Computer-Assisted Instruction: Is It an Option for Bibliographic Instruction in Large Undergraduate Survey Classes? | Zendy

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Computer-Assisted Instruction: Is It an Option for Bibliographic Instruction in Large Undergraduate Survey Classes?

Author(s) -

Joan R. Kaplowitz,

Janice Contini

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl.59.1.19

Subject(s) - summative assessment , computer science , library instruction , task (project management) , computer assisted instruction , mathematics education , medical education , library science , multimedia , formative assessment , information literacy , psychology , medicine , engineering , systems engineering

Developing effective library instruction for large undergraduate survey courses can be a difficult task. In 1993, librarians at UCLA’s Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library decided to develop a computer-assisted library instruction program for the roughly 800 to 900 undergraduate biology students per year who are enrolled in the department’s basic, required-for-the-major introductory course. A formal summative evaluation of the effectiveness of this CAI, as compared to the lecture method, also was developed. The evaluation utilized both a quantitative pre- and posttest design using objective questions and a qualitative follow-up survey featuring open-ended questions.

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