Transformational Instruction Building an Inclusive Learning Community for Asian Students

According to the Open Doors 2014/15 Report, the number of international students in the United States increased by 10% to a record high of 974,926 students, with the largest percentage coming from Asia. This presentation shares the results of a research study focused on providing pedagogical insights to instruction librarians and faculty members working with international Asian students. The data sources were a demographic survey for the Asian students, two semi-structured interviews conducted for the Asian students and the instructors who teach classes with Asian students, and a First-Year-Experience (FYS) class as a focus group to explore effective teaching methodologies and strategies for these students. The data reviewed areas like their positive and negative classroom practices, perceptions of the way American faculty and students perceived Asian international students, Asian students’ perceptions of American students and faculty, their current and past academic and library experiences, and their social-cultural experiences on campus. The presentation is to cover how social, cultural, language, and educational differences contribute to academic struggles for Asian students, how the instructor can design a culturally sensitive classroom, and how collaboration between the academic and service departments can help to improve Asian students’ educational and social experiences on campus

Using Curriculum Mapping as a Tool to Align the Information Literacy and Evidence-Based Research Learning Outcomes in Nursing Curriculum

This research investigated how to use curriculum mapping as a curriculum-integration tool to identify the components of information literacy (IL) and evidence-based practice (EBP) in the nursing curriculum for the future systematic incorporation of information literacy components in teaching EBP. The primary objective is to strengthen information literacy and evidence-based research competency. The ACRL information literacy framework in Higher Education, Information Literacy Competency Standards for Nursing, EBP Competencies, and the EBP research model were used to provide structure to create a map and crosswalk of information literacy and EBP student learning outcomes. We obtained 59 copies of the nursing undergraduate and graduate course syllabi to perform content analysis for each course. Content analysis was performed on each syllabus to identify existing or potential student learning outcomes (SLO) and assignments related to EBP and IL. The curriculum map can offer fully embedded librarian–faculty partnership opportunities to evaluate courses for IL and EBP learning outcomes together. It can also help to provide an opportunity to explore valid and reliable assessment tools to measure student IL competencies in the future

Faculty and Staff Awareness of Digital Commons @ Otterbein for Teaching, Research, and Services October 15th - 31st, 2015 Survey Result

To better understand the university research and teaching needs, the University Institutional Repository Committee conducted a study entitled: Faculty and Staff\u27s Awareness of Digital Commons @Otterbein Repository Service for Teaching and Research in 2015. This campus presentation demonstrated the survey results of the study

Sustainable Collaborations for OPAL Depository Collections: Meeting the Needs, Bridging the Gaps

The United States federal government publications were little known and underutilized in the majority of the OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) depository libraries, as the majority of the collections were not in the online catalog before 1998. The limited financial and human resources of these small academic libraries demanded effective collaboration among the libraries, the commercial vendors and service providers, the local administrations, and the library staff members to automate the collection. However, making collaboration work at operational and strategic levels can be a daunting management challenge

Designing and Implementing a Sustainable Institutional Repository Initiative in a Tight Budget Time

In contrast with the traditional “build it and they will come” approach, the library collaborated with campus faculty and staff and successfully demonstrated to campus administration the need to establish an institutional repository despite fiscal limitations. The presentation reveals some successful strategies to develop a sustainable repository

David Lubin as mediator - his letters, his library

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A Model Business Ethics Curriculum for Changhua Provincial Commercial High School Changhua, Taiwan, R. O. C.

The purpose of this project was to design and develop a model business ethics curriculum for high school students at Changhua Provincial Commercial High School in Changhua, Taiwan, (R.O.C.). To accomplish this purpose, current research and literature related to recent developments in business ethics curriculum and instruction was reviewed. Additionally, related information from selected schools with business ethics programs was obtained and analyzed