Creating the Library 2.0 Instruction Experience

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Creating the Library 2.0 Instruction Experience

• Kristin Whitehair Jill SodtJason Coleman

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students
• Sessions are seldom at point of need

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students
• Sessions are seldom at point of need
• Students don't always crave library knowledge

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students
• Sessions are seldom at point of need
• Students don't always crave library knowledge
• Because of 1, 2, and 3, we often see

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students
• Sessions are seldom at point of need
• Students don't always crave library knowledge
• Because of 1, 2, and 3, we often see

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Challenges for Library Instructors

• Limited contact time with students
• Sessions are seldom at point of need
• Students don't always crave library knowledge
• Because of 1, 2, and 3, we often see

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Toward a Solution

• Clicker system successes

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Toward a Solution

• Clicker system successes
• Novel active learning exercises at ALA's
  Information Literacy Institute

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Toward a Solution

• Clicker system successes
• Novel active learning exercises at ALA's
  Information Literacy Institute
• Theory
• John Keller's ARCS motivational model

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Toward a Solution

• Clicker system successes
• Novel active learning exercises at ALA's
  Information Literacy Institute
• Theory
• John Keller's ARCS motivational model
• Social Constructionism

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Toward a Solution

• Clicker system successes
• Novel active learning exercises at ALA's
  Information Literacy Institute
• Theory
• John Keller's ARCS motivational model
• Social Constructionism
• Cross and Angelo's presentation of assessment
  methods

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What We Need

• Simple affordable ways to
• Perform pre, post, and formative assessments.

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What We Need

• Simple affordable ways to
• Perform pre, post, and formative assessments.
• Provide students with anytime, anywhere access to
  course content.

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What We Need

• Simple affordable ways to
• Perform pre, post, and formative assessments.
• Provide students with anytime, anywhere access to
  course content.
• Capture attention.

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What We Need

• Simple affordable ways to
• Perform pre, post, and formative assessments.
• Provide students with anytime, anywhere access to
  course content.
• Capture attention. 
• Facilitate active learning.

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What We Need

• Simple affordable ways to
• Perform pre, post, and formative assessments.
• Provide students with anytime, anywhere access to
  course content.
• Capture attention. 
• Facilitate active learning.
• Encourage students to communicate with us and
  each other.

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Our Plan

1. Describe several free, easy-to-use sites that can
   deliver information and facilitate communication.

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Our Plan

1. Describe several free, easy-to-use sites that can
   deliver information and facilitate communication.
2. Demonstrate how Google Groups can function as a
   simple Course Management System.

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Our Plan

1. Describe several free, easy-to-use sites that can
   deliver information and facilitate communication.
2. Demonstrate how Google Groups can function as a
   simple Course Management System.
3. Introduce free applications that capture
   attention and encourage active learning.

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Platforms for Distributing Content and Inviting
Participation
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Warm Up

• Blogs are evolving
• Updates
• Discussion
• Example
• K-State Libraries Refworks Blog by Sara K. Kearns
  http//ksulib.typepad.com/refworks/

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Social Networking

• Connects to self-selected users
• Timely communication
• Additional venue
• Example K-State Libraries Facebook group

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Social Networking

• Ning.com create a social network
• Free hosting
• Group privacy options
• Examples
• Nursing Informatics Faculty
• Firefighter Nation
• Library 2.0

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Videos

• Jing.com TechSmith pre-beta project
• Lite video creation software, no editing
• 1 gb of bandwidth monthly, 200 mb of storage
• Supplement in-person instruction

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Collaborative Tools

• Zoho.com online suite of web-based applications
• Subscription fees for larger accounts
• Includes Writer, Sheet, Show, Wiki, Planner,
  Chat, Projects, Meeting, Databases/Reports, and
  People

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?A A Free
  collaborative web space with

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?A A Free
  collaborative web space with
• Discussion boards

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?A A Free
  collaborative web space with
• Discussion boards
• 100 MB File repository

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?A A Free
  collaborative web space with
• Discussion boards
• 100 MB File repository
• Rudimentary Web pages.

