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12019

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (20 minutes, no formal paper)

Alys Jordan, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, alysjordan@gmail.com
 * Bridging the Gap between Students and Virtual Library Instruction**

I am presently an instruction liaison to the School of Business, Institute for the Study of Human Services, Health, and Justice, and six Student Education Centers in Florida and the Bahamas students. Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in 2010 calendar year enrolled 39,737 with 64 percent students residing in Florida permanent residents (NSU Facts: Permanent Residence of Students 2010, p. 7). NSU student demographic include students located in 15 countries and, 49 states and US possessions during the calendar year of 2010. In 2008 and 2010, the NSU Student Survey of Library Resources and Services was administered and an overwhelming trend emerged students indicated a need for more library instruction.

In 2008, I began scheduling face-to-face Lunch-n-Learn workshops at NSU Student Education Centers, but this excluded students that did not live near a Student Education Center in Florida or Bahamas. The library lacked access to Voice Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications independent of faculty lead courses. The Alvin Sherman Library is a member of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN) in the summer of 2008 Adobe Connect became a benefit of membership. From 2008 to present, I have developed online instructional sessions to embed information literacy into core courses and orientations in School of Business and Institute for the Study of Human Services, Health, and Justice. To address the needs of NSU students enrolled at the six Student Education Centers and online, Ride the Wave: Empowering Student Success workshop series was created. The workshop series included library instruction, APA, Endnote, writing, and work and life balance workshops. Ride the Wave: Empowering Student Success was a collaborative initiative between NSU libraries, Student Activities, and the Writing Center to support student academic needs.

The TCC presentation will demonstrate how Adobe Connect combined with Springshare provides an interactive learning environment virtually. The presentation will demonstrate how students practice keyword searches, receive immediate feedback, handouts, and a recording of the session to refer to later to address various learning styles.

Adobe Connect is a tool used to provide Institute for the Study of Human Services, Health, and Justice Program orientation synchronously and two days later part two of the student orientation is the library session. Orientations are recorded in Adobe Connect to create an asynchronous tutorial. The School of Business has embedded information literacy into its curriculum. There are three core courses, that library instruction is provided to all students registered for the core courses. Library instruction is held online in Adobe Connect synchronously for three evenings designated by lead professors. The sessions are recorded and best out of three is provided to students that missed the original sessions or students that want to review the session. Adobe Connect sessions are interactive. I typically demonstrate searches using PowerPoint Presentation, send a course guide created in LibGuides to students desktop to replicate the search using their own topics. Using the chat function the students can give me their results from their searches and we discuss how to narrow or expand their searches. Adobe Connect an interactive tool used to assist in bridging the gap between students and library instruction synchronously and asynchronously.

All Audiences Voice Over-IP, Distance Learning, Instructional Applications, Adobe Connect, Online Learning Resources