DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING MATERIAL FOR

USER EDUCATION – BASED ON A SURVEY

RÓZA FRANKBERZSENYI COLLEGE, SZOMBATHELY

LIS DEPARTMENT

FRANK@KIT.BDTF.HU

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CONTENT

BASIC SURVEY OVERVIEW OF LEARNING

MATERIAL THE EXPERIMENT EXPECTED RESULTS

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1. BASIC SURVEY

GOAL:

LIBRARY USING HABITS OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS

IN 3 LIBRARIES

450 PERSONS

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FINDINGS

a) THE PROFESSIONAL

• LOOKS FOR A BOOK OF GIVEN DATA AND

• ASKS LIBRARIAN FOR MORE SPECIAL LITERATURE

b) SURVEY HELPS IN DEFINING FIELDS TO BE TAUGHT

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2. LEARNING MATERIAL

• 12 HOURS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING

• IN HUNGARIAN

• PRINTED VERSION

• ELECTRONIC VERSION ON THE INTERNET: HTTP://KIT2.BDTF.HU/TANANYAG!/INDEX.HTML

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STRUCTURE

MATRIX METHOD• INFORMATION• SOURCES OF INFORMATION• RESEARCH TOOLS AND THEIR

USES• RESEARCH METHODOLOGY• CITATION METHODOLOGY,

MAKING BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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APPEARANCE OF THE MATERIAL

• NEEDS OF POTENTIAL USERS - SURVEY EXPERIENCES

• MOTIVATION - LEARNER'S OWN TOPIC

• EFFECTIVITY: SHORT THEORY, MORE PRACTICE

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APPEARANCE OF THE MATERIAL CONT.

• INTERACTIONS (THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, TASKS TO EXECUTE)

• STYLE OF THE TEXT, READABILITY

• USING LIBRARY TO EACH TASK

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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY

• POTENTIAL LEARNERS RELY BOTH ON PLACE, AND ON LIBRARIAN;

• TOOLS OF WORK - DOCUMENTS - ARE IN LIBRARY

• TASKS CANNOT BE SOLVED CORRECTLY WITHOUT USING THE LIBRARY.

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3. THE EXPERIMENT

GOAL: TO DEFINE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

EFFECTIVITY OF PRINTED AND ONLINE MATERIAL

PERIOD: FEB 4TH - MAY 15TH

MEASURING TIME SPENT IN THE ELECTRONIC MATERIAL

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GROUPS OF TRIAL• CORRESPONDENT AND GRADUATE

STUDENTS OF BERZSENYI COLLEGE - CCA 130 PERSONS

• PHD STUDENTS OF TUB - CCA 10 PERSONS

• USERS OF SOME PUBLIC LIBRARIES - CCA 10 PERSONS TOTAL 150 PERSONS

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CONTENT OF THE EXPERIMENT

• APPLICATION

• STARTING TEST AND EVALUATION

• DISTRIBUTION OF LEARNING MATERIAL AND PW-S

• 12 ACTIVITIES TO CARRY OUT

• CREATING PORTFOLIO

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CONTENT OF THE EXPERIMENT CONT.

• CLOSING TEST AND EVALUATION

• QUESTIONNAIRE

• COLLECTING AND EVALUATION OF PORTFOLIOS

• COMPARATIVE EVALUATION

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PLANNED PROCESS AND PRESENT STATUSAPPLICATIONS, STARTING TEST 61

PRINTED AND 30 ONLINE

IN PROCESS

TUTORING IN PROCESS

PORTFOLIOS APRIL-MAY

FINAL TEST MAY

EVALUATIONS MAY

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4. EXPECTED RESULTS

• LEARNERS CAN ACQUIRE THE BASIC SKILLS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY VIA DISTANCE LEARNING.

• EFFECTIVITY OF THE ONLINE COURSE WILL BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF PRINTED MATERIAL

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REMAINING QUESTIONS

• NEED OF TUTORING

• EFFECTIVITY OF WORKING IN LIBRARIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES

• ROLE OF LIBRARIANS