Re-defining and Refining

Information Literacy Online:

Library Search Smart Quiz

Presented by

Beth Prior and Peggy Brooksby

Mid-sized

PhD granting

Annual growth of 7%

in undergraduate

enrolments

23% of students with

low socio-economic

status

Strategies to

support transition

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Generic focus

For commencing students

Videos + Guided searches

Self-paced + Accessible

Information + Questions

University Learning

Management System

(LMS)

Additional topic for

every student

Formally assessed

by several courses

Library

Quiz not

appealing

Missed the

mark with

students?

Plenty of

anecdotes

Little formal

evidence

New

Learning

Management

System

(LMS)

2012

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Catalogue

to

Discovery

Layer

Late 2011

Survey 2 in 2012

New Quiz

Different respondents

Feedback from students

at week 10

Scaled response

& open-ended questions

Survey 1 in 2011

Old Quiz

Survey response rate

17.3% in 2011 (n=427)

After assignment the library was

not as scary any more

Presentation dull and links too slow

…could be…a bit more interesting…

more visually interesting would be a

great improvement

LMS team

Retain quiz tool

Practical focus

Active learning

Assessment

Moodle

Over-arching

course to

house Quiz

Library

Search

Smart Online

Library

Quiz

became

the core

activity

Supporting

modules

in

Library

Search

Smart

Online

Random selection

Two attempts

Hints & feedback

Question bank

Captivate

tutorials

Captioned

and

interactive

Visual

interest

added

University

photographer

created bank

of

“local”

images

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Logos

and

icons

Results

How did we

and

the students

do?

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

2,647 3,370

5,624 6,382

2012 2011

Quiz Completions

47% in 2011

52.8% in 2012

Commencing

undergraduate

population

Survey Respondents

Similar profile in both surveys

2011 & 2012

Survey

Respondents

2012 (18.6% n= 628)

Good match

for wider

cohort of

commencing

undergrads

93% On-campus

78% Female

36% < 20 years old

27% Low SES

9% O’seas Residence

Reported

Searching

Frequency

Top 3 activities

to Week 10

2012

Mean Ranking

(N=628)

0 1 2 3 4

eReserve article

article in peer review journal

FindIt@Flinders

2.76

2.88

3.22

0. Not at all 1. Once or twice overall

2. About once a month

3. Two-three times a month 4. At least weekly

Statistical analysis

of 4 scaled response

questions

8 of 26 items significant

(p<0.05)

Reported

Searching

Frequency

Discovery tool

more than

Classic

catalogue

0 1 2 3 4

FindIt@Flinders 2012

Catalogue 2011

3.22*

2.83

0. Not at all 1. Once or twice overall

2. About once a month

3. Two-three times a month 4. At least weekly

Reported

Helpfulness

2012 Quiz more helpful

in developing

students’ skills

with use

of main

search tool

Searching FindIt@Flinders

(2012)

Searching Catalogue (2011)

5.06*

4.90

4. Somewhat helpful 5. Helpful

6. Very helpful

How to explain close results of surveys

Initial tidy up of quiz, pre-research

Quiz content quite similar in 2011 & 2012

Survey focused on Quiz, not Moodle course

1 year time time-frame

Low precision of measurement

Take-home messages

Quiz within the LMS

Structure and Design

Discovery tool

Future directions

Take-home message

Quiz in Learning

Management System

Visible to students

Linear structure of Quiz

problematic

Encourages

conciseness

Take-home message

Structure and design of

the Quiz

Take-home message

Structure and design of

the Quiz

Rethink use of videos

Well used

Simple introduction to

concept of peer-review

Take-home message

Discovery tool

Take-home message

Future directions

for the Quiz

Address challenges

of the Discovery tool

Keyword selection

Search strategies

Pre-requisite

to

formal

info literacy

classes