tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.comments2013-10-06T21:22:07.754-04:00Librarian From A DistanceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-86253162258697736532013-10-06T18:17:45.046-04:002013-10-06T18:17:45.046-04:00Cynthia, I like the flipped idea. It might work eq...Cynthia, I like the flipped idea. It might work equally well in a one-shot session presented in a 'core' class - get them involved BEFORE you present the material so that they can have questions based on experiences.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882337327722486582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-70480004139444396622013-09-12T21:29:38.415-04:002013-09-12T21:29:38.415-04:00Thanks for joining the Metaliteracy MOOC and for y...Thanks for joining the Metaliteracy MOOC and for your initial comments. The challenges described in this thread are very real but definitely worth thinking about. I really like Cynthia's suggestion about flipping the one-shots so that time could be used in a different way. -TomThomas P. Mackey, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01210313265788287064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-66526469222864602692013-09-12T13:31:19.821-04:002013-09-12T13:31:19.821-04:00I'm also working on trying to move away from l...I'm also working on trying to move away from lecture-based instruction sessions to more active learning. I had the idea to have students work in groups to teach themselves how to find & evaluate a particular resource (scholarly article, wikipedia, newspaper, etc) and present to the class on what they learned. Ideally I'd like them to create some kind of visual aid- an infographic for example- to sort of own what they learned (also, I can use them later :-). I have my first classes next week, so we'll see if I can squeeze all that in. Eventually I might be able to have enough of a relationship with faculty to get them to assign something for me.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361227491427681947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-74724242077134883262013-09-11T21:15:02.328-04:002013-09-11T21:15:02.328-04:00Hi Cynthia, thanks for sharing! I'd definitel...Hi Cynthia, thanks for sharing! I'd definitely be interested to hear how the class goes. I still haven't tried it myself, but thought these two posts from the ACRLog had some great advice:<br /><br />http://acrlog.org/2013/02/25/flipping-out-preflip-planning/<br />http://acrlog.org/2013/03/28/flipping-out-reflections-upon-landing/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-49253471672519624522013-09-11T21:08:36.881-04:002013-09-11T21:08:36.881-04:00Hi Sarah! Thanks for commenting! I hadn't ev...Hi Sarah! Thanks for commenting! I hadn't even thought about incorporating metaliteracy into self-paced tutorials yet. I've been having trouble coming up with authentic yet scalable assessments for some asynchronous modules I've been working on. It seems like assessments that include metaliteracy components would require active grading which could run into scalability issues if there are a lot of students taking the tutorials. Definitely something to think on!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-24707792384518897802013-09-11T09:45:35.500-04:002013-09-11T09:45:35.500-04:00I am struggling with incorporating metaliteracy in...I am struggling with incorporating metaliteracy into my work because I am mostly dealing with self-paced tutorials. I will be very proud of myself if I can figure out how to make them conform with good constructivist and connectionist principles. *breathes*Sarah Morehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590734506065560328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-75255819301826044462013-09-11T09:11:52.646-04:002013-09-11T09:11:52.646-04:00As a librarian who does one-shots as well, I like ...As a librarian who does one-shots as well, I like your thoughts on doing a special workshop for your teacher prep program on literacy. I am working on creating a flipped one-shot using a research guide format for a tutorial the students do outside of class, then coming into the classroom and having the students show each other what they have learned. Cynthia DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-51739996876301587202013-02-09T09:50:15.188-05:002013-02-09T09:50:15.188-05:00The classes were held online this semester, so I j...The classes were held online this semester, so I just used the polling feature within Blackboard Collaborate/Elluminate when I asked questions. The Winter 2 classes will be in person though so I might try Socrative then. Let me know how what you think of Socrative if you end up trying it out!<br /><br />The Google Form worked pretty well. It helped me know that students were following along/understanding how to find books and articles, and one of the students wrote that they liked the activity in their survey. The resources they found were on topic, though next time I think I need to give them more time. (I only gave them 5 minutes to find a resource and type the information into the Google Form.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-16307733750861744332013-02-06T13:46:04.110-05:002013-02-06T13:46:04.110-05:00Someone in an IS discussion at Midwinter mentioned...Someone in an IS discussion at Midwinter mentioned Socrative, so I was going to try that out this semester. I've only ever used PollEverywhere, which students seem to like (perhaps party because they get to use their phone in class). I like the option that allow students to send anonymous answers to an open-ended question. Even the quieter classes give a lot of good answers using that tool. I really like your Google Spreadsheet, it looks like you can get some really great feedback on what particular students are understanding & what they're struggling with.