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Wood, F.; Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Sobczyk, G.; Duffin, R.: Information skills, searching behaviour and cognitive styles for student-centred learning : a computer-assisted learning approach (1996)
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- Undergraduates were tested to establish how they searched databases, the effectiveness of their searches and their satisfaction with them. The students' cognitive and learning styles were determined by the Lancaster Approaches to Studying Inventory and Riding's Cognitive Styles Analysis tests. There were significant differences in the searching behaviour and the effectiveness of the searches carried out by students with different learning and cognitive styles. Computer-assisted learning (CAL) packages were developed for three departments. The effectiveness of the packages were evaluated. Significant differences were found in the ways students with different learning styles used the packages. Based on the experience gained, guidelines for the teaching of information skills and the production and use of packages were prepared. About 2/3 of the searches had serious weaknesses, indicating a need for effective training. It appears that choice of searching strategies, search effectiveness and use of CAL packages are all affected by the cognitive and learning styles of the searcher. Therefore, students should be made aware of their own styles and, if appropriate, how to adopt more effective strategies
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- Journal of information science. 22(1996) no.2, S.79-92
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Searching WorldCat tutorial now available (1999)
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Azzaro, S.; Cleary, K.: One, two, three ... infinity : a computer assisted learning package for the first time user of SilverPlatter CD-ROMs (1994)
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- At the start of the academic year reference staff are hard pressed to provide sufficient assistance to first time users of CD-ROMs, who have missed bibliographic instruction classes, or who need more guidance before searching. The literature on CD-ROMs was reviewed, and a survey conducted to estimate the training needs of searchers. It was found that 100% of the inexperienced searchers required assistance while searching, and 50% of their search strategies were later rated as poor. More than half the experienced searchers also needed the librarians assistance, and 31% of this group demonstrated a poor understanding of searching techniques. The survey findings were incorporated into CDIntro, a computer assisted learning package designed by the authors
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Wallace, A.H.: Developing a slide/tape to teach end-user searching (1990)
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- Describes the University of Tennessee-Knoxville slide/tape tutorial for instructing the students in BRS/Night Search programme for end-user searching. Provides adequate coverage of basic points in the original outline, and frees librarians for consultation. The creation of an in-house tutorial has allowed the library to tailor a presentation to particular needs of a library. Plans to create another instructional package for DIALOG's Knowledge Index
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Warner, E.R.; Hamlin, M.D.; Frisby, A.; Braster, C.; Lezotte, S.: World Wide Web tutorials for teaching online searching in distance and individual-learning environments (1997)
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Dirks, H.: Lernen im Internet oder mit Gedrucktem? : Eine Untersuchung zeigt: Fernunterrichts-Teilnehmer wollen beides! (2002)
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Wood, A.D.G.: Instructional technology in the business environment (1995)
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- Multimedia today. 3(1995) no.1, S.18-22
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Hawkins, D.T.: Web-based training for online retrieval : some examples (1997)
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- Describes the efforts of Knight-Ridder Information (KRI) and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to provide Web based training systems. The KRI tutorial covers the DIALOG Web service, describes the technology, the tutorial and evaluates its usefulness. D&B's web based training trains users on its online system. It is more advanced than the KRI tutorial. Describes its training modules, and its testing of methods and technologies. The University of Texas as Austin has developed 2 tutorials on searching for patents and trademarks
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Koltay, T.: ¬A hypertext tutorial on abstracting for library science students (1995)
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Leach, B.A.: Identifying CD-ROM use patterns as a tool for evaluating user instruction (1994)
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- Workstation sign up records were used to determine use patterns for individuals searching CD-ROM databases in the Biological Sciences Library at Ohio State University between Jan 87 and Jun 91. Data were gathered for the number of database uses, interval between first and last database use, and number of academic quarters in which databases were used. More than half the individuals recorded all use within one month. Over one third recorded use on only one day. Results suggest that the library should emphasize basic point of use instruction for first time searchers and deemphasize workshops
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Creanor, L.; Durndell, H.: Teaching information handling skills with hypertext (1994)
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- This paper describes the development and content of four Computer Assisted Learning packages designed to teach information skills to higher education students. The areas covered include database searching and library search skills. Educational aspects of using hypertext and hypermedia for learning are discussed along with development issues and a description is given of the staff costs involved. The main source of external funding was the Higher Education Funding Councils' Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
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Wood, F.: Information skills for student centred learning : a computer-assisted learning approach (1997)
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- Abstract
