Post on 29-Jul-2015
Margaret DriscollGraduate Student (May 2012)
Reserves Coordinator, CSU Channel Islands Broome Library
margaret.driscoll@csuci.edu
Debbie Faires, MLIS
Asst. Director for Distance Learning
Debbie.Faires@sjsu.edu
San Jose State University
slisweb.sjsu.edu
About SJSU SLIS
• Graduate program (MLIS and MARA)• +2,000 students• Accredited by the American Library
Association and NCATE• #1 e-learning provider in
our field (U.S. News & World Report)
Our students live across the U.S. and in other countries.
Students enrolled, Fall 2010
Our faculty are distributed, too.
Web conferencing brings everyone together.
Are you using web conferencing in your organization?
The best thing we did to grow adoption…
Three stages of our adoption growth:
Seeds
Grassroots adoption
Full bloom
Stage 1: Planting the first seeds
Early adopters and a fortuitous promise
Elluminate Project Assistants:
What would they learn from this project?
Possible Outcomes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntiep/28558732/
Project ‘gardening’ tasks
Train incoming studentsProvide live online ‘help’
Assist faculty Schedule sessions
Convert recordings
Fall Semester 2010
10 Elluminate Project Assistants60 course assistance requests by faculty 395 incoming grad students to train2,032 session requests scheduled
Elluminate Project tools
1. Project course website2. Resources@Elluminate3. Elluminate Live!
Manager4. G-mail5. Google docs6. Elluminate Publish!
Tool #1 Central place for info & communication
Tool #2 Resources @ Elluminate websites
http://elluminate.com
http://learncentral.org
Already available for Bb Collaborate!
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Resources/Best-Practices.aspx
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/event/playback
Tool #3 ‘Manager’ calendar
Tool #4 Ellumin8 Gmail
Tool #5 Collaborative docs online
A closer look at tracking… Personal log
Tool #6 Conversion tool
Project assistants gained:
Technology training experienceInstructional strategiesService learningCloser involvement with faculty and other students
Quotes from project assistants
“… one of the most beneficial and fun experiences”
“I have so much more confidence in my presentation skills”
“I use the skills I learned through this class daily, whether troubleshooting online learning software for our libraries or presenting.”
Quotes from faculty members
“Knowing that there is someone to assist me in these sessions makes it possible for me to do them.”
“This is a wonderful service for faculty that never fails to deliver the idea that SJSU cares about teaching.”
Part-time faculty member
Stage 2: Grassroots Adoption
Surprising Results
Surprising Results
“It showed me I'm part of a community; Not an isolated student.”
Faculty Adoption (Fall 2010)
Student group use:
We had a few weeds (complaints)
Stage 3: Full Bloom
How can faculty use web conferencing?
How can faculty use it?Office hoursCollaborative class sessionsStudent presentations and projectsGuest speakersTechnology troubleshootingRecordingsAccessibility
Recordings for mobile audio/video
Accessibility
Jeremy Kemp’s captioned YouTube videos from Elluminate recordings
Jeremy’s “How to” video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP4Ct3WcsKI
How can students use web conferencing?
How can students use it?Organization meetingsSpeaker eventsOnline conferencesPresentations (include in ePortfolio)
Learning units
David Joyner’s WWII Session
How can web conferencing be used for administrative purposes and student services?
Gateway PhD Program with Queensland University of Technology
Writing Center
Librarian Consultations
© Terry Moore. Used with permission.
Faculty Hiring
Summary
Thank you and garden on!Photographs from Microsoft Office Online, except where noted.
Debbie.Faires@sjsu.eduMargaret.Driscoll@csuci.edu
Slides available at http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/faculty/dfaires/ http://www.slideshare.net/mdriscoll/elluminateproject