Life beyond the one shot

life beyond the one-shot:librarians teaching a one-credit course

Virginia CairnsLane Wilkinson

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The USTU Program

• History• Call for proposals• Reference & Instruction Meetings

What can we offer?

• Embedded in freshman experience• Advanced instructional technologies• Active engagement in Web 2.0• Campus resource for emerging technologies

Beyond Facebook: Round 1

• Distributed instruction• Activities–Flickr

• Student presentations–The ‘Blog Guy’

Beyond Facebook: Round 1

• Assessment• Learning curve• Blackboard

Beyond Facebook: Round 1

Pros & Cons

Beyond Facebook: Round 2

• Single instructor• Activities–Reader

• Digital portfolio–Final project

Beyond Facebook: Round 2

• Assessment• Learning curve• Blogspot

Beyond Facebook: Round 2

Pros & Cons

Lessons Learned

• Copyright• Web 2.0• Passive internet use• HTML skills• Computer skills

Students and technology

• YouTube trumps all• What do librarians do?• Focus on video• Lots of hand-holding• Privacy is fundamental• “Grown-ups” don’t use Facebook

Lessons for libraries

• Classroom management• Be prepared to take charge• Potential workshops• Student feedback• Expand to upper-division students• A smartphone is not “Web 2.0”• If you put a computer in front of them, they will

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Conclusion

• Questions?

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Virginia CairnsHead of Reference & InstructionLupton Library, UT-Chattanooga

Virginia-cairns@utc.eduwww.facebook.com/vacairns

Lane WilkinsonReference & Instruction LibrarianLupton Library, UT-ChattanoogaLane-wilkinson@utc.eduwww.facebook.com/informationninja