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SustainablePedagogies:Crea3ngVideoTutorialsThroughFaculty‐Student‐LibraryCollabora3on

LisaShamchuk(Librarian)

CherieAnneCoffee

(StudentResearchAssistant)

SharonBra:

(Faculty)

GrantMacEwanUniversity

Outline

•  Background– Videotutorialsinlibraries– EDIT202– PilotPartnership

•  CreaMngtheVideoTutorial•  EvaluaMngthepilot•  FuturePlans&Research•  QuesMons

VideoTutorialsinLibraries

“AsthelineblursbetweenstudentswhoapproachtheInternetasdistancelearnersandstudentswhopreferonlinelearning,librariesareexpandingtheirinstrucMonalreachandeffecMvenessthroughthecreaMonofonlinetutorials.”(Bowles‐Terry,Hensley&Hinchliffe,2010,p.19)

“Today'sstudentshavegrownupinaheavilymediatedandfast‐pacedonlineenvironment.”(Pressley,2008,p.19)

VideoTutorialsinLibraries

“StudentsrecommendtheuseofmulMplemodaliMesinthedesignoflearningobjects.Theypreferthatthelearningobjectsincludebothimagesandsound,arevisuallyengaging,andareavailableatpoint‐of‐need,withsomewaytopickandchoosesecMonstoreview.”(Mestre,2010,p.827)

VideoTutorialsinLibraries

Challenges•  Findability•  Timeconsuming&complicatedtocreate•  Databaseinterfaceconstantlychanging•  Technologyrequirementstocreate/viewvideo

•  MarkeMngtoincreasevisibility

VideoTutorialsinLibraries

•  Poll:Whousesvideotutorialsintheirlibrary?

•  PairedDiscussion:– Howaretutorialsusedinyourlibrary?– Whocreatesyourvideotutorials?

– Whatsocware/toolsareusedtocreate/displaythevideos?

VideoTutorials@MacEwanLibrary

SearchPath:

EDIT202:TechnologyToolsforTeachingandLearning

Context:

• EDIT202InstrucMonalTechnologycourse• GroupscreatevideotutorialaspartoftheirpresentaMononalearningtechnologyi.e.Animoto,JamStudio,Timeglider• Productisshownonce

Problem:HowcouldproductsbemoreusefulgivenpopularityofYouTubevideotutorials?

EDIT202:TechnologyToolsforTeachingandLearning

Problem:HowcouldproductsbemoreusefulgivenpopularityofYouTubevideotutorials?

Solu3on:Partnerwithclientswhoneedvideotutorials.

Thisextendstheusefulnessofthestudents’workbeyondtheimmediatecourse

ExampleofaSustainablePedagogy

SUSTAINABLEPEDAGOGY

“Capacitytoendure”

“Responsiblemanagementofresources”

InEcologycontext‐systemsremaindiverseandproducMveoverMme

ThriN,VigourandResourcefulness

SUSTAINABLEPEDAGOGY

“ThriN,VigourandResourcefulness”

ThriN:AvoidingduplicaMonofeffortandresources

Resourcefulness:Designingstudentprojectsthatbere‐usedbyotherareasoftheMacewancommunity

PilotPartnership

•  LiaisonLibrarianshipatitsbest•  Facultyingenuity•  Studentcourseknowledge+enthusiasm

•  TimelinerestricMons

•  ChallengeofaccommodaMngdifferentworkloads

EDIT202

•  Tools/skillslearnedinEDIT202

Imagefrom:h:p://instruct.ehc.edu/classrooms/User_documenaMon/Equipment_Use.htm

•  ReasonsforusingScreencast‐o‐maMc

Screencast‐o‐ma3c.com

Imagesfromwww.screencast‐o‐maMc.com

• Process&CollaboraMon• MeeMngs

• TheVideo

Crea3ngtheVideoTutorial

“Video,meetlibrarywebsite…”

AddedtoEducaMonLibGuidesubjectguide

•  TutorialVideostab

“Video,meetlibrarywebsite…”

•  Challenges:–  PublicvsMacEwanAccountAccess

•  Copyright– HosMngthestreamingvideo

•  WorkingwithUniversity/LibraryITdepartments•  YoutubeChannel?

