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RADical redesign

RADical redesign. Introducing college freshmen to Research and Discovery through online instruction. }. Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington. Amanda Hornby , Kathleen Collins, and Nichole Maiman Waterman. Approximately 27,600 undergraduate students on campus *

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RADical redesign

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  1. RADical redesign Introducing college freshmen to Research and Discovery through online instruction } Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington Amanda Hornby, Kathleen Collins, and NicholeMaiman Waterman

  2. Approximately 27,600 undergraduate students on campus * • More than 5,500 incoming freshmen students each academic year * • 7 undergraduate instruction librarians • 1 undergraduate library A problem of scale • * 2010 headcount enrollments from the UW Admissions, admit.washington.edu/QuickFacts

  3. FIGs are pre-packaged clusters of high-demand first-year courses. With FIGs, students: • Simplify the registration process • Take all classes with the same 20-25 classmates • Meet other students with similar interests • Enroll in GEN ST 199: The University Community Freshmen Interest Groups (FIGs)

  4. RAD 1.0: 2005 • Customized version of “Research 101” online tutorial

  5. RAD 2.0: 2006 - 2008 • A paper-based self-guided tour with research activities

  6. RAD Project 3.0: 2009 - • LibGuide: video orientations and research tutorials

  7. UW Common Book: Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama Topic Evolution: 2009

  8. Topic Evolution: 2010 • Bus Around Seattle: Public transit and urban neighborhoods

  9. Topic Evolution: 2011 • Options, options, options!

  10. View: • The UW Libraries new welcome video

  11. Visit: • A UW Library building on campus

  12. Research: • A chosen topic

  13. Reflect: • On the academic experience

  14. 1 4 165 4,500 14,400 • RAD Project • Library staff • Class sections • Students • LibGuide sessions Final numbers

  15. RAD Project Sustainability

  16. FIG Leader Support

  17. The best of both worlds

  18. Student feedback 2009

  19. Student feedback 2010

  20. Student feedback 2011

  21. guides.lib.washington.edu/figs

  22. What challengesdo you experience to orienting incoming students to the library and academic research? • How have you addressed these challenges? What has worked? What hasn’t? • How can you apply some of the ideas outlined in our RAD Project implementation at your institution? Talk amongst yourselves • In groups of 2 or 3, discuss…

  23. Amanda Hornby} hornbya@uw.edu Kathleen Collins{collinsk@uw..edu Nichole Maiman Waterman }maiman@uw.edu Questions?

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