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Cognitive dissonance: a useful tool for getting and keeping control of a course integrated library instructional session. Pam Howard Senior Assistant Librarian, SF State February 2, 2007 SCIL, Pomona. Where are we going. Introduction Cognitive dissonance?
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Cognitive dissonance: a useful tool for getting and keeping control of a course integrated library instructional session Pam Howard Senior Assistant Librarian, SF State February 2, 2007 SCIL, Pomona
Where are we going . . . • Introduction • Cognitive dissonance? • What is a Student Response System (SRS) • Why use an SRS? • Prologue • Case Studies: One, Two, Three • Conclusions
What is cognitive dissonance ? • perception of incompatibility between two … elements of knowledge 1 • state of thinking you know something when, in fact you do not 1. Wikipedia
What is a Student Response System? • Technology – computer, software, transponder and receiver • Remotes are infrared or radio frequency • Sources: publishers and classroom technology companies • Real time responses
Why would you want to use a SRS? Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education1 • Actively engage students • Gauge level of understanding • Prompt feedback 1. Chickering and Gamson , 1987 AAHE Report
Prologue • Paper test • SRS test • Comparison
1. PubMed/Medline is a ... • Free online database? • A database search engine? • A government resource? • A group of peer reviewed journals?
2. To look for the most up to date information on small pox eradication you would look... • The library catalog? • An article database? • The Internet?
3. The extension on the URL that means a website is a government web site is... • .gov • .org • .com
SRS Synchronous Interactive Excel: means, percent, charts, etc Cumulative Prep: dynamic Paper Asynchronous Static Pen and paper tally Cumulative Prep: static Comparison
Case Study One: OASIS • Online tutorial: content and quizzes • Graduation Requirement • http://oasis.sfsu.edu/ • HEED 310: Health and Society • Writing requirement • Research requirement
OASIS: Do you know what it is within the context of the library? • Yes • No
OASIS: Did you pass a library requirement, here or else where? • Yes • No
OASIS taught me . . . • The Dewey decimal system SF State uses. • That I pay for interlibrary loan items. • Peer review and scholarly articles are different. • The library has a reference email service. • All of the above.
The what and the why. . . • Determined what they knew about the tutorial. • Determined if they had taken the tutorial. • Determined if they completed the requirement at SF State. • Tested various components of the tutorial.
Case Study Two: Broad spectrum of students • HH 690: Psychophysiology of Healing • Writing requirement • Research requirement • Upper division: undergraduates and graduates, and open university
Library of Congress Classification... • psychophysiology • psychotherapy • placebo • psychoneuroimmunology • psychopharmacology
Subject classifications are the same from one database to the next. • True • False
To request an article, I use... • Illiad • LINK+ • Pharos
The what and the why. . . • Start higher up the food chain of information: case two >> case one • Students had the opportunity to use active learning to find subject headings • They learned something about the catalog
Case Study Three: graduate class • NURS 700: The Theoretical Basis of Nursing • Writing requirement • Research requirement • Compare demographics and expectations to published information • Pravikoff, D., Tanner, A.,& Pierce, S. (2005) Readiness of US nurses for evidence-based practice: many don’t understand or value research and have had no training to help them find evidence on which to base their practice. American Journal of Nursing, 105(9),40-52.
What year did you get your first higher education degree? • Before 1989 • 1990-1995 • 1996-2000 • 2001- 2005
What is your latest work setting? • Hospital • Nursing home • Public/community health • Occupational health • Ambulatory care
When you need information at work, where do you turn? • Internet • Colleagues • Research • Hospital Libraries
When you use the internet for information, what do you use? • Pubmed • Nursing web sites • Google
Nurses feel they have a lack of access to computers on the floor? • True • False
Why use an SRS? • Case One: Assess prior knowledge • Case Two: Gauge student knowledge • Case Three: Engage students in the material
Class request Library Session Technology Student Outcomes
Conclusions . . . • I can teach on the fly • Not all sections of a class are the same • Technology is my friend • Relevance of library instruction is tested and usually affirmed • Different student segments respond positively to the use of an SRS
Questions . . . • Some additional SRS products • Turning Technologies • ClassActSRS/RF • Quizdom • InterWrite - - - and many more!!