Letting Go

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• Letting Go
• Starting Over
• The Transformation of an
• Information Literacy Tutorial

Nikki Busch, Steve Frye, Abbie Loomis Library
Information Literacy Instruction University
of Wisconsin - Madison WAAL ANNUAL
CONFERENCE March 29, 2006
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Overview of Todays Talk

• Background for CLUE
• Taste of Old CLUE
• Revision Process
• Features of New CLUE
• Technology
• Assessment
• Future Plans

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Background

• Campus Communication Requirements
• Information Literacy Components of Comm-A B
• Comm- A Information Literacy Module
• Objectives
• Structure/Implementation

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Taste of the Old CLUE
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Taste of the Old CLUE
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Why We Decided to Change

• WebLog Statistics from Old CLUE
• Example MadCat Module Quiz Page 1080
  hits Audio File within Module 168 hits
• Comm A Study
• Web Stats Comm A Study No Buy-In

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Why We Decided to Change

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Why We Decided to Change

• Contrived Peer Coaching
• Clunky Interactivity
• Inability to Make Changes Easily

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What It Took to Do All This

• Timeline 1 year (Felt like 5)
• Staff 3 librarians (us) 2 instructional
  design consultants 1 graphic artist
• Hours 500
• Funding Library DoIT Grant

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Revision Process

• Original Plan
• Address Buy-in Issue
• Change Look Feel
• Update Examples
• Focused on Strategies not Objectives

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Revision Process

• Advice of Instructional Design Consultant
• Dont Focus on Strategies Initially
• Deconstruct Objectives

Then Came Our Epiphany WE NEED TO START OVER !!
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Revision Process

• Wrote Entirely New Objectives
• Defined Critical Content for Each Objective
• Developed Learning Strategies

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Revision Process

• Storyboarding/Rapid Prototyping
• Usability Testing/Staff Feedback
• Finalize Content/Design
• Bring in Graphic Designer to Polish Container

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New Features of CLUE
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New Features of CLUE

• Separate Buy-in Module (Module 1)
• Approach Carrot/Stick Approach
• Message High School College Research Are
  Different
• Messenger Faculty ? Librarian

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New Features of CLUE

• New Orientation Module (Module 2)
• General overview of campus library system
• Continuation of Affective Learning
  Outcomes (carrot and stick)
• Pretty Pictures (that we didnt have to take
  ourselves)
• Set to Music (benefits and challenges)

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New Features of CLUE

• Separate Strategy from Tools (Module 3)
• Five Search Strategies
• Used alone or in combination
• Transferability Work in most databases

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New Features of CLUE

• Google as Touchstone

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New Features of CLUE
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New Features of CLUE

• Created a Generic Database to remove
  distractions

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New Features of CLUE

• Module for Catalog (Module 4)

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New Features of CLUE

• Module for Journal Databases
• (Module 5)

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New Features of CLUE

• Quizzes
• Embedded
• Three Versions
• Background Image

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Technology Lessons

• Storyboarding/Rapid Prototyping Merge
• Rapid Instructional Designby Sivasailam "Thiagi"
  ThiagarajanAddhttp//www.thiagi.com/article-rid.h
  tml
• Rapid Collaborative Prototyping as an
  Instructional Development Paradigm by Laura
  Dorsey, David Goodrum, Thomas SchwenIn
  Instructional Development Paradigms

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Captivate

• Cons
• Currently only available for Windows platform
  (i.e., Cant create Captivate tutorials on a
  Mac).
• Save vs. Save As the unknown Known Problem
• Quizzing Clunky for our situation

• Pros
• Each slide can be edited individually, and every
  object can be changed, repositioned, or resized
  with simple mouse clicks - including mouse paths!
• Easy Audio
• Easy Publication to the web (SWF) or print (Word)
  formats
• Embedded Quizzing

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Assessment

• Usability Testing of Students
• Feedback from Staff
• Web Survey of Students and Instructors

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Usability Testing
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Surveys

• Survey of Students
• Conducted in November 2005
• Email included link to WebSurvey
• 240 Total Respondents
• Survey of Instructors
• Conducted end of Semester 2005
• Email included link to WebSurvey
• 39 Total Respondents

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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q2 How long did it take you to complete all 5
  sections of CLUE?
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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q3A Did CLUE prepare you for the follow-up
  library class session?

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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q3B If No, what could we change in CLUE to help
  prepare students for the library session?

We did the CLUE so much earlier than our library
session, I think it would have helped if we would
have done it closer to our library date.
Learning from a computer is just not the same as
being brought through it in person, when you can
ask questions.
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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q4B Please tell us some of the things that you
  learned.
• Most popular responses
• Search strategies 42
• Library System 30
• Truncation 22
• MadCat 21
• Databases/Search Engines 21
• Electronic Resources/ERG 17
• All/Everything 12
• Articles/Journals 12

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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q5 What did you like most about CLUE?
• Most popular responses
• Easy to follow/clear (content) 111
• Informative/helpful 56
• Easy to use 23
• Images/videos 22
• Organization (content) 19
• Design 18
• Music 11
• Narration 11
• Concise/to the point 11
• Interesting/entertaining 10
• Quizzes 9

It was very easy to use while still providing
ample information on gathering sources. I liked
the presentation and music, it wasn't boring,
it kept my interest.
There was nothing to like. It was very boring
and made me feel like I was five.
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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q6 Was there anything within CLUE that you
  would change? If Yes, please list the change(s)
  you would make.
• Most popular responses
• Too Long 18
• Pacing Too Slow 5
• Too much info 4
• Add Content 4
• Pacing Too Fast 3
• Loading Time 3
• More interaction 3
• Printing (remove color background) 2
• Too easy 2

Although CLUE went over many things about
searching for materials, it almost went over too
much. I did not retain all of the information.
Some of the information was a little obvious
such as the information on searching via the web
also, some of the information was a little
contradictory and harsh, such as how Google was
the absolute worst source in the world when I
personally use it to find articles from sources
like The New York Times, etc.
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Student Survey

• Web Survey Students
• Q8 What part(s) of CLUE helped you the most
  when it came time to complete your research
  assignment(s)?
• Most popular responses
• Strategies 72
• ERG 33
• MadCat 31
• Search Engines/Databases 23
• Scholarly 21
• Truncation 19
• Where to search 17
• Journal Articles 16
• Keywords 14
• Library System/whole 10
• Everything 9

I actually learned how to use the Madison
system I love the libraries now, and research is
a lot easier.
It let me know that there was more out there
than just the internet or books.
I cheated my way through clue, but the library
session helped.
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Student Survey

• Web Survey
• Q9 What helped you most with your research?

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Instructor Survey

• Web Survey Instructors

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Instructor Survey

• Web Survey Instructors
• The new tutorial is filled with people
  (librarians, professors, etc.) and their voices.
  This makes the computer tutorial more meaningful,
  more real. It also emphasizes the importance of
  library literacy across the curriculum.

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Future Plans

• More Robust Quizzing
• Make Use of Lessons Learned in Campus Tutorial
  Program
• Repeat Planning Process for Follow-up Classroom
  Session

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Questions?CLUE http//clue.library.wisc.edu