How the Library moved a community pre-baccalaureate information literacy course to an online, flipped environment

How the Library moved a community pre-baccalaureate

information literacy course to an online, flipped environment

Maryska Connolly-Brown, MLISKim Mears, MLIS, AHIPPeter Shipman, MLIS

Georgia Regents University (GRU)• 9000 students; 1000

faculty• MCG name retained

by medical school• MCG diversity office

administers the Student Educational Enrichment Program (SEEP) pipeline program

GRU

Georgia Health

Sciences University

Augusta State

University

Library Seminar

• Ten, 17/18 year-old commuting students• Five weekly, two-hour sessions• Conversion to online learning management

system in 2013• Pre-test and post-test

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Flipped Rationale• Students will learn and test

online in higher education• Librarians gain experience

creating online content and creating online tests

• Educators believe flipped instruction increases student knowledge and retention

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Methods

• Desire2Learn (D2L) learning management system

• Pre-test online• Online lecture and handouts• Post-test online (graded)

2013 vs 2014 Experience

2013• Unable to register all

students for online access• Not all had D2L access• Tried dual online/paper

system, but reverted to paper

2014• All students online• All sessions flipped• Shared access to grades and

content with SEEP administrators

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2014 results

2014 Online History22 visits / 2 hr. 42 m.

11 visits / 45 m.

28 visits / 1 hr. 3 m.

23 visits / 3 hr. 30 m.

32 visits / 49 m.

19 visits / 2 hr. 4 m.

29 visits / 5 hr. 22 m.

32 visits / 1 hr. 45 m.

24 visits / 1 hr.

10 visits / 1 hr. 27 m.

• Met primary objectives• More time needed to create test instruments

and more examples for live class• No correlation between online activity and

test grade

Future Seminar Plans• Re-evaluate class

content and test instrument

• Offer all online course for Savannah Pre-College SEEP

• Revisit weekly testing of online content

Savannah

Postscript: CDM flipped

• Converted GRU dental class to flipped• Incorporated game into live class and D2L

Questions?Peter Shipman

Dental Medicine and Cancer [email protected]