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Locations at the MS Campus 204 Butler, 535 West
114th Street and the HS Campus State Armory at
216Ft. Washington Avenue, 2nd Fl.
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Library Compass
AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING LIBRARY
RESEARCH SKILLS
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Design Research
http//www.columbia.edu/ccnmtl/designresearch/inde
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Curricular Context Challenges

• Core Curriculum requirements http//www.college.co
  lumbia.edu/core/classes/cc_syllabus.php
• New Undergraduate Writing Program
• Students profile and context
• Sophisticated users of technology
• Their mode of communication and information
  gathering is the online environment
• The dorms here are all wired and the majority of
  students have their own computers
• Professors assumptions about students research
  skills
• Students assumptions about their own research
  skills

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Curricular Context Challenges

• PURPOSES
• Provide students with learning opportunities to
  improve the quality of their research processes
• Inform students about the resources available at
  Columbia University Libraries
• Foster more autonomous research in students
• Provide a resource for faculty in the different
  disciplines to involve their students in better
  quality research
• Reach students that do not contact the library
  for help

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Design Hypotheses

• Discipline-based approach
• Course-based learning activities
• Self-assessment with feedback from more expert
  researchers
• Open guided learning experience
• Modular design

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Design of the Learning Experience
Discipline based approach
Open Guided
Modular Design
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Design of the Learning Experience

• LEARNING ACTIVITIES
• Course-based learning activities
• Self-assessment with feedback from more expert
  researchers
• Example
• Introduction to Psychology
• Research Paper Select one of the news articles
  from the list provided below and write a brief
  paper exploring the theme of the article in the
  context of a theory or topic covered in this
  course. Your goal in writing the paper is to
  analyze the news story from the perspective of a
  psychological theory or research.

Guided activity PART 1 ANALYSIS OF THE NEWS
STORY PART 2 CHOOSE A FOCUS PART 3 NARROW THE
SCOPE
Expert response
Student self-assessment
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Project Status

• Content development process
• Design and information architecture
• Formative assessment
• Implementation

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Please visit http//www.ccnmtl.columbia.edu