{"title":"Walking the talk: Using digital media to develop distance learners’ digital citizenship at the Open University (UK)","authors":"H. Clough, Amanda Closier","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2018.1468848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2018.1468848","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article describes the approaches that the Library at the Open University has taken to ensure that distance learning students develop digital and information literacy skills for study, work and lifelong learning. Librarians create learning objects and work with academics to embed them into the online curriculum. They also deliver a program of live online training and pilot new approaches to engage with the student community.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2018.1468848","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46594917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fake news alerts: Teaching news literacy skills in a meme world","authors":"Sonnet Ireland","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2018.1463890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2018.1463890","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Thirty years ago, fake news was resigned to tabloids at the grocery store. Now, fake news is often more convincing than real news. Many library users lack the appropriate skills to discern between what is real and what is not, and many more get their information from social media memes. When memes are more effective than actual news, what can librarians do to teach information literacy? Librarians can use memes to promote information literacy; they can even create their own!","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2018.1463890","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45340943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Informing students about assignment evaluation: The rubric","authors":"Loriene Roy","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1412100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1412100","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In past columns, I have introduced class assignments in a basic reference class as examples of how to assist graduate students to prepare for future careers as information specialists. In most columns, I described an assignment. Then, a current or former student who had completed the assignment summarized his or her experience. In a few cases, I provided minimal discussion on how I evaluated student work. For example, in reviewing reflective essays, I mentioned that I “assess[ed] them on the basis of strong writing, detail, and organization” (Roy & Gaylord, 2015). I “evaluate[d] questions [students] ask[ed], considering whether they [were] well designed, reasonable, and realistic” (Roy & Gaylord, 2015). While those comments are logical, they offer an incomplete view of the role of evaluation: they only open the door to additional student questions regarding how to complete an assignment and, more importantly from their standpoint, how to do well and receive a positive grade. Student evaluation is not an easy topic to address but it is essential in ensuring that students have confidence in their abilities and that they feel fairly treated by their instructor. The topic of this column, then, is to look at how to evaluate student work in a reference class.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1412100","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43147630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part 5: Learning is a Social Act","authors":"S. Black, James D. Allen","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1400932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1400932","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Educational psychologists have developed several theories on how individuals learn via interactions with others. Prominent ideas that apply to reference librarianship and teaching information literacy are the theory of social constructivism, social-cognitive theory, and socio-cultural theory. These theories’ emphasis on the social aspect of learning underscore why collaborative learning within diverse groups can lead to deeper and broader learning. Techniques for effectively scaffolding student learning are introduced. We highlight the key role of collaboration for students to develop the ability to transfer knowledge, and the Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning technique for developing.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1400932","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49022395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MOOCs in the Malaysian higher education institutions: The instructors’ perspectives","authors":"Jeya Amantha Kumar, H. Al-Samarraie","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2018.1458688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2018.1458688","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Massive open online courses (MOOC) are considered a modern e-learning technology that was initiated by the Malaysian higher education in 2015. The current literature on MOOCs, covering research relating to its effectiveness to accommodate different students’ abilities showed conflicting results in this regard. With limited studies on MOOCs’ effectiveness in Malaysian higher education, this study explored current opportunities, challenges, and solutions of using MOOC in the Malaysian higher education institutions. Instructors from various teaching backgrounds were interviewed to respond to these concerns. The study found that the major challenges faced by instructors when using MOOC were redundancy, lack of facilities and exposure, incompetent knowledge in MOOC course design and development, and insufficient leadership and capacity-building programmes. Therefore, possible solutions to these challenges were identified and discussed. These findings can help the policy makers explore strategies for the future development, implementation and success of MOOC in the context of higher education in Malaysia. Abbreviations: MOOC: Massive Open Online Courses; cMOOC: Connectivist Massive Open Online Courses; xMOOC: eXtended Massive Open Online Courses; ahMOOC: adaptive hybrid Massive Open Online Courses; LMS: Learning Management System; MQA: Malaysian Qualifications Agency; STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2018.1458688","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42245742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making speedy connections: how to encourage students to connect quickly for group work","authors":"Loriene Roy","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2018.1448239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2018.1448239","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Students in formal courses are often required to work together on group projects. This article features methods that faculty and students can employ to create the groups. Included are metrics students may use to assess their contributions to the group experience as well as the contributions of their peer classmates.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2018.1448239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43660901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Loriene Roy, Elizabeth Kennedy Hallmark, Sarah Gilbert
{"title":"Wanted: UX Specialist with Reference Preparation or Reference Classes Assist Students in Preparing for UX Careers","authors":"Loriene Roy, Elizabeth Kennedy Hallmark, Sarah Gilbert","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1356654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1356654","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One of the most versatile and dynamic career paths available to information specialists is that of UX or user experiences. Graduate students seeking careers in UX may benefit by enrolling in and completing a basic reference class. This article provides support for this option through the reflections of a faculty member teaching reference courses, a UX specialist who was one of her students, and the director of career services who helps students and apply for UX positions and others in the information fields.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1356654","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59414155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Part 4: Academic Self-Concept and Emotions","authors":"S. Black, James D. Allen","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1349022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1349022","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Students’ emotions are closely tied to their self-esteem, self-concept, and feelings of self-efficacy. Academic self-concept is specific to the educational context, so a student may be engaged in some academic pursuits but not connect to others. Disidentification from an academic pursuit usually causes withdrawal of effort. Anxiety is the emotion that has received the most attention from educational psychologists and librarians, but students also experience surprise, curiosity, enyoyment, confusion, frustration, and boredom. Confusion can be beneficial to learning if it is resolved before one feels overly frustrated.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1349022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48176622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reaching Additional Users with Proactive Chat","authors":"Linda Rich, Vera J Lux","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1352556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1352556","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite a general decline in recent years in academic libraries’ reference desk statistics, research indicates that library users continue to have complex research questions but are largely unaware that librarians are waiting and ready to assist them. The challenge for librarians is to connect with users at their point of need. At Bowling Green State University, we are making a move in this direction with proactive (pop-up) chat widgets embedded within our library Web pages, catalog, and databases. Since implementation, the number of chat reference questions received has more than doubled, helping us reach additional users from on-and off-campus.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1352556","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43960009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OER evaluation as a means of teaching information literacy in individual and small group settings","authors":"Sarah Evelyn, John Kromer","doi":"10.1080/02763877.2017.1402730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2017.1402730","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Open education resources represent a great opportunity to reduce textbook costs, but many of them have not been evaluated for quality. Librarians and former students in an introduction to engineering course collected and evaluated open education resources to supplement the course textbook in future semesters. Both searching for and evaluating these resources created opportunities for the librarians to evaluate information literacy skills of these students and to provide instruction to improve these skills.","PeriodicalId":35386,"journal":{"name":"Reference Librarian","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02763877.2017.1402730","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43087536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}