- Reports a study of undergraduate students' use of computer-based information retrieval services in relation to their cognitive and learning styles. Includes a survey of staff at Sheffield University, UK on their use of computer databases and the extend to which undergraduates are made aware of these services. Results show that undergraduate use is low and varies greatly between students of differnt faculties. Student searching behaviour was found to be basic and their performance inadequate. Significant correlation's between cognitive and learning styles and search behaviour were found. Computer-assisted learning (CAL) packages were developed and customised for 3 departments. Guidelines were drawn up based on the project's findings for introducing a computerised information sources programme into the undergraduate curriculum and preparing CAL teaching packages on information skills
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Picking, R.: ¬A comparative study of computer-based document manipulation techniques (1994)
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- Techniques to aid the manipulation of a computer based document were tested by a group of 38 novice users. The subjects were given a period of time to browse the document, and were subsequently given a set of goal related tasks in a questionnaire/answer session. The techniques tested were sequential paging, index referral, text fins and embedded hypertext links. 3 differing types of link mechansms were assessed and compared with each other. Sequential paging and index referral were the most commonly used of the techniques. Text find was employed more for goal related tasks than for browsing. The hypertext link technique was generally unpopular, especially for goal related tasks. In order to establish the importance of the text find technique, the effect on reading strategies without this facility was also investigated. For browsing operations, an increase in paging and decrease in hypertext linking was observed. In the case of goal directed searching, an increase was observed in paging and index referral techniques. The study calls into question the usefulness of hypertext in educational software
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Kirk, J.: Computer-assisted learning and teaching in library and information studies in Australia (1993)
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- The interest of Australian academics in library and information studies is manifest in 2 themes: technology for information practice and technology for learning. These themes underlie the integration of information technology into education for information professionals. Surveys carried out in the early 1980s highlighted the applications of technology, particularly in online cataloguing and online searching. The study reported in this paper aimed to explore the extent of use and non-use od computer-assisted learning and teaching in Australian schools of library and information studies in the early 1990s. The results indicate more widespread use of computer-assisted learning than computer-assisted teaching. There is considerably diversity in courses where computer-assisted learning is included in the packages used by students. More than half of the schools surveyed have plans to extend computer-assisted learning over the next three years. In order to take full advantage of the potential of computer-assisted learning, academies in schools of library and information studies in Australia will need to cooperate with each other, with academics and industry-based colleagues in computer-based training and education, and with similar schools in overseas countries
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Vishwanatham, R.; Wilkins, W.; Jevec, T.: ¬The Internet as a medium for online instruction (1997)
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- Describes the work of a task force of librarians, at Illinois University at Chicago, in developing an introductory course on the online searching of the Internet and which was conducted over the University's electronic mail network. The 16 lesson course was distributed via listserv to students, staff, residents, and faculty (some using university facilities and some using equipment at their home or office) in various locations throughout the state. Initially, more than 450 people subscribes. Subscribers received 2 lessons a week for 8 weeks. Lessons were made available via FTP ot gopher after initial distribution. Content included basic information, troubleshooting advice, and exercises for practice. Pre and post tests were conducted via listserv to assess the participants' prior knowledge and subsequent knowledge gain. Describes the development of the online course, discusses the results of pre and post tests, and notes the implications for the library's instructional role of using an online instruction medium
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Garnsey, M.R.: What distance learners should know about information retrieval on the World Wide Web (2002)
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- The Internet can be a valuable tool allowing distance learners to access information not available locally. Search engines are the most common means of locating relevant information an the Internet, but to use them efficiently students should be taught the basics of searching and how to evaluate the results. This article briefly reviews how Search engines work, studies comparing Search engines, and criteria useful in evaluating the quality of returned Web pages. Research indicates there are statistical differences in the precision of Search engines, with AltaVista ranking high in several studies. When evaluating the quality of Web pages, standard criteria used in evaluating print resources is appropriate, as well as additional criteria which relate to the Web site itself. Giving distance learners training in how to use Search engines and how to evaluate the results will allow them to access relevant information efficiently while ensuring that it is of adequate quality.
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Thomas, N.R.: Planning and developing cross-platform interactive multimedia library instruction (1997)
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Robinson, D.A.; Lester, C.R.; Hamilton, N.M.: Delivering computer assisted learning across the WWW (1998)
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Goeller, K.E.: Web-based collaborative learning : a perspective on the future (1998)
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Brusilovsky, P.; Eklund, J.; Schwarz, E.: Web-based education for all : a tool for development adaptive courseware (1998)
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