Suzie Roth, MLS

Patricia Watkins, MLIS

ERAU Hazy Library & Learning Center

Quick Background. . .

• Instruction PPT heavy until 2012-13

• Pre 2012-13 all COM122 classes required 3 sessions

• Began seeing concept of flipped and active learning

in professional literature circa 2011

• Process we used:

1. Created tutorials, embedded into Bb

2. Obtained faculty buy- in, attended HUCOM department

meetings

3. Embedded Research Rescue into COM122 faculty

BlackBoard pages

4. Began exploring other Web tutorials, off-the-shelf

software available for customized instruction.

Old Method: Powerpoint

New Method: 7 Bb modules

Student viewed videos

Research Ready Lessons Learned:

2013• Flipped: NEW information literacy

instruction method for faculty & students

• Some students: DID NOT complete pre-

test requested by faculty

• Some students: DID NOT watch videos;

spent more in-class time reviewing videos

• Some students: DID NOT complete

Keyword, Website search strategy

worksheets; Active team learning DID occur

in class using these tools.

fast forward 2014-15. . .

– Sample: 3 COM 122 classes using Research

Rescue reported they found it “beneficial to

understanding research process & Hazy Library

Resources” (85%)

– Students GOT: Characteristics of

trade/scholarly publications, importance of

using databases and evaluating Websites

– Students NEEDED: More time practicing Boolean

search strategies, citing sources

– Requirements: TIME to plan, prep, promote Bb

modules, get students to go through process.

Research Findings:

• Trial March 2014

• Purchased June 2014 for $1,011 (up to 500 users)

• Summer 2014 - customize tutorial modules

• August faculty meetings – introduce and buy-in (16 COM122 classes)

• Time intensive: Librarian added to each class in Bb, then extract students e-mail addresses, send invitation to each student

Assessment, Modules • Pre and Post-test (10 questions in each)

– Source identification• Primary and secondary sources

• Scholarly and popular sources

– Conquering research• Scholarly vs web

• Source bias

– Identifying sources• Peer reviewed

– Databases• Using library discovery tool (EAGLEsearch)

– Ethical research• Plagiarism

Initial Findings

• 438 students were registered

• 204 (46%) completed pre/post-test

• AE/ME/EE (44%), AS (35%), GSIS (13%),

ABA (4%), Biology/Physics (2%)

• Primarily freshman class

• Average: 38% showed improved correct

responses pre to post test.

More Findings

• Engaging activity: LOTS of upfront work

for librarians in creation of customized

modules to included short videos

• Create active class assignment in tandem

with class to reflect topics and overall

student learning objectives AND include

student research project topics

Student Feedback (Comments)

• “… Developed the argument that the open

web is not the best form of researching a

topic …”

• “These skills will be helpful to me … helping

me write better and more credible research

papers when I enter the workforce.”

• “I now know the difference between

plagiarism and paraphrasing, which will

drastically help my writing.”

Student Feedback

• “… Taught me the importance in enhancing my research skills in order to prepare myself for the real world when I have a profession. It also showed me how to measure the accuracy of a source and if it is credible enough to use in a research paper. Most importantly, I was shown the repercussions of copying the works and ideas of others in my own works and how they can affect other people in the future.”

Future Plans

• Continue using ResearchReady

• Analyze questions and data within each

research module: what worked, what

didn’t?

• Determine where challenges lie: Revise

for 2015

• Embed more videos for visual leaners

• Transfer online learning to the active

portion of the class where needed.

To Learn More• What you should know about Flipped Classrooms, EDUCAUSE, 2011.

• How 'Flipping' the Classroom Can Improve the Traditional Lecture,

Dan Berrett. Chronicle of Higher Education. Feb 19, 2012.

• My Experiment with the Flipped Classroom Model, Nancy Wootton

Colborn, LOEX Quarterly, vol. 39., 2012.

• Flipping the Classroom- Simply Speaking. Penn State University.

YouTube video, http://youtu.be/26pxh_qMppE. February 2012.

• 6 Expert Tips for Flipping the Classroom, Jennifer Demski. Campus

Technology, January 23, 2013.

• The Flipped Classroom: Inverting Info Lit Instruction, Kimberly

Miller, Sara Arnold-Garza. LOEX 2014 Conference. May 2013, Grand

Rapids, MI

• Not Enough Time? Flip your Classroom, Dr. Rob Hallis. AMIGOS

Conference, May, 2014.

• Flipping the LIS Classroom, Michael Stephens. Library Journal, July

11, 2014

Contact Us

• Suzie Roth, suzie.roth@erau.edu

(928)777-3858

• Patricia Watkins,

patricia.watkins@erau.edu

(928) 777-3920

• Look for us on Facebook: Hazy Library

and Learning Center