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Engaging Distance Learners: Online Workshops at UNC Greensboro Libraries

Discover how UNC Greensboro Libraries effectively engage distance learners through innovative online workshops. Offered via Elluminate Live, these workshops cover various topics tailored for students and faculty, including library orientations, resume writing, Creative Commons, and much more. Feedback demonstrates the value of these sessions, highlighting their benefits and interactivity. Learn the lessons from our experiences, including the importance of marketing, tech support, and participant engagement. Join us in enhancing your learning experience without leaving your desk!

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Engaging Distance Learners: Online Workshops at UNC Greensboro Libraries

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  1. Going the Distance Without Leaving Your Desk Beth Filar Williams Jenny Dale UNC Greensboro University Libraries

  2. Poll: online workshops Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  3. Poll: Software Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  4. Online Workshops • Elluminate Live! • Workshops webpage

  5. Online Workshops • Library Orientations • For students • 30 minutes • For faculty • 30 minutes • For specific programs • Liberal Studies • Business • Public Health Weather Vane Compass by incurable_hippie on flickr.com [CC BY-NC 2.0]

  6. Online Workshops • Specific topics • Resume and cover letter workshop (for Library and Information Studies) • Introduction to Creative Commons • PowerPoint Makeover • Introduction to EndNote (December 2010) • Beyond PowerPoint (Spring 2011) • GoogleDocs (Spring 2011)

  7. Marketing • Library workshops • Teaching and Learning Center calendar • Emails to online/ distance students • Letters to faculty through library liaisons Megaphone / IMG_0144 by Tomasz Tom Kulbowski on flickr.com [CC-BY NC 2.0]

  8. Attendance

  9. Responses • “Thank you so much for arranging the elluminate session for the Brown Bag Lunch.  I truly appreciate you!  The session was very beneficial for me...” -LIS Graduate Student • “I can't believe it has taken me until almost 4pm to send you all a big thank you for last evening's Elluminate Library Orientation session.  While we maybe didn't have the turnout we anticipated, it was a terrific first run.  And I ended up enjoying the experience enormously - it was my first time actually using Elluminate (vs. training on it), and it was great to participate in the session while sitting in my kitchen munching apples and cheese!    I am hoping we can do this again in the future for our ODC students ...” -Administrator and Faculty Member, Bryan School of Business and Economics

  10. Lessons Learned - Marketing • Email reminders • Requiring sign-ups helps • Buy-in from instructors/program • Target sessions to specific programs On Target by viZZZual on flickr.com [CC-BY 2.0]

  11. Lessons Learned - Tech • Include contact for tech support during session • Always include second moderator • Be cautious about audio participation

  12. Lessons Learned • Interactivity is just as important online as it is in person • Ask questions more frequently • Use tools to engage Sleeping student in Waseda computers roomby Gnurou on flickr.com [CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0]

  13. What’s next? follow the megaphone guy! by RageZ on flickr.com [CC BY-2.0]

  14. Questions? • Contact • Beth efwilli3@uncg.edu • Jenny jedale2@uncg.edu

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