9.17.2008
MyStudiyo
I decided I needed a break from talking about my info lit wiki, so instead I want to talk about a new tool I just discovered. MyStudiyo is a quiz-making website that allows you to create interactive online quizzes and then embed them into your website. I love this tool! You can view your responses and statistics for each quiz you create. I can think of a thousand uses, too. For example, if you want to test students' prior knowledge, give them a quiz at the start of class, then have them retake it at the end to see if they've learned anything. You can also have fun quizzes to provide a little extra entertainment for your website. For example, a quiz on "how well do you know your librarian?" This is a great tool, still in its beta form. It's free for 3 basic versions of the quiz. If you want to know how an individual scored on a quiz, they must register with mystudiyo in order to track that information. This tool is probably not ready for use as a part of student grading, but it is a great tool for instructors to quickly gauge students' knowledge with little prep time involved. Anyone else used this tool? I'd be interested to hear how others are using it?
9.16.2008
Thinking about my Information Literacy Wiki in terms of ADDIE continued - Discussion of Design
In the design phase, I first identified the objectives I wanted the system to serve. As a result of using this wiki:
• Students will identify available library services.
• Students will identify sources of extra help and information within the LRC.
• Students will locate and determine the contents of the LRC Collection.
• Students will evaluate their knowledge of information literacy skills and the research process.
• Students will use research guides available on the site to successfully recognize when information is needed, formulate search statements, evaluate information critically, and avoid plagiarism.
• Students will participate in self-directed learning and recognize when additional information is needed.
After determining the above objectives, I created a mock-up version of the wiki on paper. I sketched my ideal homepage, complete with what I believed were the most important pages and links. I also decided I would prepare an information literacy quiz to help students assess their own prior knowledge about information literacy and the research process.
I knew I wanted to keep the site as simple as possible, so I tried to keep text to a minimum. To organize research guides for the time being, I put them all into a folder. In the future, the guides will be placed into an ordered table describing each step in the research process. I also designed photographs into the site where possible, to give users the feeling that they were familiar with the LRC location and setup.
The most crucial elements I needed to integrate into the design included:
I've already described how I came to decide to use pbwiki as my tool of choice, but I found that each of these required sections fit fairly nicely into the wiki format. The wiki is also convenient because if we ever grow in the size of our library staff, I will easily be able to share what I've done with other staff members and allow them to become administrators or editors of the wiki as well.
In my next post I'll talk about how I developed and implemented the wiki, and the beginnings of its evaluation...
• Students will identify available library services.
• Students will identify sources of extra help and information within the LRC.
• Students will locate and determine the contents of the LRC Collection.
• Students will evaluate their knowledge of information literacy skills and the research process.
• Students will use research guides available on the site to successfully recognize when information is needed, formulate search statements, evaluate information critically, and avoid plagiarism.
• Students will participate in self-directed learning and recognize when additional information is needed.
After determining the above objectives, I created a mock-up version of the wiki on paper. I sketched my ideal homepage, complete with what I believed were the most important pages and links. I also decided I would prepare an information literacy quiz to help students assess their own prior knowledge about information literacy and the research process.
I knew I wanted to keep the site as simple as possible, so I tried to keep text to a minimum. To organize research guides for the time being, I put them all into a folder. In the future, the guides will be placed into an ordered table describing each step in the research process. I also designed photographs into the site where possible, to give users the feeling that they were familiar with the LRC location and setup.
The most crucial elements I needed to integrate into the design included:
- Library Session Course Pages
- Research Guides
- Information Literacy Education/Quiz
- LRC Catalog (although it is not searchable, various pdf formats are available)
- Printing Instructions
- Services
- Synchronous Communication – Meebo Chat
I've already described how I came to decide to use pbwiki as my tool of choice, but I found that each of these required sections fit fairly nicely into the wiki format. The wiki is also convenient because if we ever grow in the size of our library staff, I will easily be able to share what I've done with other staff members and allow them to become administrators or editors of the wiki as well.
In my next post I'll talk about how I developed and implemented the wiki, and the beginnings of its evaluation...
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