Teaching Tools, Applications, and Infrastructure for Digital Curation Through the Use of a Virtual Lab
Date: February 2013
Creator: Helsing, Joseph; Lewis, Paulette & Warga, Edward
Description: This document accompanies a poster on teaching tools, applications, and infrastructure for digital curation through the use of a virtual lab. Abstract: With an increased demand for digital curation, data management, archiving, and preservation the library and information science community has begun offering new education and training in these fields. A trend in this education is the use of online virtual labs to offer students hands-on experience with the tools and methodologies inherent to these fields. At the University of North Texas, the authors are also developing a four course education program in digital curation and data management including a course called 'Tools, Applications, and Infrastructure for Digital Curation' that employs a virtual lab component. This paper discusses the first offering of the course; several challenges the authors faced; and the new strategies developed to address these issues and improve the course and virtual lab for the next offering.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Exploring Learner to Content Interaction as a Success Factor in Online Courses
Date: October 2012
Creator: Zimmerman, Tekeisha Denise
Description: This article discusses exploring learner to content interaction as a success factor in online courses. Abstract: Interaction plays a critical role in the learning process. For online course participants, interaction with the course content (learner-content interaction) is especially important because it can contribute to successful learning outcomes and course completion. This study aims to examine the relationship between learner-content interaction and course grade to determine if this interaction type is a contributing success factor. Data related to student interaction with course content, including time spent reviewing online course materials, such as module PowerPoint presentations and course videos and time spent completing weekly quizzes, were collected for students in three sections of an online course (N = 139). The data were then correlated against grades achieved in the course to determine if there was any relationship. Findings indicate statistically significant relationships between the amount of time the learner spent with the content and weekly quiz grades (r = .-72). The study concludes that learners who spent more time interacting with course content achieve higher grades than those who spent less time with the content.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
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Best Practices for Librarians Embedded in Online Courses
Date: 2010
Creator: Hoffman, Starr & Ramin, Lilly
Description: This article discusses embedded librarian services. Abstract: Academic librarians interested in collaborating with faculty in online courses often express questions about their role, level of involvement, and activities. This article provides a list of best practices to guide those developing embedded librarian services. The practices are drawn from a review of the literature, as case study of one embedded librarian's experiences, and a mixed methods study of embedded librarianship at six institutions. The resulting best practices will help embedded librarians collaborate effectively with faculty to create a positive learning experience for distance students.
Contributing Partner: UNT Libraries
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Creating a Collaborative Online Project for an MBA Core course
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Evangelopoulos, Nicholas & Jayakumar, Jay
Description: This poster discusses creating a collaborative online project for an MBA core course. Traditional face-to-face classes offer the rich interactive experience gained through collaborative group projects. The authors' approach delivers all the elements of group interaction to an online core MBA course.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Business
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Teaching Tools, Applications, and Infrastructure for Digital Curation Through the Use of a Virtual Lab
Date: February 2013
Creator: Helsing, Joseph; Lewis, Paulette; Warga, Edward & Krahmer, Ana
Description: This poster discusses teaching tools, applications, and infrastructure for digital curation through the use of a virtual lab. With an increased demand for digital curation, data management, archiving, and preservation the library and information science community has begun offering new education and training in these fields. A trend in this education is the use of online virtual labs to offer students hands-on experience with the tools and methodologies inherent to these fields. At the University of North Texas (UNT), the authors are also developing a four course education program in digital curation and data management including a course called 'Tools, Applications, and Infrastructure for Digital Curation' that employs a virtual lab component. This poster discusses the first offering of the course; several challenges that the authors faced; and the new strategies developed to address these issues and improve the course and virtual lab for the next offering.
Contributing Partner: UNT College of Information
Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146591/