Type of Presentation
Workshop (1 hour and 15 minutes)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
ELAB 38
Proposal
Starting at a new University or College can be exciting and challenging. However, first-year and transfer students may struggle with fundamental research skills, which are not explicitly taught in the classroom. Libraries are in the perfect position to fill this gap. This workshop will explore how to develop an online research skill building series using the University of Central Florida’s experiences with their Research Tips Tuesdays program. The presenters will share how they identified student needs, built campus partnerships and utilized web conferencing software to meet students where they are and when they need it most. At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to identify characteristics of first year and transfer student skill gaps, create a program plan for a research skill building series, and identify campus partnership opportunities to increase visibility of programming.
Short Description
This workshop will explore how to develop an online research skill building series. The presenters will share how they identified student needs, built campus partnerships and utilized web conferencing software in their Research Tips Tuesdays series. At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to identify characteristics of first year and transfer student skill gaps, create a program plan for a research skill building series, and identify campus partnership opportunities to increase visibility of programming.
Session Goals
The goals of this session is to help librarians:
- create programming that will increase student understanding of fundamental research skills, which are often overlooked in classroom instruction.
- build partnership opportunities across campus through instructional support
Keywords
research skills, library instruction, transfer students, first-year students, online instruction
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Montgomery, Renee and Wray, Christina C., "The Struggle is Real: Helping First-Year and Transfer Students Develop Fundamental Research Skills" (2020). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 3.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2020/2020/3
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Higher Education Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Online and Distance Education Commons
The Struggle is Real: Helping First-Year and Transfer Students Develop Fundamental Research Skills
ELAB 38
Starting at a new University or College can be exciting and challenging. However, first-year and transfer students may struggle with fundamental research skills, which are not explicitly taught in the classroom. Libraries are in the perfect position to fill this gap. This workshop will explore how to develop an online research skill building series using the University of Central Florida’s experiences with their Research Tips Tuesdays program. The presenters will share how they identified student needs, built campus partnerships and utilized web conferencing software to meet students where they are and when they need it most. At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to identify characteristics of first year and transfer student skill gaps, create a program plan for a research skill building series, and identify campus partnership opportunities to increase visibility of programming.
