A Virtual Introduction to a RealTime Resource: The UNT WebCT Tutorial

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A Virtual Introduction to a Real-Time Resource
The UNT WebCT Tutorial

• Mark A. Puente,
• University of Tennessee
• Misti Shaw,
• St. Olaf College

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University of North Texas -- Music Library WebCT
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• Almost 1,700 music majors (Fall 07)
• Significant graduate programs
• Musicology
• Performance
• Jazz Studies
• Music library collections

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Music Library WebCT Tutorial-Background

• MUMH 1600 (Music and Human Imagination)
• Core curriculum for majors and non-majors
• Reach all music students
• Large class setting
• Library orientation established in 2003
• In-class presentation
• 30-minute Music Library tours
• Written assessment administered

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Music Library Orientation

• Challenges
• Scheduling
• Student attendance
• Lack of incentives
• Inability to reach students early in semester

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SolutionMusic Library WebCT Tutorial

• Developed in 2004-05 by Mark Puente
• Internship project for MIRLS degree
• Later edited and amended by Cynthia Beard and
  Misti Shaw (UNT GLAs)
• Designed by the Center for Distributed Learning
• Captivate
• CDL

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Music Library WebCT Tutorial

• Advantages
• Accessible 24 hours a day
• Administered outside of class
• Available to all students
• Interactive hands-on learning
• Students can review the lessons
• Student access can be monitored
• Email and discussion board

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