conclude on foreseeable evolutions of e-learning actors needs and practices and on new platform features for fulfilling such needs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-257
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hill Renirie

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine teaching intent of information literacy threshold concepts via asynchronous reference transactions. Instructional content in academic librarians’ replies to research requests are analyzed for and mapped to threshold concepts contained in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) framework. Design/methodology/approach The author mapped the instructional content of a research request reply template to the content of the ACRL framework, then took a random sample of research requests using the template during the calendar year 2016. Additional instructional content provided in the sample replies was also mapped to the framework. Findings In providing written instruction for students to create searches from keywords and search subject-specific databases, every frame is at least partially addressed in the template except Scholarship as Conversation. However, individual librarians adapt the template to teach as needed and there are examples in this case study of teaching aspects of all six frames asynchronously. Practical implications This study provides support for librarians to teach the threshold concepts of the ACRL framework asynchronously at the point of need during virtual reference, and the effective use of a research reply template to accomplish this instruction. Originality/value Few recent studies examine instructional intent in asynchronous/email reference. This study examines teaching the ACRL framework via reference rather than instructional sessions. A portion of this research was presented as a poster at the 2017 ACRL Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdallah Moubayed ◽  
Mohammadnoor Injadat ◽  
Abdallah Shami ◽  
Hanan Lutfiyya

E-learning platforms and processes face several challenges, among which is the idea of personalizing the e-learning experience and to keep students motivated and engaged. This work is part of a larger study that aims to tackle these two challenges using a variety of machine learning techniques. To that end, this paper proposes the use of k-means algorithm to cluster students based on 12 engagement metrics divided into two categories: interaction-related and effort-related. Quantitative analysis is performed to identify the students that are not engaged who may need help. Three different clustering models are considered: two-level, three-level, and five-level. The considered dataset is the students’ event log of a second-year undergraduate Science course from a North American university that was given in a blended format. The event log is transformed using MATLAB to generate a new dataset representing the considered metrics. Experimental results’ analysis shows that among the considered interaction-related and effort-related metrics, the number of logins and the average duration to submit assignments are the most representative of the students’ engagement level. Furthermore, using the silhouette coefficient as a performance metric, it is shown that the two-level model offers the best performance in terms of cluster separation. However, the three-level model has a similar performance while better identifying students with low engagement levels.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-352
Author(s):  
AbdulRazzaq Jassim Mahmoud Al-Issawi ◽  
Ahmed Mahmoud AbdelHamid Al-Bayyati

The most important results of the study: The emergence of the most important obstacles affecting students' adaptation to e-learning programs, including poor electronic skill, weak communication networks, and political and security instability constitutes frustration. Great in adapting to the requirements of e-learning, the family burdens of those married to them, the difficulty of understanding scientific lessons, the weakness of trust between family members, the magnitude of the scientific material that leads to the frustration of the student, and the state’s lack of interest in providing e-learning techniques. As for the specialization, the study showed the occupation of an obstacle of weakness Communication networks without benefiting from e-learning were ranked first, and with regard to gender, the students ’economic weakness came first among males with an average of (4.33), and fifth among females with an average of (4.32). The magnitude of the scientific material leading to student frustration ranked second among males with an average of (4.32) and the second among females with an average of (4.43), and the complaint came equally among both sexes, which shows us the importance of this obstacle and taking into account the exceptional circumstance, this is what the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research emphasized in taking into account the students ’social conditions. As for the social situation, the student’s weakness of the economic aspect was a major obstacle to the first place among married people and the last rank among singles, and this phenomenon came as a result of the prevalence of the phenomenon of early marriage for both sexes, which is a phenomenon that leads With the youth due to the lack of adaptation as a result of the early burdens that fall on their shoulders as they draw their future, they have a double role to fulfill the requirements of daily life. Also, the obstacle of the enormity of the scientific material that leads to the frustration of the student occupied the third rank among the married and the second among the bachelors, which is a close result and has already appeared to the same degree in As for the rest of the variables, as for the social environment, the obstacle of the state’s lack of interest in providing e-learning technologies came second in both environments, and this is an indication that it is an urgent need for the Ministry of Higher Education to put it among the priorities by providing audio laboratories and other modern science techniques. One of the most important recommendations: is to mobilize all The scientific and skillful capabilities of a faculty member whose role has become an organizer and facilitator of the training process Badly; In order for the new experience to succeed, as for the ministry, it is incumbent upon the ministry to provide appropriate conditions by providing audio laboratories and other modern learning techniques, and coordinating between the Ministry of Higher Education and Communications to support the Western Region by providing electronic reception and broadcasting devices, and holding training courses for faculty members for e-learning and urging them to own Good skill, lightening the momentum of the process article to suit the requirements of the stage.


The decision-making process is a knowledgeintensive activity, supported by DSS, that warrants close monitoring in most enterprises to ensure its success. Numerous frameworks for the evaluation of DSS effectiveness were proposed in the literature. However, many use metrics that are survey-based to reflect users’ perception of the system’s value. Based on the premise that metrics should be as objective as possible, this paper proposes a learning metric that assess the cognitive effects of DSS and their impact on decision performance. Drawing from the current tendency of using DSS in e-learning platforms, we define a learning metric that includes factors such as time spent on tasks, decision-aids use versus cumulated personal experience from previous usage, regret avoidance, decision outcome, and decision rejection/acceptance from higher management. Based on a criteria application process, we validate the proposed metric by first specifying its intent of use to determine the appropriate validation criteria, then demonstrating its viability against these criteria. An experimental case study is conducted to further attest to the validity of the proposed learning metric


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