–  Embedding&formaingthevideo

Feedback

•  Whoweasked

•  Whysoinformal?

•  Plansforfuturefeedback

Feedback

Whoweasked• MacEwanlibrarian

• Formerusabilitystudents

• EducaMonstudent

Feedback

Whysoinformal?• Interestedinpreliminaryfeedbacktoshowproof‐of‐conceptgoingforward

• Toimprovefuturetutorials

Plansforfuturefeedback

• IncludefeedbackrequestonEducaMonguide

• ConductsmallfocusgroupsinFall2012

Feedback

Posi3ve“Thewholetutorialwasveryclearandwellputtogether.”

“TheNarratorseemstoknowquiteabitaboutthedatabase.“

“…morethanenoughinformaMonwasprovidedtocompletetherequestedtask.”

Feedback

Recommenda3ons“IthinkitwouldbehelpfultoindicatetheGetItbu:onsandexplainhowtheywork.”

“SubjecttermsaremenMonedbutthenarratordoesnotexplainthevalueofthemorwhatwouldhappenifyouclickedonthem”

“IthinkaPart2tothisvideothatincludesmorein‐depthsearchtechniqueswouldbehelpful.”

FuturePlans

•  Pilotsuccess?– Tutorialsuccessfullycreated– Postedtopublic– PosiMveuserfeedback

•  OpenupopportunitytomoreEDIT202students?– Create“howto”videosforotherlibraryresources(e.g.otherdatabases,websiteresources,etc.)

FutureResearch

Unan3cipatedoutcome:• Discrepancybetweenintendeduse(librarianperspecMve)andactualuse(student)• Dolibrariansdesigntutorialsthatdirectlysupportstudents’needs?Ordowedesignthemtoalignwithourwayofsearching?

FutureResearch

Researchques3on

“HowcanMacEwanlibrariansdiscoverhowstudentsactuallyusethe

database?”

OpportunityforlibrarianstocollaboratewithCMPT351Usability?

MoreFutureResearch

Arevideotutorialstheanswer?• Only5of21studentspreferredvideotutorialtoastaMcwebpagewithscreenshots.

• 19outof21studentsperformedbe:eronaposttestacerusingthestaMcwebpage,asopposedtothevideotutorial.

Mestre,L.S.(2012).Studentpreferencefortutorialdesign:Ausabilitystudy.ReferenceServicesReview,40(2),258‐276.doi:10.1108/00907321211228318

Ques3ons?

LisaShamchuk:ShamchukL@macewan.ca

CherieAnneCoffee:CoffeeC@mymail.macewan.ca

SharonBra::Bra:S@macewan.ca

References

Bowles‐Terry,M.,Hensley,M.K.,&Hinchliffe,L.J.(2010).BestpracMcesforonlinevideotutorialsinacademiclibraries:Astudyofstudentpreferencesandunderstanding.Communica6onsinInforma6onLiteracy,4(1),17‐28.Retrievedfromh:p://www.comminfolit.org

Grave:,K.,&Gill,C.(2010).Usingonlinevideotopromotedatabasesearchingskills:ThecreaMonofavirtualtutorialforhealthandsocialcarestudents.JournalofInforma6onLiteracy,4(1),66‐71.Retrievedfromh:p://ojs.lboro.ac.uk

Kroski,E.(2009).That'sinfotainment!SchoolLibraryJournal,55(2),40‐42.Retrievedfromh:p://www.schoollibraryjournal.com

Mestre,L.S.(2010).Matchinguplearningstyleswithlearningobjects:What'seffecMve?JournalofLibraryAdministra6on,50(7),808‐829.doi:10.1080/01930826.2010.488975

Mestre,L.S.(2012).Studentpreferencefortutorialdesign:Ausabilitystudy.ReferenceServicesReview,40(2),258‐276.doi:10.1108/00907321211228318

Pressley,L.(2008).Usingvideostoreachsitevisitors:Atoolkitfortoday’sstudent.ComputersinLibraries,28(6),18‐22.Retrievedfromh:p://www.infotoday.com/cilmag

Tewell,E.(2010).Videotutorialsinacademicartlibraries:Acontentanalysisandreview.ArtDocumenta6on,29(2),53‐61.Retrievedfromh:p://www.arlisna.org/artdoc