Transcript Slide 1 - ROHAN Academic Computing

Where Technology and
Information Literacy Meet:
Interactive Web-based
Tutorials for Lifelong Learning
Pamela Jackson, San Diego State University
Bridget Kowalczyk, San José State University
February 3, 2006
SCIL
Why Make Web-based Education a
Priority for InfoLit Instruction?
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Students’ educational expectations
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Convenience of virtual space
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Reaching the masses
Enhancing Information Literacy
Instruction with Tutorials
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Allows for progressive reinforcement of
information literacy concepts
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Time with students can be more advanced
and student-centered in-person library
instruction
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Pre-college tutorials may help better
prepare teens for college-level research
Tutorials Available at SJSU
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Library Essentials
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Subject-Specific
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Library Basics
InfoPower
5 Ways
Plagiarism: The Crime of Intellectual Kidnapping
Company Information Tutorial
Computer Science 100w
Health Professions 100w (down for revision)
LOTSS (for library school students)
Prospective Students
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Stairway to Success
TRAMS (coming soon to a computer near you)
Designing and Managing a
Web-Based Tutorial Project:
What You’ll Need and Why
Development Team
Librarians and the Information Literacy
Specialist responsible for creating the content
and quizzes, and overseeing the overall
direction of the tutorial
 Two Programmers responsible for HTML,
PHP, JavaScript, and back-end Oracle quiz
databases and queries
 Two Graphic Artists/Designers responsible for
the artwork, Flash animations, and overall
look of the tutorial
 Sound engineer and/or digital media specialist
to record voiceovers
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Information Technology / Web
Team Support
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A web server dedicated to tutorial projects
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Ability to support the exploration of a
variety of technologies for instruction
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Dedicated personnel
Budget
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Ongoing, committed support for
programming and graphic design
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Funding, as needed, to keep up with the
times and try new, interactive technologies
to reach 21st century learners
Software and Technology Expertise
HTML
 PHP
 CSS (cascading style sheets)
 JavaScript
 SQL or Oracle
 Macromedia Flash
 Adobe Photoshop CS
 Adobe Illustrator
 Streaming Video and VoIP
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Timeline to Complete
the Average Tutorial
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Tutorials are ongoing projects—they take
significant time and nurturing
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Average time to build a short, solid tutorial from
start to finish can be a little as 3-6 months, but
typically takes longer
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Initial tutorials are usually launched and
“tinkered” with every few months
TRAMS Tutorial
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A series of interactive, web-based
instructional modules for high school
students
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Modules based on the AASL Information
Literacy Standards, ACRL Information
Literacy Standards, and actual student
assignments
TRAMS Collaboration:
How many minds does it take to create
a teen tutorial?
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Bridget Kowalczyk, SJSU’s Information Literacy Specialist
Pamela Jackson, SDSU’s Information Literacy Librarian, formerly a librarian
at SJSU
Andrea Schacter, SJPL Youth Services Librarian
Dawn Imada, SJPL Youth Services Librarian
Hilary Langhorst, SJPL Web Team Programmer
Jie (Jessie) Cai, Chirag Bhalgami, Veer Vivek Kaushik, Programmers
Wan Si Wan, Eric Szeto, and Nobuko Kimura, SJSU students in Graphic
Design and Animation/Illustration.
Mike Adams, TRFT Chair & Ramon Navarro Johnson, KSJS disc jockey:
character voiceovers and technical support/use of the KSJS recording
studio to capture voiceovers.
Chuck Manthe, Theater instructor and Lincoln High School and none high
school theater students providing character voiceovers.
Two local high school teens, consulting the team on ways to present
interesting content to their peers.
Focus groups with teensReach, a youth council for the San José Public
Library.
The Result
http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/trams/
Thanks
Questions/Comments
Presentation can be found online at:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~pjackson/#Presentations