Library Instruction Ideas

Freshman Year Experience--Library Orientation using the Celphalonian Method

LibraryQuesting

Coming Soon:

Speech Communications Classes Using the Jigsaw Method

Instruction Page Demo

Class Research Guides

Here is a sample of research guides I've created for different courses at WOU

BA 477 Product Design
Business Administration Class created with LibGuides

ED 636
Education: Leadership and Policy created in Dreamweaver

WR 135
Freshman Composition created in Dreamweaver

Tutorials

Here are a few sample E-Learning tutorials created with Articulate-- A commercial course authoring software

Get Started at WOU
A tutorial designed to orient new students at Western Oregon University to their username and password, E-mail account, computer options, Banner page, and their customizable web portal.

Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity Text Version
This tutorial looks at five case studies in which students violate the Code of Student Conduct at Western Oregon University. It discusses both the act of the cheating as well as what might have influenced the students decision. It is designed for the Freshman Year Experience class. It can be presented in class or students can look at individually outside of class.

.Business 310--How to Avoid Plagiarism

This tutorial designed for business students discusses how to avoid plagiarism and how to correctly site source material in the APA citation format

Presentations and Projects

Working with Faculty to Go Beyond the 50 Minute One Shot Library Instruction

Here are some ways in which librarians working with faculty can use a variety of methods to create library instruciton opportunities beyond the 50 minute one shot session

CLIP--Cooperative Library Instruction Project

CLIP is a partnership between Western Oregon University, Oregon State University, Willamette University, and Chemeketa Community College whose mission is to design and develop open license web based tutorials to assist in library instruction and information literacy.

Active Library Instruction
A pecha kucha on active library instruction and technology...first performed live at Hawaii Library Association Conference 2008

Tell Show Do
A brief overview of learning theory and how it can be applied to instruction.

Sample Demo Tutorials

Courselab--how to do a bicycle kick

Articulate--How to do a Bicycle kick

How to Create Courselab tutorials
(This one works best in Explorer)

Last updated 7-13-2009