Strategies for engaging distance learners
- 2. 33% of students taking one or more online courses National Center for Education Statistics https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019021REV.pdf
- 5. Chat with a librarian! Danny: I’m having trouble with my business research paper Librarian: Good morning. I can help you with that. Tell me more about your assignment Danny: Perhaps it would be easier to show you? Librarian: Great. Send me the assignment as an attachment Danny: I’m actually in the library right now…
- 7. How do we engage our distance learners in and out of the online classroom? How do we ensure online library resources are accessible, and available at point-of-need? How can we be confident that our online students are getting the same level of services and support as their campus-based peers? How do we create a library community online?
- 9. Senior Director, Online Library & Tech Services Associate Director, Online Library Online Research & Instruction Librarian Online Librarian Online Librarian
- 10. Virtual Reference Electronic Collections Embedded Instruction Online Community Preparing for a future-ready online library
- 11. Virtual Reference Electronic Collections Embedded Instruction Online Community Preparing for a future-ready online library Virtual Reference ensuring online students globally can obtain effective library support no matter their location or time zone…
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- 16. Spring 2018 semester The library responded to 441 chats Spring 2019 semester The library responded to 930 chats
- 20. Artificial Intelligence - ChatBots Voice-enabled virtual assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google Home) How can I help you?
- 21. Virtual Reference Electronic Collections Embedded Instruction Online Community Preparing for a future-ready online library Electronic Collections ensuring mobile-friendly eResources are available at point-of-need in the learning management system…
- 25. 42% of traffic to our Library Website comes from the learning management system
- 28. Virtual Reference Electronic Collections Embedded Instruction Online Community Preparing for a future-ready online library Embedded Instruction collaborating with online faculty to ensure learning-outcome-aligned information literacy instruction is occurring in the online environment…
- 29. “Ask a librarian” discussion boards
- 30. Online information literacy instruction in the context of course learning outcomes
- 31. Taking faculty collaborations to the next level
- 37. Virtual Reference Electronic Collections Embedded Instruction Online Community Preparing for a future-ready online library Online Community ensuring distance learners are able to engage with a community of fellow students by developing virtual programs, events, and clubs…
- 38. “Traditional, on-campus students can take advantage of a wide variety of social and extracurricular opportunities, but online students may feel isolated and disconnected from their peers and from their college or university - and risk losing the engagement so crucial to student success.” Eisele-Dyrli, K. (2015, October). Keeping remote college students connected. http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/keeping- remote-college-students-connected. “For several decades now, evidence collected by higher education scholars indicates that student involvement in purposeful out-of- class or “co-curricular” activities has positive effects on students’ academic success, retention, and persistence to graduation.” White, Caroline. (2018, January). Tracking Co-Curricular Contributions to Student Success at MSU. https://hub.msu.edu/tracking-co-curricular-contributions-to-student-success-at-msu.
- 45. “Thanks for publishing my photo. It’s really awesome to be participating in this Art Show even though I don’t live nearby. Please have more events like this one!” -Berkeley College Online Student
- 46. “We think this could be a great opportunity to cultivate critically engaged learning communities beyond the classroom, so we do hope you will encourage your students to join.” -Associate Chair, English Department “I see this as a nice way for our faculty to encourage their students to do some additional critical thinking and reading outside of their course activities while also experiencing membership in a virtual club.” -Dean, Liberal Arts
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