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No Student is an Island:. Building Electronic Bridges for Distance Learning Courses 2004 Nevada Library Association Conference Allyson Washburn Brigham Young University. Introduction. Institutional Background Doctoral Extensive University 12 colleges 287 degrees 30,000 students
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No Student is an Island: Building Electronic Bridges for Distance Learning Courses 2004 Nevada Library Association Conference Allyson Washburn Brigham Young University
Introduction • Institutional Background • Doctoral Extensive University • 12 colleges • 287 degrees • 30,000 students • Independent Study Courses • 369 courses • 26,751 enrollments • 1 online Bachelor’s Degree
Independent Study Courses • Course Model • Faculty concern • Library concerns
Problem: Bridging the Gap • Distributed Learning Coordinator • Authentication issues • Suzanne’s story • Vision • Funding • Pilot
Planning the project • Planning and tracking method • Project team • Buy-in from stakeholders • Task definition and assignment • Timeline • Progress reports
Building the Portal • Delivery mechanism • Design and construction • Resource selection and incorporation • Integration in courses
Publicizing the Portal • Collaborative effort with IS marketing team • Students • Web page http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/index.dhtm • Flash tutorial • Inside course • Personal letter to each student • Articles • Icon in web, paper and CD catalogs
Publicizing the Portal - 2 • Collaborative effort with CID • Faculty • English department faculty meeting • Individual faculty meetings
Evaluating the Portal • Methods • Feedback link • Usage data • Surveys
What we learned • General findings • Specific findings
What’s Next? • Faculty Survey • Quality of assignments • Portal integration in course revisions • Upgrading and minor redesign of portal • Adding subject librarian pictures to contact information • Renaming sections • Adding instruction tutorials • Increasing number of databases available • Enhancing statistical reporting tool
What’s Next- 2 • Planning for Phase 2 • Close out current project • Issues for phase 2 • How many courses can we do per year? • How do we decide which courses are next? • How will we handle updates to portal (new databases)? • How will federated searching affect the portal? • How can we better publicize the portal to both students and faculty?
Allyson Washburn Brigham Young University allyson_washburn@byu.edu