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Mapping Points of Interest: An Analysis of Students' Engagement with Digital Primary Sources
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Rysavy, Monica D. T.; Michalak, Russell; Hunt, Kevin – American Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The Digital Archival Advertisements Survey Process (DAASP) model is a collaborative active learning exercise designed to aid students in evaluating primary source documents of print-based advertisements. By deploying DAASP, the researchers were able to assess the students' ability to evaluate their biases of the advertisements in a first-year…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Archives
The Case of Literacy Motivation: Playful 3D Immersive Learning Environments and Problem-Focused Education for Blended Digital Storytelling
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Mystakidis, Stylianos; Berki, Eleni – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2018
The University of Patras' Library Services designed and offered to primary and secondary schools the pilot educational program "From the Ancient to the Modern Tablets," featuring immersive multimedia learning experiences about the book history. The pilot program consisted of three stages: a playful library tour, followed by an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
They CAN and They SHOULD: Undergraduates Providing Peer Reference and Instruction
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Bodemer, Brett B. – College & Research Libraries, 2014
Peer learning dynamics have proven powerful in collegiate contexts. These dynamics should be leveraged at the undergraduate level in academic libraries for reference provision and basic information literacy instruction. Drawing on the literature of peer learning, documented examples of peer reference and instruction in academic libraries, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Teaching, Cooperative Learning, Academic Libraries
Modeling Your College Library after a Commercial Bookstore? The Hong Kong Design Institute Library Experience
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Lo, Patrick; Chiu, Dickson K. W.; Chu, Wilson – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2013
The Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is a leading design education institute in Hong Kong under the Vocational Training Council (VTC) group. Opened in September 2010, the HKDI Learning Resources Centre is a specialist library for the study of art and design. The mission of the HKDI Library is to support and promote the academic goals of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Development, Design, Art Education
Public Libraries as Places for Empowering Women through Autonomous Learning Activities
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Yoshida, Yuko – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction. The purpose of this research is to investigate the significance of public libraries as educational institutions. The meaning of lifelong learning in public libraries from the perspective of women's autonomous activities is re-examined. Method. The literature of the grassroots library movement and that of the empowerment of women is…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Learning Activities, Active Learning, Empowerment
Getting Users to Library Resources: A Delicious Alternative
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Kapucu, Aysegul; Hoeppner, Athena; Dunlop, Doug – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2008
The article gives an overview of social bookmarking in libraries and discusses the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries Delicious project and its outcomes in depth. It also addresses technical issues involved with setting up a library Delicious account; barriers to participation; training requirements; integration with other library sites…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Indexing, Internet, Shared Resources and Services