A Library of Learning ObjectsTeaching Tools to Quickly Tailor Instruction and Meet Class Needs

Presenters

Northwest Missouri State University

B.D. Owens LibraryMaryville, MO

Lori Mardis & Connie Ury

LO Definition

• Learning objects (LOs) consist of digitally reusable succinct portions of self-contained information.

• These units of information can be combined into larger modules of information like building blocks to meet an individual’s needs in a variety of learning contexts.

Benefits

• Introduce content

• Gauge prior knowledge and reinforce understanding

• Assess learning through application of skills

• Save time

• Personalize curriculum

Potluck Activity

• On handout:• Identify learning tasks typically

covered in one-shot sessions

Potluck Activity

• In a group:• Select educational task you have in

common – identify potential LO

Potluck Activity

• Development Process Worksheet

Share

• What will your group’s LO do?• How could the LO be represented visually?• What are the educational objectives

(purpose, audience, learning outcomes)?• What activities will be performed by the

learner?• What resources are needed?• How will the learning outcomes be assessed?

LO Showcase: Information Cycle Timeline

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/timeline.htm

LO Showcase: Boolean Searching

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/INTRO_E.HTML

LO Showcase: Truncation

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/truncation.html

LO Showcase: Brainstorming for Synonyms

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/truncation.html

LO Showcase: Constructing a Search Strategy

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/srchgame.html

LO Showcase: Xtreme Plagiarism

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/xplag.html

Feedback

• How LO could be used?

• How could LO fit into larger learning experience?

• Where could LO fit into your program?

• Adaptations or modifications?

Incorporation Web-based courses

Search Generator | CQ Researcher Tutorial

Incorporation Web-supplemented courses

Library4U Tutorial | Discovering Videos

Incorporation Web-supplemented courses

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/assignmentcalc/

Incorporation On-ground instructional sessions

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/english/intheknow/module1/1.0.htm

Incorporation Online reference

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/articles/captivate/bsp/

Incorporation Marketing interactions

Play a drop-puzzle game to discover the many resources that are available in the library catalog (books, eBooks, videos, books on tape, electronic resources, music scores, maps, etc.)

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/puzzle.swf

LO Development Process

• Cmap

• Microsoft Office Visio

• Microsoft Office OneNote

Assessment

• Proficiency

• Knowledge

• Application

• Connections

Practice Academic Honesty

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/services/AcademicDishonesty.htm

Proficiency

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/services/7.Practice1.htm

Knowledge

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/search/set.html

Knowledge

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/search/set.html

Application

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/pr/idm/search%20generator/libraryaid.swf

Application

Connections

• April 2008-Students surveyed about general education tutorials & recommended reuse of LOs– 256 Fundamentals of Oral Communication

students w/ 10% response rate– 133 English Composition students w/ 8%

response rate

• Trial survey during finals week• Results will be used to fine-tune the survey

for Fall 2008

Survey Results

• 80% of the Fundamentals of Oral Comm. Students rate the LO movies as valuable resources for other classes & assignments

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/communication/tutorial/index1.html

Survey Results

• Fundamentals of Oral Comm. students suggested classes in which would benefit from using the movies

• Ury & Mardis analyzed the 2008-2009 reference question database for queries from students in those classes which could have been answered using the content from the movies

Survey Implications

Class # of Questions

English Composition 69

General Biology 104

General Psychology 37

Lit. for Elementary School 16

Reference Questions Impacted by Using Fundamentals of Oral Communication RLOs

Survey Results

• 70% of the English Composition Students recommended that search tip LOs be reused for other classes or assignments.

• 60% suggested that keyword and phrase searching LOs be used with other classes.

Survey Implications

• Reference questions impacted by using English Comp RLOs

Class # of Questions

Economics 5

General Psychology 37

Fundamentals of Oral Communication

50

Roles of LOs within Tutorials

Satisfy specific info needs

Reinforce learning

Confirm/ trigger prior knowledge

None of the above

Eng. Comp. Tutorial

40% 40% 40% 30%

Fund. of Oral Comm. Tutorial

64% 52% 52% 16%

Ease of Use-Fundamentals

On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the hardest, how easy was the tutorial for you to use?

1. easiest 2. 3. 4. 5. hardest N=25 submitted answers

Choice# Indicating

This Choice% Indicating

This Choice

1. easiest 8 32%

2. 9 36%

3. 7 28%

4. 1 4%

Ease of Use-English Comp.

On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the hardest, how easy was the tutorial for you to use?

1. easiest 2. 3. 4. 5. hardest N=10 submitted answers

Choice# Indicating This

Choice% Indicating

This Choice

1. easiest 1 10%

2. 2 20%

3. 6 60%

4. 1 10%

Questions?

Lori MardisLibrarian

lmardis@nwmissouri.edu

660.562.1393

Connie UryAssistant Professor

cjury@nwmissouri.edu

660.562.1669

Northwest Missouri State University

B.D. Owens Library