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 Google Groups

• Q What is a Google Group?A A Free
  collaborative web space with
• Discussion boards
• 100 MB File repository
• Rudimentary Web pages.
• A Welcome Message

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 Google Groups

• Q Who can create and use a Google Group?

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 Google Groups

• Q Who can create and use a Google Group?A
• Anyone who has a Google Account can create a
  Google Group.

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 Google Groups

• Q Who can create and use a Google Group?A
• Anyone who has a Google Account can create a
  Google Group.
• The creator can control who can see the group's
  content and who can edit it.

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Google Groups

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Welcome Message
• Can provide information and links

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Welcome Message
• Can provide information and links
• Can present a set of activities for students to
  follow

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Welcome Message Example

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board
• This can be set up so that anyone can post, even
  without joining the group

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board
• This can be set up so that anyone can post, even
  without joining the group
• Some Applications
• Use for pre-class assessments/surveys

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board
• This can be set up so that anyone can post, even
  without joining the group
• Some Applications
• Use for pre-class assessments/surveys
• Use during class to check understanding

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board
• This can be set up so that anyone can post, even
  without joining the group
• Some Applications
• Use for pre-class assessments/surveys
• Use during class to check understanding
• Use after class to gather feedback

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Discussion Board Example

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository
• 100 MB storage space

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository
• 100 MB storage space
• Anyone who can view the Group's content can
  download files

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository
• 100 MB storage space
• Anyone who can view the Group's content can
  download files
• Only managers or members can upload files

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository
• 100 MB storage space
• Anyone who can view the Group's content can
  download files
• Only managers or members can upload files
• Limit of 10 MB for a single file

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• File Repository Example

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Can create simple webpages

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Can create simple webpages
• Can control who can view and edit each page.

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Can create simple webpages
• Can control who can view and edit each page.
• Extremely easy to create with built-in wysiwyg
  editing tools

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Can create simple webpages
• Can control who can view and edit each page.
• Extremely easy to create with built-in wysiwyg
  editing tools
• Can also edit html

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Pages Editing interface

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Google attaches a discussion thread to each page.

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Google attaches a discussion thread to each page.
• Google saves all previous versions of pages

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Applications for classes

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Applications for classes
• Create pages with errors and have students
  correct them in groups

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Applications for classes
• Create pages with errors and have students
  correct them in groups
• Have students create group mind maps

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Applications for classes
• Create pages with errors and have students
  correct them in groups
• Have students create group mind maps
• Use them to deliver course content 

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Using Google Groups for Classes

• Pages
• Applications for classes
• Create pages with errors and have students
  correct them in groups
• Have students create group mind maps
• Use them to deliver course content 
• Present lists of resources and ask students to
  add to them.

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klcfreeteachtools Google Group

• http//groups.google.com/group/klcfreeteachtools
• Settings
• Anyone can view materials
• Anyone can post messages
• Anyone can become a member
• Members can create pages and upload files

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klcfreeteachtools Google Group

• Purpose
• Share information about free teaching tools
• Discuss applications
• Share examples

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• For years, webmail users had to pay for extra
  storage. Then, as storage prices continued to
  fall, Google went after new customers by offering
  1 gigabyte free to every user. Yahoo responded by
  last year with the ultimate offer infinite free
  storage. Since each page of webmail comes with
  ads, more users means more revenue.
• Anderson, Chris. "Why 0.00 is the Future of
  Business." Wired 16, no. 3 (2008) 143.

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• Web 2.0 is about people.
• David Sifry

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Questions?

• JASON COLEMANK-STATE LIBRARIESCOLEMAN_at_KSU.EDUJ
  ILL SODTEMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITYJSODT_at_EMPORIA.ED
  UKRISTIN WHITEHAIRUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL
  CENTERKWHITEHAIR_at_KUMC.EDU