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361227491427681947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-13297271767185078432013-01-15T16:26:15.998-05:002013-01-15T16:26:15.998-05:00That's awesome! I'm still waiting for our...That's awesome! I'm still waiting for our custom post types (we're a low priority project right now) but I'll try to write a new post with screen shots when the wiki is all done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-15438728800388991372013-01-14T23:00:22.232-05:002013-01-14T23:00:22.232-05:00I started a wiki for my team as well! We are usin...I started a wiki for my team as well! We are using it to track projects and as a place to put all the information we have to share with each other in one place, instead of emailing it. I am definitely the one that is most excited about it (also the only one who attended an iSchool), but my team is using it. I lucked out because Cisco has its own wiki platform secured on the internal network. <br /><br />Keep working on the wiki!Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709363361020382102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-72760202034961246662013-01-08T14:26:31.353-05:002013-01-08T14:26:31.353-05:00Thanks Todd! I will definitely check it out.Thanks Todd! I will definitely check it out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-62445786843616855202013-01-07T10:45:30.781-05:002013-01-07T10:45:30.781-05:00Google Spreadsheets and any type of Google Documen...Google Spreadsheets and any type of Google Document are great for blended or virtual learning environments because they allow asynchronous collaboration and creation. If you need real-time assessments the best free tool I've found is socrative.com. You can start quick assessments or detailed open ended assessments, see students progress in real time, and easily get reports once the students are done. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498670366096469782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-44147553295929123842012-12-14T12:04:17.421-05:002012-12-14T12:04:17.421-05:00I agree. I didn’t realize how much I would miss t...I agree. I didn’t realize how much I would miss the reference wiki until I didn’t have one anymore. I thought about trying to start one here, but I was worried about the upkeep especially as I am not actually in the reference department.<br /><br />When I showed the wiki to my department concerns were raised about using personal Google accounts to access work related items. I created a generic Google account that could be shared among the department members, but I believe this would have limited how many people could be logged in at the same time. Additionally, the wiki might be hard to access from any computer if a user has the 2 step authentication process set up for Google.<br /><br />In the end, we decided not to use Google sites. Luckily my library is moving our Web site to a Word Press platform, so that librarians can have more control over updating our content, and I also imagine so that our web master is not being constantly overworked with requests.<br /><br />Our department is one of the first to move to Word Press, so I’ve been working a lot with our web master to customize our departmental site to what we need. Once the structure of the site is finished, each librarian will have his or her own log in information. When librarians in our department view our public department site as logged in administrators, an extra menu will appear with all of the content that I had originally created in the Google Sites wiki. This is all still in progress, but one of the benefits of using Word Press is that our Web master will be able to create custom post types for us, so that the entries in the wiki will be taggable posts which can be sorted rather than static pages.<br /><br />I’d love to hear if you all end up starting wikis. Keep me updated!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937758819985550049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-80407347357732112532012-12-14T10:49:02.037-05:002012-12-14T10:49:02.037-05:00I miss having a reference/circ wiki too! There ar...I miss having a reference/circ wiki too! There are so many little procedures that only one or two people know the answer to. Maybe we can look into starting a wiki here. I also like the idea of having instruction documents on a wiki - people put so much work into their instruction sessions, and it doesn't usually get shared or recorded. If the wiki is private, do people need to log in using their Google accounts? Some people might resist using their Google accounts for professional things, either because they're generally anti-Google or because they don't want to use shared computers to sign into their Google account which contains all their mail, etc. I wouldn't mind using a Google Sites wiki from my office, but I wouldn't want to sign on from the shared reference computers (which are also the circ computers, so rebooting is not practical).Amelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5142521258106096835.post-75938876902754331482012-12-13T19:58:28.673-05:002012-12-13T19:58:28.673-05:00I didn't realize how much I relied on a refere...I didn't realize how much I relied on a reference wiki until I started working at a library without one. A website was created a few months ago because of the problems you mentioned with uploading it to the server, but only the admin of the site can update it, which is obviously not ideal. Perhaps I will try out Google Sites to see if it sticks. I like the idea of using a wiki for more than reference, though. It's easy for knowledge & experience to get lost (or incessantly repeated) when there's no place for it to live. Thanks for the example!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361227491427681947noreply@blogger.com